April 2010
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WatchSouth Korean women struggle to achieve gender equality and come up against familiar obstacles.
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Boobquake
Photo posted to Facebook’s Boobquake event page by Linda Jean Vensel Danforth of Boston, MA
Yesterday was Boobquake, an event Purdue student Jen McCreight organized on Facebook. The goal was for women everywhere to wear their most revealing outfits, thereby embracing their female sexuality.
As of 11:55pm on Monday night, the “event” had 211,570 “guests” and counting. The media went nuts over...
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Why are so few tech startups run by women? →
Of the $17.6 billion that angel investors provided to startups in 2009, 90.6% went to male entrepreneurs. Maybe that’s because so few women even sought angel capital (only 21% of the startups seeking capital were women-owned).
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Five Interesting Takeaways from the 140 Conference
This week I’m focusing on my other passion (besides feminism): new media. I attended the 140 Conference in New York City yesterday and thought I’d share 5 social media takeaways that apply to feminist bloggers as well as brands aiming to reach women.
1. Principles of effective relationships on & offline: You can’t have intimacy without vulnerability. - @AndreaSyrtash 2....
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A Feminist Harry Potter Type Book
My friend Emily recently encouraged me to read The Hunger Games, a science fiction, young adult novel, though I am neither a science fiction nor young adult fan.
It was great. Page turning, suspenseful, and best of all, it featured a strong, relatable female protagonist with nothing distinctly girly about her. It is a type of literary character the world needs more of.
The book is part of a...
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“I still think it’s important for people to have a sharp, ongoing critique...”
– Bell Hooks
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Top Ten 1980's Feminist Television Characters
Photo from babble.com
With the passing of Dixie Carter on Saturday, I thought I’d come up with a list of feminist television characters that made an impression on me during my formative years. This list is based on the shows I happened to have watched at the time:
1. Murphy Brown - Murphy Brown is my absolute favorite. She’s so witty and cynical. She’s like a lucid Jack...
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My Podcast with Parris Whittingham about Violence...
My friend and up-and-coming wedding photographer Parris Whittingham bravely agreed to do a podcast with me about his personal history of violence in relationships:
My Podcast with Parris Whittingham about Violence in Relationships
I always thought that the type of person who would bring violence into a relationship was malicious, dangerous, and disrespectful of others, but my conversation with...
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Young Feminist Task Force's Jerin Alam Receives...
On Wednesday night I attended the Bella Abzug Leadership Institute (BALI)’s Bella and Bella Fella Awards ceremony. Jerin Alam (pictured) received The First Young Women’s Andrea Leadership Award.
Jerin is the amazing leader of NOW New York State’s Young Feminist Task Force (YFTF). In her acceptance speech Jerin spoke of the feminists that came before her. She implored veteran...
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You're not a feminist, but … what?
Photo by J. Howard Miller for Westinghouse
The Guardian’s Chloe Angyal writes about women who embrace feminist ideals but stop short of calling themselves “feminists.” From the article:
“In a country where only 17% of Congress is female, where women – with or without children – make 77% what men make a decade after finishing their education and where only 6% of...
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Constance McMillen's homophobic Mississippi public... →
Send emails to the Itawamba County School District to the addresses below:
Superintendent Teresa McNeece tmcneece@itawamba.k12.ms.us phone (662) 862-2159 Ext. 14
Principal Trae Wiygul twiygul@itawamba.k12.ms.us (662) 862-3104
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WatchThe Web series “Date A Human” takes place in a future where aliens and humans share the earth. Since aliens outnumber humans, human women are expected to have as many babies as possible to help repopulate. The interesting thing about this premise is that the baby pressure comes from the men, which defies the usual stereotype.