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The Feministing Five: Elizabeth Mendez Berry
TweetElizabeth Mendez Berry is an award-winning journalist who writes on hip-hop, gender, politics and criminal justice. Starting out as a hip-hop critic in Toronto, she eventually moved on to write for Vibe magazine. In Jay-Z’s book “Decoded,” he cites one of her essays as inspiring a line from The Black Album. In 2005, Berry wrote [...]
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The Feministing Five: Gregory Cendana
TweetIn this post-Citizens United era, where it seems cash has more say in elections than people do, Greg Cendana did something remarkable. This past April, Cendana outpolled former four-term D.C. mayor Marion Barry and D.C. Councilman Jack Evans for a delegate seat at this year’s Democratic National Convention. Cendana, executive director of the Asian Pacific American [...]
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The Feministing Five: Kerry Washington
TweetKerry Washington is one of those few actresses who reminds us that Hollywood can actually serve as a vehicle for progressive change. She openly identifies as feminist in interviews and backs up her words with political activism. She was a supporter of the Obama campaign back in 2008 and is an active member of the [...]
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The Feministing Five: SuChin Pak
TweetAt MTV’s culturally-defining prime, SuChin Pak was in the center of it all. As the first Asian correspondent, SuChin created tidal waves for generations of young women who looked up to her. She’s covered the MTV Movie Awards, the MTV Video Music Awards and as a correspondent for MTV Daily News, she’s interviewed everyone from [...]
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The Feministing Five: Katie Halper