Tag Archives: Feminism
When I stay out too late with feminists at the Makers red carpet premiere…
Tweet …and I can barely blog, but I sure can rock some sunnies. Last night I went to the premiere of Makers. Makers is a documentary about the American women’s movement. It’s also a video library that hopes to be the largest video library of women’s stories ever collected. Spending the night hanging out with bad-ass [...]
Feminism is totally cool with Beyoncé posing in her underwear
TweetEd. note: This is a joint post by Sesali and Maya in response to this article criticizing Beyoncé for posing “nearly naked” in a new GQ profile. Sesali: First off, one of the most interesting things about people like this who come after Beyoncé for “fucking up feminism” is that I have never once heard Beyoncé self identify as a feminist. So whose feminist [...]
Also tagged Beyonce, Music, objectification, pop culture, Sexualization Comments closed
New Planned Parenthood campaign “Not in Her Shoes” seeks to go beyond ‘pro-life’ and ‘pro-choice’ labels [Video]
Tweet Over the weekend we highlighted new polls which show that Americans are dissatisfied with the labels “pro-life” and “pro-choice” and reported that Parenthood hopes to move beyond them in the future. Lots of smart people had interesting takes on this including Anna North at Buzzfeed and Amanda Marcotte on Slate. If you’re like me, [...]
Also tagged abortion, cecile richards, communications, planned parenthood, Reproductive Justice, teh movement, Video Comments closed
The Personal is Political: Reflections on my feminism at 25
TweetThe personal is political. Sound familiar? If you’ve ever taken a beginner’s Gender Studies course, or read anything about the second wave of feminism in the 1960′s and 70′s, it probably does. It was the collective cry of women who wanted their feminism to be taken seriously as a platform for acknowledgment of their lived [...]
Also tagged Personal Is Political, Race, Women of Color Comments closed
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