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LATEST ARTICLES ( 72 )

• American Experience: The Pill (PBS Special)

  The birth control pill, or simply “the Pill," is no stranger to controversy. Devised at a time in American history when wholesome values and sexual... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2011 DEBATE, SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• The Most Epic Page in My School's Yearbook

  

  The caption under our totally rad group picture reads "Women Around Campus Standing Up for Their Rights!" Two words: heck, and yeah. Rejoice with me. Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Love Yourself, Love Your Life

  I'm sorry, but I had to steal this video from a blog called I Am Beautiful, I Am Woman (which is written by a 15-year-old feminist, awesome much?). We should al... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2011 SELF EXPRESSION, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Pop Culture Decoded: Feminist Frequency

  Feminist Frequency is an ongoing web series of video commentaries from a feminist/fangirl perspective created by Anita Sarkeesian. Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Submit Girl-created Digital Media for Readings of Eve Ensler's "I Am an Emotiona...

  

  The V-Girls Network is "a global platform for girls to amplify their voices, empower themselves and inspire one another to create the change they imagine for th... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Teenage Feminist Bloggers Needed for Research Project

  

  Written By Jessalynn KellerAttention all teenage feminist bloggers! My name is Jessalynn Keller and I'm a PhD student in feminist media studies at the Universit... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2011 CURRENT, SOCIAL MEDIA, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• What Advice Would You Give a Budding Feminist (who Just Happens to Have an...

  

  It can be extremely frustrating when people just don't *get* what we're about. There's no escaping it: at some point or another every feminist is going to have... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2011 DEBATE, SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• New Feminist Blog in Town: "Blossoming Badass"

  

  Get it? Blossoming Badass? Yeah, it's clever. If you'd like me to advertise your feminist blog in an upcoming post, shoot me an email! Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2011 DEBATE, SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Protecting the Women Who Protect Us (By Emily McGann)

  

  Major Shawna Rochelle Kimbrell is the first female African-American fighter pilot in the U.S. Air Force. How cool is that? This year, the U.S. Air Force... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Spotlight: Alicia Jo Rabins & "Girls In Trouble"

  

  (Above) Alicia Jo Rabins alongside her husband-slash-bandmate, Aaron Hartman. If you don’t think "indie fiddle-folk melodies” (HEEB Magazine) are your thing,... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• I've Gone to the "Dark Side" (and a Few Other Lame Reasons Why I Haven't Posted...

  

  Wow, it feels like it's been forever since my last post! If anybody's been wondering where I've been (anybody?), I can sum it up in one word: school. Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2011 DEBATE, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• The Definition(s) of Feminism

  

  fem·i·nism (noun) \ˈfe-mə-ˌni-zəm\ 1 : the theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes 2 : organized activity on behalf of women's... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• "Hello, Ms. President." (Is That So Hard to Believe?)

  

  Is she the next "Ms. President"? I think I've said this before, but the Yahoo! Homepage is literally one of the first things I see when I get up in the... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Men of Quality Respect Women's Equality

  

  Where have you been all my life, Beardy? This is an excerpt from "Feminism: The F-bomb that Horrifies Men" by Catherine Ford of Troy Media. It was published on... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• An Epic Post Where Feminism and Mandarin Chinese Collide!

  

  I don't know why I'm so in love with Chinese. But I guess it all started a couple of summers back when I got those silly language-learning CDs at the... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, LANGUAGES, SOCIETY, TRAVEL, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Heck Yeah, Lil' Wayne Got BURNED by Three Little Girls!

  Don't hate me for stealing this story straight off the Yahoo! homepage, but it's impossible to hear about it and not have a "heck yeah" moment! Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• 50 Fascinating Facts for Women's History Month

  

  I'm embarrassed to admit that I didn't know March was Women's History Month until somebody emailed me an article called - you guessed it - 50 Fascinating Facts... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2011 CULTURE, CURRENT, DEBATE, HISTORY, SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• When You Lose Someone (From One Teen to Another)

  

  It's been a while since my last post. A day hasn't gone by that I haven't gotten some kind of inspiration for a new article - be it something I saw on TV or a... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Help Stop the Official Release of Kanye's "Monster"

  

  While toying with drugged women on his bed, Kanye muses whether women are "best living or dead." I was surfing the Net when I found this article on the... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• We Cannot Sit Back Down (Gender Equality Speech)

  

  The future of feminism. I wrote this for my AP Language and Composition class. We had to pick an issue that we're passionate about (in my case it's gender... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES