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Melissa at Shakesville has a novel idea: a Personhood Amendment for people with uteri! Sign the petition today and let’s get this amendment introduced in the Senate.

At GOOD, Courtney reflects on the on-campus fallout of President Obama’s decision to be Barnard College’s 2012 commencement speaker.

Would you like to contribute to a new book called My Body, My Health? They’re seeking submissions!

“People are going to be naturally predisposed to dislike sisters who are doing it for themselves. And it’s crazy, and it’s not just men; it’s very often other women…There seems to be this expectation of: ‘Hold on, lady. You just stay in your place. Don’t try to reach for too much.’” Jon Hamm, ladies and gentlemen.

Here are some photos of baby kangaroos. This is obviously a very serious feminist issue.

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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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