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Saturday Vids: Amy Poehler at Harvard College
It is no secret to those who know me well that the women of SNL past and present are my personal pantheon of goddesses, to which I worship on a regular basis. I recently got my Tina Fey fix, reading h...
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Saturday Vids: Storm, The Genderless Baby
Over the past few weeks, the story of a Canadian couple who is keeping the gender of their baby, named Storm, a secret, has made headlines. Their reasoning seems to be that they want to allow their ch...
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Saturday Vids: Educate Girls in Malawi
Statistically, according to UNESCO’s 2005 Education For All monitoring report, only 31% of adult women can read and write in Malawi. This is shocking when compared to men – 80% of whom are literat...
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Bossypants: Why We Should All Bask In The Wisdom Of Tina Fey
Tina Fey is awesome. This is not new information. She’s hilarious, successful, and still dedicated to her family. Fey seems genuine and grounded, which is always nice to see in famous people, who I ty...
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I'm Writing A Book. And You're Going To Help Me.
When I was a freshman in high school, I read Jessica Valenti’s book Full Frontal Feminism and it changed my life. It’s what sent me to Feministing, which introduced me to the feminist blogosphere, whi...
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Saturday Vids: Out of the Vinyl Deeps - Ellen Willis on Rock Music
In 1968, the New Yorker hired Ellen Willis as its first popular music critic. Her column, Rock, Etc., ran for seven years and established Willis as a leader in cultural commentary and a pioneer in the...
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Saturday Vids: White House Correspondents' Dinner
In case anybody hasn't yet seen the speeches from the White House Correspondents' Dinner - now is the time. Both President Obama and Seth Meyers brought their A-game.
President Barack Obama
Seth M...
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Saturday Vids: Life Size Barbie
I remember hearing the truth about Barbie when I was in Middle School. I have no idea what the context was, but I remember feeling shocked at the fact that if Barbie were real, she'd have a 39-inch bu...
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In Defense of Comprehensive Sex Education
A very hot-button issue that has brought feminists to the forefront is comprehensive sex education. It is something that Jessica Valenti defends vehemently in the notable Full Frontal Feminism, and th...
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Katie Couric: What Does Her Reisgnation Mean?
For fifteen year Katie Couric said good morning as the co-anchor of NBC’s TODAY show until 2006 when she left to become the new anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News with her first broadc...
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Saturday Vids: Ideal Women
Elena Rossini is a film director, cinematographer and editor from Italy. She's also a really awesome woman who is working on multiple feminist projects, including a documentary about the manipulation ...
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Some Feminist Musings on Hop
I recently saw the movie Hop (free advanced preview tickets!), which was fun, considering the last time I was at the movies was to see Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. (I know, it’s pathetic.) ...
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April 22, 2011 | Julie Zeilinger |
Feminism,
Media,
Politics,
Science and tech,
Violence against women
Saturday Vids: America 2049
For all the gamers out there who are looking to combine your human rights sensibility with their passions for online games, this one's for you:
America 2049 is Breakthrough's new groundbreaking alter...
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April 19, 2011 | Julie Zeilinger |
Arts and culture,
Body image and body standards,
Feminism,
Girls,
Media,
Misogyny
An Interview with Glennis McMurray
Glennis McMurray is the founder and editor of the website, G.L.O.C. (TheGLOC.net) the first large-scale blog by and for all the Gorgeous Ladies of Comedy. Glennis is a seasoned musical improvisor havi...
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Perez Hilton and Bullying
Over the past few years, the news has been inundated with tragic stories of teens and cyberbullying. There were the stories of Phoebe Prince and Megan Meier, who after being tormented via social media...
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Saturday Vids: Ellen Page on Bill Maher
Not to distract from the intensely serious problem that Ellen raises on the show, but SERIOUSLY?! HOW AWESOME IS SHE!? I want to be her best friend. Thank god for one of the few role models teen girls...
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Support Women Artists Sunday: Kate Walsh
She’s been called music’s best kept, not-so-secret ‘secret.’; ‘The missing link between Joni Mitchell’ (hails UK’s The Guardian) and a host of female singer/songwriters cut from the UK’s intricate...
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Saturday Vids: Nerdy Girls Need Love Too
In the spirit of the Team Unicorn debate, here's a great example of a woman refusing to apologize for her nerdiness!
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March 28, 2011 | Julie Zeilinger |
Education,
Feminism,
Gender-based violence,
Media,
Violence against women
Feminist Click Moments
In honor of the Feminist Portrait Project's Blog Carnival, (part of Feminist Coming Out Day) I'm re-posting an article I wrote this past summer about my feminist "click" moment, which I originally...
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Saturday Vids: I Am This Land Video Contest Winner
I'm a little late on this, but a while back I was one of the judges for the I Am This Land video contest on diversity. The winner was recently announced, and I'm happy to report that the video "Role C...
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March 24, 2011 | Julie Zeilinger |
Body image and body standards,
Disability,
Feminism,
LGBTQIA,
Media,
Race/Ethnicity
Body Image in the Media: Glee Gets It Right, But Are We Ready?
Every once in a while, usually when 30 Rock is a re-run, I'll flip over to the CW. And I kind of get the draw of the utterly escapist fantasies that shows like 90210 and Gossip Girl offer. Serena Van ...
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Saturday Vids: In Honor of the Endangered Species Summit
Today, I'm honored to report that I'm one of the panelists for the New York City branch of the Endangered Species Summit - an international summit occurring during March 2011. The aim of the summit, a...
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Saturday Vids: "This Is For You"
These three young men were National Youth Poetry Slam finalists. Their willingness to stand up for women is inspiring.
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Saturday Vids: Modern Lady Defends Planned Parenthood
Gaaaaaaaaaaaaah. There are really no words for this insane action by our government. But there are words for the always awesome people of Current TV's infomania, as they wittily tackle another social ...