Women's Issues Magazine

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• What My Mom Doesn’t Get About Being Transgender

  

  Some time ago my mum and I had an argument. It all started when I was wasting time on Facebook, checking my cousin’s profile. My cousin is a few years older tha... Read more

  The 17 October 2013 by   Juliez
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• Why Gender-Specific Toys Are Harming Girls

  

  The majority of the Toys R Us Lego Isle is a very familiar shade of blue, copyrighted and trademarked, and gleaming under the florescent lights. Read more

  The 14 October 2013 by   Juliez
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• Revolution Born of Exhaustion

  

  Today I woke up to a rape threat and a stream of abuse. The account that sent it is long gone, but the impact remains. A day in which I had planned to get so... Read more

  The 09 October 2013 by   Weekwoman
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• NPR- ‘Thigh Gap’: Reflections on Teenage Girls’ Latest Obsession

  

  Original article here.By Sylvia Pagan Westphal Guest ContributorA few weeks ago, my 13-year-old daughter brought up the issue of the “thigh gap.”A thigh-what?... Read more

  The 06 October 2013 by   Camoran
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• 'It's Your Fault' Rape Satire Goes Viral (Video)

  

  By Susan Duclos The satirical piece "It's Your Fault" was uploaded to YouTube on September 19, 2013 and has already garnered over 900,000 hits and still rising... Read more

  The 23 September 2013 by   Susanduclos
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• A Feminist's Criticism of the Miss America Pageant

  

  When I Google Imaged "Miss America," the vast majority of photos that came up were of competitors in swimsuits.I had to search for "Miss America logo" to find... Read more

  The 16 September 2013 by   Starofdavida
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• S.O.S.! (Save Our Sluts!)

  

  Image from au.lifestyle.yahoo.com Okay, now first of all, let me preface this post by saying that the term “sluts” is, IN NO WAY, being used as some sort of... Read more

  The 11 September 2013 by   Candornews
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• Five Reasons Why BMI Report Cards Need To Stop.

  

  So, I’m a little late to the game.  Apparently, for a few years now, some schools have been including a BMI (Body Mass Index) score on children’s report cards. Read more

  The 08 September 2013 by   Amanda Bruce
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• Feminism and the Undergrad

  

  I just started college this semester, and so far I’m loving it. Since my high school was very homogeneous and conservative, it’s a breath of fresh air to be in ... Read more

  The 03 September 2013 by   Starofdavida
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• The Benevolent Chauvinist

  

  I've avoided evangelical man-groups for years, declining sometimes even the sincerest of invitations to bond over good food and "fellowship" (An ambiguous term... Read more

  The 28 August 2013 by   Pomozone
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