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Ariel Levy and My Super Late Response to “Female Chauvenist Pigs”

I’d like to start by saying that overall, I think Ariel Levy makes many very strong points. Her idea of female sexuality being a show as opposed to genuine desire remains unfortunately valid. I found her observations extremely interesting and valuable and would highly recommend her book. However, I have on GIANT problem with Ariel Levy. I hate her assessment of teenage girls.

As a 16 soon to be 17 year old girl, I am quite frankly sick of hearing authors, pundits, journalists, politicians, and other faces in the media sum up the attitudes of teenage girls. Watching her 2007 interview with Hannah Storm for CBS news, I wanted to vomit every time they talked about my age group. So, here’s my little constrained rant.

I go to a great high school with many opportunities. At this school, I can explore my interest in the world through the International Relations/Model UN club of which I am the president and practice music, both classical and contemporary. I have great relationships with my teachers and enjoy figuring out possibilities for college and ultimately, my future. But most importantly, I work my ass off at school so I can grasp every opportunity available to me and many of my friends, both male and female, have the same work ethic.

Life at Conception Act

After looking at the legislation my Congressman is currently co-sponsoring, I came across the Life at Conception Act. Here is the link for this bill:

Notice that only 3 of the co-sponsors are women. This bill ...

My Letter to My Congressman, Scott Rigell

This is my letter to my local Congressman. I have not sent it yet, and I am looking for some feedback before it is sent. Keep in mind that I am only focusing on one point in the bill. I understand that there are many other issues littered throughout this bill. I chose to focus on this one because I feel the issue of violence against women is one that hopefully people who are pro-life and pro-choice can agree upon. They have to.

Dear Scott Rigell,

I am writing this letter to plead with you to consider very carefully any decision you make about “H.R. 3: No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act.” I am aware that you are pro-life. I ...

This is my letter to my local Congressman. I have not sent it yet, and I am looking for some feedback before it is sent. Keep in mind that I am only focusing on one point in ...