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July 07, 2010 | Julie Zeilinger |
Body image and body standards,
Feminism,
Health,
International,
Media,
Misogyny
Circle Contact Lenses: The Terrifying Future of Beauty as We Know It
As Joan Jacobs, in her great book The Body Project illuminated, the idea of teen girls working to improve their bodies in a detached way – as if it were a project with perfection as its goal, rather t...
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Starbucks, Sexual Harassment and Teens
It is not a secret: I am addicted to coffee. There was a time in my life when I was ignorant to the bliss that accompanies those deliciously bitter beans. I was cynical, sarcastic, and tired. Now I am...
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Being a Comfortable "Other"
You live in a world where, from a young age, girls are taught that their appearance is valued above anything else. Girls must live up to this standard or the ridicule that follows will be a deserved c...
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Support Women Artists Sunday: Rachel Roy and Jennifer Venditti
So, I recently got an e-mail in regards to SWAS - a regular feature on the FBomb. A reader asked why SWAS was restricted only to musicians...and basically I could think of no other answer than, "I'm r...
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Hot Topic Thinks Cutting Is Cool
I didn't even know what "cutting" was until around middle school when a friend of mine casually called a girl in our grade a "cutter." When I asked her what a cutter was she told me it was a person wh...
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An Answer to those Stupid Tampon Ads
Why are tampon ads constantly stupid? It's embarrassing how advertisers think that because periods are a "girl" problem that we must want to see "girly" ads. So what does this translate to? Girls beha...
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Wear The Pants
Transcript: Once upon a time, men wore the pants, and wore them well. Women rarely had to open doors and little old ladies never crossed the street alone. Men took charge because that’s what they did....
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Anyone Care For a Vaginal Mint?
Scared of how you smell “down there?” Not satisfied with your oral sex life or foreplay? The makers of Linger, “Internal Feminine Flavoring,” have found a “solution” for this problem: Linger Inter...
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Ralph Lauren...WTF?
Ralph Lauren has created some seriously disturbingly photoshopped ads lately:
Ralph Lauren's defense? They released this statement:
For over 42 years we have built a brand based on quality and inte...
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Feminism and the Fashion Industry
I’m a fashion journalist. This is not, I’m guessing, exactly a great opening statement for a blog on a feminist website… Sorry.
The good news, though, is that I’m a teenage feminist fashion journalis...
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Why I Want to be Swedish
Lemondrop.com is reporting that Swedish-based consumer advocacy group Reklamombudsmannen (love the name...) made a claim against Toys 'R' Us for featuring "outdated gender roles" in their 2008 Christm...
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Glamour Magazine's September Issue Gets it Right
I do not read Glamour magazine. My sister's friend, however, does. So when flipping through the September issue with them, I was happy to see this:
A non-airbrushed photo of model Lizzie Miller.
M...
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Vandalize Gay
In my nominally liberal suburb of Washington, D.C., the sight of two mommies or daddies and their adorable offspring is not uncommon. In fact, the suburb adjacent to mine, renowned as a bastion of hi...
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well wtf am i supposed to buy?
So apparently there are no clothing options for me that are both ethical purchases and not something my grandma would squeal over.
Over at jezebel they posted about the Urban Outfitter's Ethics Surv...
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Target Women: Laundry
"Laundry makes you feel like a cute a little bear is putting you in a tub of fuzzy"
I love Sarah Haskins with an intense passion....
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The Axe Effect (gag me)
And there you have it. Axe is just so enticing, women revert to their animalistic instincts, beating each other off, running miles just to reach this delicious piece of man meat. I'm actually surpri...