WMC FBomb
Unnatural Causes: Feminism and Health Care
Health care reform is on everyone’s radar these days after we’ve watched Obama’s plan go through change after change before being passed this year. It’s been on my radar as a feminist because of the w...
WMC FBomb
Julia Gillard and Why We Still Need Feminism
As of June 24th, Australia now has a female Prime Minister. I’m not sure how big the news is overseas, but here, there’s been a lot of commotion. Julia Gillard is the 27th Prime Minister of our countr...
WMC FBomb
Kagan: The Right Woman for the Job?
I'm a first time FBomb writer (yay!) and I am addicted to legal news and ethics, so I chose to write about Elena Kagan, the pending Supreme Court Justice nominee. It has been a year since President Ob...
WMC FBomb
Language Matters
Barack Obama was my sisters 2010 University of Michigan commencement speaker. He was incredible, but he said one thing that I immediately had a negative reaction to. He said, "Through periods of great...
WMC FBomb
How Are Teenage Girls Supposed to Identify as Feminists With These Role Models?
She’s staring at me like I’ve just insinuated she embodies the anti-Christ. “A feminist? No, I’m not a feminist. Oh my God.” Despite the fact that this classmate of mine just spent ten minutes ranting...
WMC FBomb
January 11, 2010 | Julie Zeilinger |
Body image and body standards,
Feminism,
International,
Media,
Politics,
Violence against women
It's Feminist Video Time
Yesterday was Human Trafficking Awareness Day. While my timing with this one is obviously impeccable, it doesn't change the seriousness of this issue. Please visit The Council of Daughters here or her...
WMC FBomb
Dealing With Parents...
I live in an extremely Republican environment, and I identify as a Democrat. I am an extremely involved member in my Young Democrats Club at my school. I was in the process of letting my mother know ...
WMC FBomb
The Archie-type
When I was in third or fourth grade, my Dad brought home an Archie comic, with some kind of sentiment like, "These used to be around when I was little!" I vividly remember being confused by phrases su...
WMC FBomb
the U.S. as an asylum for battered women
The Obama administration recently created a new policy that allows foreign women who are the victims of severe domestic violence to receive asylum in the United States.
The policy outlines that to re...
WMC FBomb
Dr. Regina Benjamin Obama's Surgeon General Choice
Today, Obama announced that Dr. Regina Benjamin is his official choice for Surgeon General.
While the position does require senate confirmation, Dr. Benjamin has accomplished such impressive feats a...
WMC FBomb
Father's Day: Obama Style
Okay, I know Father's Day has come and gone, but I just gotta add this one thing that would really be relevant at any time.
President Obama wrote an article for Parade Magazine in honor of Fa...