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Saturday Vids: Ten Responses to the Phrase 'Man Up'
Thanks so much to reader Monique for submitting this fantastic video of spoken-word poet Guante describing ten ways to respond to the phrase "Man Up."
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The Russian Broadway Community Responds to Russian Anti-Gay Propoganda Law
Anybody who has been paying even a modicum of attention to the 2014 Winter Olympics knows about the outrage caused by Russian President Vladimir Putin's decision to sign into law an act prohibiting th...
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Support Women Artists Sunday: Betty Who
Australian-born pop singer Betty Who makes vivacious yet bittersweet music that calls to mind divas such as Whitney Houston, Robyn, and Katy Perry. Born Jessica Anne Newham in Sydney, she began playin...
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Saturday Vids: Sally Kohn On Emotional Correctness
In her TED talk, Sally Kohn makes the brilliant case for "emotional correctness" as a way for us to transcend our political differences and actually listen to each other.
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Support Women Artists Sunday: Lizzo
Melissa Jefferson, better known by her stage name Lizzo, is an American alternative hip hop artist based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She is a founding member of indie hip hop groups The Chalice, Grrrl ...
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Saturday Vids: Celebrating the Heroic Women of 2013
Is this a corporate video produced by Microsoft as a way to promote their products? Yes. Did it still make me happy to see clips of inspiring women who made 2013 great set to an over-played pop song? ...
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Support Women Artists Sunday: Beatrice Eli
Beatrice was born in 1987 and received much of her musical upbringing via MTV and the American soul / R & B / hip-hop videos that channel served. Alongside the influential music channel she grew u...
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Saturday Vids: Support Obvious Child
Gillian Robespierre, Writer/Director: "I first made the 'Obvious Child' short film in the Winter of 2009 with my friends Anna Bean and Karen Maine. We were frustrated by the limited representations of...
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Saturday Vids: Feminist Consciousness in Islamabad
Jennifer Lee interviewed three women in Islamabad about how they feel the western media depicts Pakistani women. A fuller version of the interview can be found on the Broad Side, but Rubia, one of the...
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Saturday Vids: Mallika Sherawat on the Status of Indian Women
This video has already gone viral, but it's worth reposting: watch the actress Mallika Sherawat defend her belief that the status of women in India needs to be improved. She speaks eloquently and pass...
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An Interview with Debora Spar
Debora Spar is the president of Barnard College, a women’s undergraduate college affiliated with Columbia University. Since her arrival at the College, Spar has been a vocal proponent of women’s educa...
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Saturday Vids: Feminism Isn't Dead, It's Gone Viral
Vlogger Kat Lazo (TheeKatsMeoww on YouTube) made the argument at TEDxNavesink that feminism isn't dead -- it's online. "The internet was my feminine mystique and this was my feminist click moment -- I...
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Support Women Artists Sunday: Pearl and the Beard
Pearl and the Beard is three voices, one cello, one guitar, one glockenspiel, one melodica, several drums, one accordion, ninety-six teeth, and one soul.
Former strangers Jocelyn Mackenzie, Emily Ho...
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Saturday Vids: Ur Allure
I think we can all agree that, generally, when it comes to the portrayal of women in the media -- in terms of everything from gender roles, to beauty standards to depictions of female sexuality and be...
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Jessica Valenti On What It Will Take To Make A Woman President
Jessica Valenti, called one of the Top 100 Inspiring Women in the world by The Guardian, is the author of four books on feminism, politics, and culture. Valenti founded Feministing.com, which Columbia...
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Saturday Vids: Best 'Blurred Lines' Parody Yet?
Every bigot shut up.
Follow and support The Law Revue girls at: https://twitter.com/LawRevueGirls.
Vocals: Zoe Ellwood, Olivia Lubbock & Adelaide Dunn
Lyrics: Adelaide Dunn
Video credit to Mil...
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Support Women Artists Sunday: Alex Winston
A classically trained opera singer and a former opening act for Chuck Berry, with influences ranging from Little Richard to PJ Harvey, singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Alex Winston isn't th...
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Saturday Vids: You're Not Pretty Enough
A few weeks ago, I wrote about Jennifer Tress' "You're Not Pretty Enough" movement on The Huffington Post. I encourage everybody to read that post and visit the YNPE website, but basically the deal is...
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Support Women Artists Sunday: Clara Engel
Toronto-born Clara Engel, a multi-faceted artist whose musical voice is guided by the likes of Jacques Brel, Robert Johnson and Diamanda Galas, is quickly gaining an online following and carving a nic...
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Saturday Vids: The Most Offensive Song Ever?
Last week, the Huffington Post wrote about Jake Jones' "Wives & Lovers" -- a song from 1964 that may be one of the most ridiculously offensive things ever. What's worse? It won a Grammy. We may st...
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Saturday Vids: Comics Undressed
Today is the last day to back "Comics Undressed" on Kickstarter. Here's a video about the documentary and a description below. Help them out!
Comics, heralded as a white heterosexual masculine mediu...
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Saturday Vids: Camp Gyno
Chances are, you've seen this viral video -- a tampon ad that refuses to fall victim to the shame and secretiveness of most "feminine product" ads. But just in case you haven't, it's required viewing....
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Support Women Artists Sunday: Sarah Dugas
Though these two Dugas siblings have made quite the sound waves each in their own right, you always know that when they are apart, it's only temporary. Sure enough, in 2007, their respective joining o...
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Saturday Vids: Ana "Rokafella" Garcia -- Pioneer Break Dancer
The latest episode of Makers features Ana "Rokafella" Garcia, who broke down gender barriers in the world of break dancing. “It’s very limiting to see a woman always in a thong shaking her butt, that’...
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6 Reasons "The To Do List" Is Great For Women
As a movie lover, I'm used to being frustrated, insulted and bored with female characters. Truly, there are few things quite as annoying as being asked to ignore everything I know and believe to be tr...