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Support Women Artists Sunday: Theoretical Girl
Theoretical Girl is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Southend-on-Sea who makes electro-folk-pop on her 8-track in her bedroom. She has been doing so since 2006.
Theoretical Gir...
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February 15, 2011 | Julie Zeilinger |
Body image and body standards,
Economy,
Education,
Feminism,
Girls,
Media,
Misogyny
Masculinity: From A Feminine Perspective
It pains me a little bit to say this, but I have to admit it. I'm kind of a hypocrite. I've spent over a year on this blog exploring most every facet of being a teen girl in this culture through a fem...
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Support Women Artists Sunday: Ladies of the 2011 Grammys
Normally I don't pay much attention to the Grammys, but this year there are a number of female nominees that I'm pretty freakin psyched about. Some I've featured on SWAS before, others are new inducte...
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Saturday Vids: The Making of a Girl
Research shows that sex trafficking spikes on Super Bowl Sunday. But what exactly does sex trafficking in America look like?
What You Can Do
- Help pass a Federal Bill to increase direct support s...
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Awareness: "Corrective Rape"
According to a recent report by ActionAid - an international NGO - there's a rising, incredibly homophobic and violent trend amongst South Africans. In addition to waves of homophobic attacks and murd...
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Femen: How Ukraine Does Feminist Protesting
The relationship between feminists and our bodies is a complicated one. Where as our general goal is to have ownership of and the ability to make choices about our bodies, we're stuck in a society tha...
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Support Women Artists Sunday: Kellee Maize
Kellee’s mother always said, she “was dancing and singing before she could walk and talk”. She started singing and writing poetry and songs at a young age to entertain herself and escape reality. ...
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Saturday Vids: Kids Interviewed About Gender
*Sigh* looks like gender stereotypes aren't exactly being alleviated with the next generation. I mean, seriously, the parents who let their child wear safety goggles to the TV interview weren't open m...
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January 18, 2011 | Julie Zeilinger |
Body image and body standards,
Education,
Feminism,
Girls,
Health,
International,
LGBTQIA,
Media,
Violence against women
Beauty Pageants: What You Should Do Instead
I usually don't pay attention to beauty pageants anymore. My reasons for hating them are pretty obvious and I've written about them here before. They blatantly objectify women. If they're boosting "se...
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Snooki: An Emblem of Female Polarization
There is probably nothing that depresses me more than walking into a bookstore - to me, a sacred institution - and coming face to face with the most recent attempt of a starlet to write a book (becaus...
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Saturday Vids: Eve Ensler - I Love Being A Girl
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January 02, 2011 | Julie Zeilinger |
Body image and body standards,
Economy,
Feminism,
Girls,
Online harassment,
Science and tech
Teens and Technology: A Feminist Issue
The media would like you to believe that every time you log on to Facebook or – god forbid – the evil black hole of narcissism that is Twitter, another nail is inserted into the coffin of your general...
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December 31, 2010 | Julie Zeilinger |
Arts and culture,
Body image and body standards,
Feminism,
Media
Saturday Vids: Ken and Barbie 101
The best way to start the new year that I know how (especially in light of all of those dieting resolutions): Ken & Barbie 101 by Rafael Casal. I've posted this before, but it's definitely worth p...
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Saturday Vids: In Honor of Christmas, Jews and Bill Nighy
Even though today is Christmas, I didn't commemorate Hanukkah so I'm just going to go ahead and honor all holiday festivities right here, right now.
"A Public Service Announcement not approved by AJW...
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December 20, 2010 | Julie Zeilinger |
Feminism,
Immigration,
LGBTQIA,
Media,
Politics,
Race/Ethnicity,
Violence against women
11 for '11: Eleven Ways to Fight for Human Rights and Social Justice in 2011
Human rights org Breakthrough has announced eleven ways that individuals can help fight for human rights in 2011, recommending eleven unique actions, many supported by activist and nonprofit organ...
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Saturday Vids: Glamour Magazine and The Girl on Page 194
Over a year ago, Glamour Magazine printed a photo of model Lizzi Miller (known to many as the "girl on page 194"). Despite the fact that she is a "plus size" model, which seems to be something magazin...
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Taylor Swift: Possible Feminist?
I love Taylor Swift. According to iTunes, I have listened to her latest CD, Speak Now, 31 times. I have bought every magazine that featured her on the cover in the past two months and read each interv...
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Support Women Artists Sunday: Lia Ices
Brooklyn, NY-based pianist, singer, and songwriter Lia Ices was born and raised in Connecticut, where she began playing piano at the age of five, although she didn't discover her penchant for songwrit...
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Saturday Vids: Confessions of a Hipster
I love Confessions of a Hipster. I also like it when teen girls make super successful YouTube videos.
...
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November 30, 2010 | Julie Zeilinger |
Body image and body standards,
Education,
Feminism,
Health,
Media,
Politics
Reproductive Rights: The Stuff That Got Left Out In School
This year in school, I'm taking an elective called Gender, Culture, Power (pretty badass, right?). We've covered all kinds of feminist topics from gender stereotypes to domestic violence to sex traffi...
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November 24, 2010 | Julie Zeilinger |
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving F-Bombers (and to my international readers...happy Thursday, November 25th!). The FBomb is going to take a break from posting today through Sunday. Here are some things you can do w...
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Saturday Vids: I Am This Land Video Contest
Breakthrough is thrilled to announce the launch of the I AM THIS LAND video contest, a campaign that aims to start conversations about diversity, acceptance and the future of this country. I AM THIS L...
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My First Heartbreak: How Feminism Got Me Through It
This past week my boyfriend dumped me. Now, under normal circumstances, recovery would have been simple. At first, I'd turn the radio randomly to any given pop song where a lyric about "looking into e...