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December 25, 2009 | Brenna F |
Media
The Prince Is Safe Now
This morning I felt extremely lazy, so when I woke up at 11:00 I decided to turn on some cartoons. (Hey, we’re all kids at heart.) There were commercials on, but one of them was a little different t...
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Required Reading: Girldrive
I just finished reading the book Girldrive by Nona Willis Aronowitz (who has been an fbomb supporter from the beginning!) and Emma Bee Bernstein, and I must say, everybody who reads this blog HAS to r...
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Support Women Artists Sunday: Florence & the Machine
Florence and The Machine is the name for Florence Welch and her cast of backing musicians. The band has received a great deal of critical acclaim since their inception and were chosen in 2008 as one o...
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December 16, 2009 | Taylor S |
Disability,
Feminism
An Old School Family
I grew up in an old school family. I am a second generation Hungarian immigrant, and first generation Canadian immigrant. Our family unites all of central Europe: Hungary, Croatia, former Yugoslavia, ...
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December 14, 2009 | DrewsieDrewsie |
Media
A Feminist Analysis of "Fifteen"
Taylor Swift's song, Fifteen:
I love country music. I love it with a burning passion. And inside of my love for country music also comes a love for Taylor Swift. I like her because she is my age, he...
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What I Learned at SDLC
When I told my friends I was going to SDLC, the Student Diversity Leadership Conference, they all asked the question I’d both anticipated and dreaded. “How can you go to that?” they asked, “You’re whi...
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December 12, 2009 | Julie Zeilinger |
Media
Support Women Artists Sunday: Tegan and Sara
Ask and you shall receive, FBombers...
Tegan and Sara are a Canadian indie rock/indie pop duo consisting of identical twins Tegan Rain Quin and Sara Kiersten Quin, born September 19, 1980. Both Tegan...
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December 10, 2009 | Amy CT |
Feminism
"I'm Not At All Sexist, Except..."
I work in a café – this may not initially seem important, but bare with me. So, when I work on Sundays, I’m the team supervisor; a seventeen year old girl running a team which includes at least two o...
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December 09, 2009 | Nellie B |
Feminism,
Violence against women
That's Not Funny
They're everywhere, it seems. Polluting my conversation, tainting my first impressions of people, causing me to seriously question my feminism. I'm talking about rape jokes.
This culture has legit...
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Uganda Be Kidding Me
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Let me see if I have this...
There exists something called the "Anti-Homosexuality Bill of 2009" in Uganda and through this...
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How Many Calories Are In That Gerber Applesauce?
Girls have an immense amount of pressure on them from an extremely early age. For as long as I can remember, I or one of my friends has been experiencing some kind of an issue with our body image. Whe...
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December 05, 2009 | Julie Zeilinger |
Media
Support Women Artists Sunday: Agnes Carlsson
Carlsson was born in Vänersborg, Sweden on March 6, 1988, and began singing at a very young age. She sang solo in front of a live audience for the first time whilst still at school. She also sang in t...
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December 03, 2009 | Bobbi N |
Feminism
Something to Think About
My boyfriend and I have a good relationship. He respects me, and I do likewise, and we're both happy. But something very interesting happened today.
We had been making breakfast/lunch together, and a...
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Questions about Lesbianism
My name is Vanessa Fernando. I’m a writer, a dark chocolate addict, a vegetarian, a lady-loving lady, a repressed cat lover and an undergrad at McGill University majoring in History and Women’s Studie...
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Utena, Feminism, and the Vision of All Possible Worlds
Revolutionary Girl Utena follows the life of a teenage girl, who, rescued by a prince in childhood, resolves to become a prince as an adult. The series combines a fantastic setting with realistic char...
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November 30, 2009 | Matt W |
Feminism
Men Can Be Feminists?
Yes, men can be feminists.
Why, you may ask? Well, why the hell not?
I've been wanting to write about my experiences as a male feminist for quite some time now. Yes, I am a cisgender male. Yes, it is...
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What's In a Name? Trouble.
Almost all creation myths feature women. Their roles and their natures, be they good, evil, or neutral, vary from myth to myth. However, one theme seems to be consistent through a variety of cultures....
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November 29, 2009 | Julie Zeilinger |
The SDLC Conference
So this week I'm going to be representing my school at the Student Diversity Leadership Conference in Denver, Colorado. Here's a description of the program, in case you're wondering:
The Student Dive...
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November 28, 2009 | Julie Zeilinger |
Media
Support Women Artists Sunday: Marié Digby
Marié Christina Digby (born 1983) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and pianist. Digby, whose mother is Japanese and father is Irish-American, began writing songs in high school in Los ...
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November 25, 2009 | Julie Zeilinger |
Religion
Happy Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is probably one of my favorite holidays, partially for the food (nom nom nom) but also because it's one of the only holidays that has meaning I can really identify with. Of course, it's o...
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Corduroy Skirts are a Sin
So, it's Thanksgiving break and my brother just came home from college with plenty of stories about the happenings of the Syracuse drama department. I love me some Spring Awakening and Next to Normal,...
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Harsh Realities
When I read the news every morning, I don't expect to read good things. If I read about a bombing in the Middle East or the murder of a gay teen in Puerto Rico I'm certainly upset about it, but it's s...
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November 22, 2009 | Julie Zeilinger |
Media
Lady Gaga is Confused
Lady Gaga, in a recent interview with Fuse about misogyny and homophobia:
Lady Gaga on why she's not a feminist:
Someone seriously needs to let her know that many of the values she has expressed ...