Feminism
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#EdgyHeadlines is the New Hotness
Feminists on Twitter are absolutely killing it lately. #AdviceforLadies hasn’t even had time to wind down, but already there’s a new stream of awesome social commentary happening. Enjoy #EdgyHeadlines: https://twitter.com/JessicaValenti/status/316975334056665089 Bacon Bites: 10 Naughty Little Diet Cheats (She'll Never Find Out!) #edgyheadlines — Jane Doe, MD (@DrJaneChi) March 27, 2013 #edgyheadlines Welfare Dads: How This Man's Inability to Keep It…
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What Do You See? The Blinding Whiteness of Feminism
Warning: NSFW for artsy nudity. I have been a self-identified feminist for longer than I have been a self-identified [insert any other label with which I currently associate myself here]. I also am of the belief that, in those immortal and eminently quotable words from Tiger Beatdown, my feminism will be intersectional or it will be bullshit. Just as can be case…
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#SafetyTipsForLadies is a Hilarious Way to Start the Week
This has been going on for a few days now but I only just noticed because I am not very observant. Get thee to Twitter immediately and enjoy the awesome #SafetyTipsforLadies, suggested by people who are obviously pretty tired of all the assholes who ask women to go to greater and greater lengths to be sure we’re not raped: https://twitter.com/hilaryjfb/status/314171979567607810…
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Steubenville & the Cult of Consequence-Free Forgiveness
The verdict is finally in: guilty (or, at least, the juvenile court’s version of guilty). There are some implications of the Steubenville trial that are abundantly clear to those who were paying attention: that the hero-worship of high school football players is out of hand, that rape culture exists, that rape apologists are depressingly common, that I’ll never watch or…
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Speaking Out Against Hate Directed at Women: Adam Lee
Hello friends! I am pleased to bring you another edition of Speaking out Against Hate! This installment brings you the wise words of Adam Lee. His topic of choice is very interesting to me, as it is a conversation I have been thinking about a lot lately. Religion is often blamed for the oppression of women and minority groups and…
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Global Quickies: 2013.03.15
As promised, here’s part two of your March Global Quickies. And guess what? I still have a bunch of awesome links for a third part, so watch out for those soon. ISRAEL (from 9bar) 22 year old Noa Kentman was shouted at and called impure by two ultra-orthodox men after she refused to move to the back of the bus…
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Don’t tell me to love my body
I want to talk to you about how you talk to me about how I talk about my body, and how I talk about how I feel about my body, and what’s wrong with everything you have to say about what I have to say. In short, fuck you. I don’t love my body. My body is awful. I will…
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Global Quickies: 2013.03.10
I have so many news items that I’m going to make this edition a two-parter. And since I feel like a lot of times I’m just bumming you guys out with bad news from around the globe, I’m mixing in some lighter links and even a couple to good news. Ready? ITALY The “City of Science”, a business incubator, interactive…
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