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Weekly Feminist Reader

By Alexandra | Published: May 19, 2013

TweetLast night, a man was shot in the streets of New York in a hate crime marked by homophobic slurs. Bigotry kills. A survivor argues that military sexual trauma should be treated as as national security issue. Radio host Pete Santilli says Hilary Clinton needs to be “shot in the vagina.” A proposed law to [...]

Also tagged Afghanistan, american apparel, Ariel Castro, Beyonce, Body Image, Crunk Feminist Collective, Eesha, fat-shaming, Guernica, hate crime, Health care, I Blame the Patriarchy, Jacobin, Lauryn Hill, Military Sexual Trauma, n+1, Northwestern, Pete Santilli, Racialicious, saudi arabia, Shakesville, slut-shaming, Surviving in Numbers, Suzanne Venker, Universal Basic Income, Weekly Feminist Reader, weight, WFR, Women in Secularlism 2, xoJane | 3 Comments

The Best and Worst of the Golden Globes

By Alexandra | Published: January 14, 2013

TweetLast night everyone in the world (read: everyone I follow on Twitter) watched the Golden Globes, which promised to be an important event for women in entertainment with Amy Poehler and Tina Fey hosting and a bunch of talented ladies nominated. In case you had better things to do than watch (read a book, take [...]

Also tagged Anne Hathaway, awards, entertainment industry, Film, gifs, Girls, Golden Globes 2013, Hollywood, Jay Leno, Jodie Foster, Julianne Moore, Lena Dunham, lists, Sacha Baron Cohen, Television, Tina Fey, Video, Women of Color | Comments closed

Amy Poehler: the best advice columnist a girl could ask for

By Chloe | Published: August 16, 2012

TweetSmart Girls at the Party, Amy Poehler’s super cool feminist webseries for girls, is back! The show now has a segment called Ask Amy, a video advice column in which Amy answers questions from girls who write in to her. They seem to be filmed wherever and whenever Poehler has time – on a hotel [...]

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We’ll be back tomorrow

By Vanessa | Published: February 20, 2012

TweetAs we’re taking the day off from blogging and will be back in full swing tomorrow. In the meantime, Amy Poehler rocks our world. Tweet

Also tagged birth control, Reproductive Rights, Saturday Night Live | Comments closed

Parks and Recreation: Thank You for the Pawnee Goddesses

Originally posted in Community Blog

By Claire Moshenberg | Published: October 21, 2011

TweetI used to babysit a house full of smart, awesome girls. They played pirates, staged elaborate kitchen science experiments, and read books by the case-full. For half an hour every evening, we sprawled out on the couch and tuned in to the ongoing exploits of a myriad of makeup lacquered, fresh out of elementary school [...]

Also tagged Bad-Ass Women, Leslie Knope, Media, MissRepresentation, Parks and Recreation, Popular Culture, Television | Comments closed