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How The #ChoreChallenge Is Pushing Back On The Sexist 'Double Shift'
In 1989, sociologist Arlie Hochschild noticed a pervasive, but rarely acknowledged, form of everyday sexism happening around her. While women had made great strides in terms of entering the workfor...
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What The Reaction To Sandra Bland's Case Reveals About White Feminism
Sandra Bland, an African-American woman arrested for failing to use her turn signal, was found dead in her jail cell three days after her arrest in July. On Wednesday, December 23, a Texas grand jury ...
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Why Bill Cosby's Sexual Assault Charge Is Meaningful For Survivors
Update: On April 26, 2018 Cosby was found guilty on three counts of sexual assault, after his first trial in 2017 ended with a deadlocked jury after six days of deliberations.Over the p...
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How I Discovered The Power Of Black Womanhood
After spending the last school year immersed in political turmoil and tension on my college campus, I decided this past summer that it was time to actively choose to either eject or change the things ...
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These Actresses Broke Down Barriers In Hollywood
This past year, many female entertainers — like Amy Schumer, Jennifer Lawrence, Ashley Judd and others — received well-deserved attention for their commitment to fiercely confronting sexism in Hollywo...
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Why These Activists Created A Guide To Fighting Online Harassment
Though plenty have tried to minimize the experience for years, online harassment is a serious issue and blatant evidence of persistent sexism. It's widespread one, too: 25% of young women online ...
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The Horrifying Treatment of Refugees in Australia Needs To End
Australia is often celebrated for its beautiful beaches and fun, laid back people, but this reputation overlooks a co-existing darker reality. The nation is actually one of the worst human rights viol...
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The Alleged Racism at a Yale Fraternity Reveals A Much Bigger Problem
In November, Yale University's chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon was accused of denying girls of color entrance into one of their parties. Racial tension was already brewing on Yale’s campus at the ti...
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December 15, 2015 | Dave M |
Arts and culture,
Media
Jessica Jones’ Handling of Abuse Offers Empathy and Hope
Comic books and their adaptations have rightfully been criticized for their portrayal of women for years. All too often, female characters are shallowly depicted as sexualized damsels in distress with...
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Why Afrofuturism Is a Black Feminist Praxis
The most suffocating thing about being a black girl in a white supremacist, patriarchal world is the constant reminder that I’m not allowed to define myself. The media constantly reinforces this by fa...
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December 10, 2015 | Sabrina N |
Media
Self Care in the Time of Cheer and Cookie Dough: A Body Positive Holiday Survival Guide
The holiday season notoriously brings festive décor, inanely repetitive yet somehow still charming music, and treats upon treats. But for many people, it also brings incredible amounts of food-induced...
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The Feminist Revolution Will Be Podcasted
The last thing one might expect young people to listen to is talk radio, yet we are doing so in force and at increasing rates. In fact, the number of shows produced increased from 69,860 in 2009 to ne...
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Why We Still Need To Talk About Periods, Period.
I recently attended a feminist art show that included an abstract painting on a stretched canvas made entirely of the artist's period blood. The show featured many works condemning body shaming and pr...
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Are You Beach Body Ready?
The words claw at my brain
digging between the intricate folds of my unconscious
the instant I step onto the crowded subway.
My legs move to a seat as if they had brains of their own
because my ey...
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How Rehabilitating Female Prisoners Can Help Improve the Criminal Justice System
In 1971, President Nixon infamously declared a "War on Drugs." This catalyzed an aggressive spike in incarceration rates, which increased the U.S. prison population by over 500% in just a few decades....
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In Defense of Mellie Grant: Why Scandal’s Scorned First Lady May Be It’s Most Feminist Character
Writer-director-producer extraordinaire Shonda Rhimes' hit show Scandal has too many feminist moments to count. Each episode of the show declared "the most feminist show on TV" by the New York Post se...
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November 26, 2015 | Poulami S |
Arts and culture,
Feminism
Nameless
Little bits and pieces; memoirs of the future,
Box of broken laces; stitched up with a suture.
My soul's meant to be sold,
As the story unfolds-
A sinner has no shame,
I'm the girl without a name...
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Violence Against Women Isn't "Culture": My Experience Studying Abroad
During the first week of study abroad, my program offered an informational session about street harassment to the 35 students enrolled (29 of whom are women). The area of the city in which we were stu...
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November 22, 2015 | Aph Ko |
Feminism
The Real Reason the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show is Sexist and Outdated
As if they didn’t have enough opportunities to do so already, heterosexual men will get yet another chance to ogle half-naked white women on their television screens when the Victoria's Secret fashion...
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What Every Young Woman Needs To Know About What It's Like To Be Roofied
It was Friday, October 9th. My best friends and I were out celebrating another friend's birthday. I knew the majority of people at the party (most were friends or at least acquaintances) and I felt sa...
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Cecile Richards Explains What Planned Parenthood Actually Does
In 1973, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that banning abortion is unconstitutional. Yet despite being legalized, a woman's right to choose has possibly never been more threatened in t...
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The Real Reason 'He Named Me Malala' Is So Inspiring
When I saw the trailer for He Named Me Malala, I immediately teared up. I expected watching the feature film itself, therefore, to similarly involve waterworks. He Named Me Malala was not just an emot...
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Overlooked, Underutilized and Unappreciated: Women in Tech
Jane, a woman who specializes in modeling and texturing of props and assets for video games and film, was hired as an intern while still in school to do 3D environment for a VR (virtual reality) proje...
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What I Learned When I Refused To Shave
I recently decided to conduct an experiment. I decided to stop shaving my armpits to see if the seemingly insignificant factor of visible body hair would cause people to treat me differently — especia...
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What Lena Dunham's '8 Thoughts On Feminism' Reveal About The Movement
In late October, Vanity Fair published a quirky short video featuring eight of Lena Dunham's thoughts on feminism. These thoughts included points like why calling out a women for being “un-feminist” i...