Juliez

LATEST ARTICLES ( 1158 )

• Here’s to 2012: My Year As A Feminist

  

  I’ve never really been one for New Year’s resolutions. All the promises I’ve made to myself have either been forgotten two or three days into January or are... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2012 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Support Women Artists Sunday: Vera Chytilová

  

  Vera Chytilova Vera Chytilová was born on February 2, 1929, in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic). She studied philosophy and architecture in Brno... Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2012 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Saturday Vids: Not Disappointed By President Obama

  I don’t generally like to get too overtly political on this blog, but I definitely think this video is worth taking a look at no matter what your political... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2011 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Winner of FemFlash 2011: Male Privilege

  I recently had the honor of co-judging a Feminist Flash Poetry and Fiction contest (called FemFlash) for the website MookyChick. Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2011 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Down With Photoshopping

  

  the (evil) power of photoshopping Retouching photographs of models in magazines and newspapers has been a point of controversy in the publishing industry ever... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2011 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Why I’m So Passionate About Women’s Rights

  

  a message from a male feminist People often ask me why, as a man, I am so passionate about women’s rights. The answer is that I got into women’s rights because ... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2011 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Support Women Artists Sunday: Christmas Edition

  Merry Christmas, FBombers! While I’ll personally be celebrating Christmas by sleeping in, eating Chinese food and seeing a movie later, I recognize that this... Read more

  Posted on 25 December 2011 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Saturday Vids: Maria Bamford’s Christmas Special

  I’m still a little obsessed with Maria Bamford and look for basically any opportunity to share her with the world. Because it’s Christmas Eve, it seemed like th... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2011 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• The Plan B Decision: Sacrificing “Change We Can Believe In” for Expediency?

  

  Like every other rational individual in our country, I was in a state of utter shock when I heard the news that, for the first time in history, the secretary... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2011 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Pride and Prejudice: A Firsthand Account of Literary Sexism

  

  Books: not for guys, apparently Flashback: It is the first week of 11th Grade. Having gone to the same school since kindergarten, I have no need for first day... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2011 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Breaking Up With Facebook

  

  As much as my generation seems to support Facebook, I believe that underneath all that tagging and friending, there’s a deep-seated resentment that we’ve had... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2011 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Support Women Artists Sunday: Joan Mitchell

  

  Joan Mitchell (February 12, 1925 – October 30, 1992) was a “second generation” abstract expressionist painter. She was an essential member of the American... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Saturday Vids: Dr. Pepper 10 is NOT FOR WOMEN

  It’s not sexism if they REALLY FUCKING MEAN IT. Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2011 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• “I Only Asked You Out Because You’re Pretty”

  

  the best thing to come out of this date …But you’re actually really funny, too!” Well no shit, asshole. In addition to a sense of humor, I also possess opinions... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2011 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Way Too Teeny Weeny Itsy Bitsy

  

  messed up A few months ago I was watching TV while running on my basement treadmill when a news story flashed across the screen. The breaking story? Bikinis... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2011 DEBATE

• Ms-guided: I Was A Teen On Drugs

  

  what do you really know about the Pill? When I was 17 years-old I was put on the birth control pill. I had painful, heavy periods that would get me out of gym... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2011 DEBATE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Support Women Artists Sunday: Birdy

  

  Birdy You wanna feel like you’ve done absolutely nothing with your life? Just look at what the amazingly talented Birdy has done already. Birdy, at the age of... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Saturday Vids: Teen Social Entrepreneurship and Nika Water

  I came across this video a couple of weeks ago when I was procrastinating on Facebook. I’m Facebook friends with Nina Church — we were actually BFF’s in... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2011 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Friends Come First

  

  who will you be left with when you break up? In high school (and in life) people learn that they have to have priorities. Do grades come before sports? Do... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2011 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Are We Bonobos Or Chimpanzees? Evolution and Occupy Wall Street

  

  The Divine Feminine at Occupy Wall Street Bonobos and chimpanzees, our closest animal relatives, are almost exactly the same type of monkey. Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2011 DEBATE, SOCIETY