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Mileygate: a Few Recommended Readings
Image found on Tumblr Well, Robin Thicke and Miley Cyrus Inc. succeeded in being controversial. Facebook, twitter, and the blogosphere have been flooded with analysis of the VMAs all week. The response...
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In Review: Alone With Other People by Gabby Bess
“Nan one month after being battered, 1984,” Nan Goldin. 1984. I. Nan’s battered face. Her right eye, swollen and bloodied, matching her lipstick. I flip through her 1986 photobook The Ballad of Sexual...
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Weekend Links Vol. 12: Happy Birthday Queen B
Welcome to another week of feminist web surfing! In Weekend Links we gather a set of the most engaging journalism, prose, poetry, art, and Interweb images or memes we have come across. We hope with...
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Weekend Links 13: When We Dead Awaken
Welcome to another week of feminist web surfing! In Weekend Links we gather a set of the most engaging journalism, prose, poetry, art, and Interweb images or memes we have come across. We hope with...
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Unpacking “Privilege”: On the Semantics of Power
In recent years, the term “privilege” has gained currency amongst activist circles, yet often the term in question is not often accompanied by an elaboration of what exactly “privilege” means. It has...
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Currently Crushing On: Lisbeth Salander
“Keep it in mind that I’m crazy, wont you?” Lisbeth Salander threatens as she begins to slice a tattoo into her rapist’s abdomen. “[And] lie rather still because this is the first time I’ve used this...
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Video Roundup: Madonna & Dirty Grrls
This week our web browsers were filled with funny, nostalgic, and informative videos on feminism. Here are some of our favorites! This video wil make you wish you were sixteen in 1996. “Dirty Girls”...
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I will not /dance for you, I’m not your fantasy
When I was in middle school my sister introduced me to World of Warcraft, a Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG). For months I spent several hours questing and exploring the world,...
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Handy Dandy Flowchart for Not Being Foolish on Halloween
‘Handy Dandy Flowchart For Not Being Foolish on Halloween’ by Krishan Aghi By Krishan Aghi, Contributor Featured Image: “Native Appropriations” by Jen Mussari (with permission)
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Healthcare Is Not ‘One Size Fits All’
One of the several shortcomings of breast cancer awareness and pinkwashing, discounting fetishization and objectification, is that it routinely excludes men and trans* individuals from “awareness”...
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Chris Brown, Consent, and Children: A Response
When I caught the point of this previous piece, I did almost a double take. It was really concerning to me that the essay ended the way it did. And it is not simply because the author was completely...
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Blank Wave Feminism
Even if you haven’t heard of Sheryl Sandberg or bell hooks or the amorphous concept of “leaning in”, you likely have fallen victim to a particular brand of feminism; a siren call of empowerment that...
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Giacinta, Clara, and Céline Varens: Exotic Sex Workers in Jane Eyre
These women are characters of ill repute, characters often referred to as fallen woman, kept mistresses, demi reps, demimondaines, or courtesans. These novels present these women often in a moralizing...
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Animal Rights Activism, Sexism & the Parable of PETA
When I was about eleven I snuck into my mother’s closet and hunted down all her fur items. I then put them all in a pile and left an angry letter on top, which stated that if she did not get rid of her...
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Angel Haze’s 30-Gold Series: Lyrics of Love and Rage
Angel Haze Angel Haze, born Raykeea Wilson, is as much a societal trailblazer as she is a rising rap artist. The career of the 22-year-old has come a long way since its genesis on Tumblr just a couple...
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Criminalizing Revenge Porn Isn’t the Fix We Need
When talking about revenge porn, most media wants to paint the picture of a particularly bad break-up with a person who, as it turns out, is not as morally sound as originally suspected. In the...
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Feminist Frequencies: A Spoken Word Playlist
Almost three years ago my mom knocked on my room’s door and asked me if I was crying or singing. I lied and said I was singing, and she laughed through the wood and said I sounded like a dying animal,...
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Record Producer Cheryl Pawelski: Trailblazer, Innovator
Cheryl Pawelski Cheryl Pawelski is a rock star. And she’s no newcomer to the music business. Pawelski is a three-time Grammy Awards nominee with over twenty years of industry experience, and also...
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Recommended Reading: That Pretty Pretty; or, the Rape Play
That Pretty Pretty; or, the Rape Play In Sheila Callaghan’s darkly tantalizing satire, That Pretty Pretty; or, the Rape Play, two radical feminist ex-strippers, Agnes and Valerie, pursue right-wing...
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No, Your “Girl” Toys Are Not Gender Neutral
If the Internet is to be believed, the TOP 10 THINGS YOUR FEMALE CHILD WILL BEG FOR THIS CHRISTMAS includes a brightly colored Furby, glittery Monster High dolls in glamour dresses, and a pink NERF...
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