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• Support Women Artists Sunday: MNDR

  

  MNDR I’m giving you a rare opportunity. This is the chance to gain some mad hipster points without having to wear plaid OR name drop some crappy, pretentious... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Saturday Vids: Dear 16-Year-Old Me

  HEY EVERYBODY. Watch this video. And even if it might be around 25 degrees where you are, just remember the message is always important (and it also applies to... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2012 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Giving It Up

  

  If you had asked me six months ago if I was affected by the media’s presentation of women, I would have responded with an unequivocal no. Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2012 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Yorkie: Not Just For The Blokie

  

  The majority of us in the UK will remember the controversial 2002 campaign for the chunky, ‘King size, not Queen sized’ Yorkie chocolate bar. This campaign’s... Read more

  Posted on 29 February 2012 DEBATE

• Why I Seriously Dig Katniss Everdeen

  

  WARNING: Spoilers for the entire Hunger Games series ahead! For months, three of my friends were begging me to get into the Hunger Games. “You’ll LOVE... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2012 BOOKS, DEBATE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Saturday Vids: Awesome Teen On Relationships

  densing11 on "our culture's expectancy of marriage & relationship and how it affects the self-worth of particularly younger girls." Some damn good advice. Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2012 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• A Feminist Rushes A Sorority

  

  When I thought about what my college experience would be like as a high schooler, I never for a second even slightly entertained the faintest thought of... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2012 DEBATE, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Doctors, Nurses And One Terrific Professor

  

  language matters Recently, I was taking a course on linguistics, and we were discussing syntax. My professor asked the class– a room of roughly a hundred Englis... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2012 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Jean Kilbourne’s “Killing Us Softly”

  

  Jean Kilbourne As Grand Rapids, Michigan yawned good morning at 7:45 am and the sun began blinking hello, I sat in my human sexuality and relationships class,... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2012 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Support Women Artists Sunday: Whitney Houston

  

  Whitney Houston Whitney Elizabeth Houston (August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012) was an American recording artist, actress, producer, and model. Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2012 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Saturday Vids: Representative Maureen Walsh Does The Right Thing

  Representative Maureen Walsh was one of two Republicans in Washington who voted to pass the same-sex marriage bill on February 2nd. Here’s a video of her... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2012 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Maybe SHE’S Just Not That Into You

  

  the stereotype A friend of mine recently created a zine about the slut/stud double standard for a electives course called Feminisms that she’s taking. Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2012 DEBATE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Labeling Myself As A Feminist (Literally)

  

  the bumper sticker in question Right after we graduated high school, I gave one of my best friends a bumper sticker that read “This Is What A Feminist Looks... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2012 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• I’ll Show You Mine If You Show Me Yours

  

  what does feminism look like today? In its formative days (in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and then in the 1960s and ‘70s), feminism was, above all,... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2012 DEBATE

• Support Women Artists Sunday: Katie Costello

  

  Katie Costello As musicians and music-listeners alike venture into a creative climate in which technological elements often define an artist’s sonic and visual... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Saturday Vids: Brave

  HOW PUMPED ARE YOU FOR BRAVE? Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2012 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Thoughts On Gender-Neutral Speech

  

  does gender-neutral language really matter? As I was doing my AP Psychology homework about the psychology of language recently, I came across some interesting... Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2012 DEBATE, FAMILY, PSYCHOLOGY, SCHOOLING, SOCIETY

• What Happens After You Lose Weight

  

  seriously, just stop I wouldn’t say that I was ever fat. I was always just overweight enough that girls would tell me I looked “fine” and guys wouldn’t tell me... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2012 DEBATE, DIET & WEIGHT, HEALTH, SOCIETY

• Transgender: An Overview

  

  Many people don’t know what being transgender means. I, not being transgendered, don’t fully understand every aspect of it either but my fiancée is in the middl... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2012 DEBATE, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX, SOCIETY

• Saturday Vids: The Gay Rights Movement

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  Posted on 04 February 2012 DEBATE, SOCIETY