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Are we supposed to find this kind of retro sexism quaint and funny because we’re soooo post-feminism now?

“Sometimes there are certain things that we have to work harder for, that we have to work double the amount for. Sometimes we don’t get the credit. But we’re getting there.” That’s Beyonce, on whether girls really do run the world.

In the Guardian, Deborah Orr asks why feminism is afraid of owning up to and correcting its flaws.

The International Labor Organization has voted to extend key labor protections to domestic workers, the overwhelming majority of whom are women and girls.

It’s time for Summer of Feminista at Veronica Arreola’s blog. This summer’s theme is “Latinas as public intellectuals.” Got something to say? Go sign up!

New Hampshire Governor John Lynch has vetoed the addition of a parental consent requirement to the state’s abortion law.

France gave us the Statue of Liberty, and now we are giving them… Those Abercrombie & Fitch bags with the naked people on them. You are welcome, France.

From Sociological Images, a look at the use of the virgin-whore dichotomy in World War II propaganda posters. Remember: you can’t fight the axis if you get VD!

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Chloe Angyal is a journalist and scholar of popular culture from Sydney, Australia. She joined the Feministing team in 2009. Her writing about politics and popular culture has been published in The Atlantic, The Guardian, New York magazine, Reuters, The LA Times and many other outlets in the US, Australia, UK, and France. She makes regular appearances on radio and television in the US and Australia. She has an AB in Sociology from Princeton University and a PhD in Arts and Media from the University of New South Wales. Her academic work focuses on Hollywood romantic comedies; her doctoral thesis was about how the genre depicts gender, sex, and power, and grew out of a series she wrote for Feministing, the Feministing Rom Com Review. Chloe is a Senior Facilitator at The OpEd Project and a Senior Advisor to The Harry Potter Alliance. You can read more of her writing at chloesangyal.com

Chloe Angyal is a journalist and scholar of popular culture from Sydney, Australia.

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