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• Model Citizen

  

  Plus-size model Crystal Renn I would like to preface this essay by saying that I am a feminist (I have written four other articles for the FBomb), I am... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2013 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Saturday Vids: Nothing To Prove — Geek Girls and the Double Clicks

  Women have written about the discrimination “geek girls” face before on the FBomb — but now there’s an anthem for all the girls out there who have been bullied... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2013 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• All I Want Is Equality

  

  . Because yes, that is what feminism is all about. Equality for women. No, we feminists are not asking for better treatment under the law for women. Anyone who... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2013 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• On Being ‘Friends With Benefits’

  

  Not quite. The tricky thing about friends with benefits is that the lines you painstakingly set up get blurred so quickly; before you know it, there are no... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2013 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Why I Shared My Abortion Story With North Carolina Law Makers

  

  My voice was trembling when I spoke the words “I decided to choose abortion.” I was telling my personal story and expressing my opposition of House Bill 695, a... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2013 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Saturday Vids: “Dear Mom”

  When Marc Goone learned that his mother was battling stage 4 lung cancer, he sought to honor her in the best way he knew how: writing a song. “Dear Mom” is... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2013 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Why Dustin Hoffman’s ‘Tootsie’ Confession Is More Than A Personal Epiphany

  

  Dustin Hoffman as Tootsie A clip of Dustin Huffman’s emotionally charged recounting of a decades-ago epiphany that cross-dressing for his role in ‘Tootsie’... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2013 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• The Job You Never Realized You Had

  

  One time the engineering class at my all-girls high school (yes, my school was that awesome) went to a near-by all-boys school to hear a speaker give a... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2013 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Superhero Sexism

  

  Ever since I was little I’ve loved superheroes and action adventure stories. Whether it was a story about fighting the world’s darkest wizard in Harry Potter,... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2013 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Support Women Artists Sunday: Reesa Renee

  

  Reesa Renee is an artist, musician, songwriter, and lyrical poet from the DC Metropolitan Area. Her voice skims through the soulful sounds of the jazz era and... Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2013 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Saturday Vids: Jaclyn Friedman On Hate Speech On Facebook

  Last month, awesome feminist activists Jaclyn Friedman of Women, Action and the Media (WAM!), author/activist Soraya Chemaly and Laura Bates of the The... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2013 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Innocence Lost

  Life never passed more slowly than it did when I cried behind the football stands. Like a movie, the crowds cheered while I bowed my head in defeat, the music... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2013 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Me: The Closet Feminist

  

  I wrote before I knew women had to write under pseudonyms to get their books published. And I rode my bike without knowing in some countries the ban on women... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2013 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Moving On From The Past

  The summer after my freshman year of high school, I was sexually abused, harassed and almost raped. I do not want to go into how — it’s just not something I wan... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2013 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Support Women Artists Sunday: Laura Izibor

  

  Laura Izibor Born to a working class family in Dublin, Ireland, Izibor admits she didn’t grow up in a musical household. “My mother raised five kids on her... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2013 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Saturday Vids: TBYT Summer Dares

  Our names are Lauren and Victoria Coaxum. We are teen sisters who run the anti-cyberbullying and positive self-esteem campaign, Think Before You Type. Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2013 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• The Sexism Of Bridal Culture

  

  I’m not a fan of the whole heterosexual white wedding package. The sexism, gender roles and heteronormativity that generally come with it are far too problemati... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2013 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• To Gossip Mags, Regarding Kim Kardashian

  

  We made it! Kim and Kanye just had their daughter, and I think its fair to say that this is pop culture history. Like all great journeys to historical moments,... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2013 CELEB, MEDIA, SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Support Women Artists Sunday: Shingai Shoniwa

  

  Shingai Shoniwa Shingai Elizabeth Maria Shoniwa (born on 1 September 1981) is an English singer of Zimbabwean descent and best known as the vocalist and... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2013 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Saturday Vids: The Equal Pay Act Turns 50

  In honor of the Equal Pay Act’s 50th anniversary, BTRtv talked with Patricia Gatling, Commissioner and Chair of The New York City Commission on Human Rights, an... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2013 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES