Tag Archives: Film
PBS series Women, War and Peace kicks off tonight
Feministing is excited to partner up with PBS and philanthropist and filmmaker extraordinaire Abigail Disney for a five-part series launching tonight on the impact of war on women: The series reveals how the post-Cold War proliferation of small arms has changed the landscape of war, with women becoming primary targets and suffering unprecedented casualties. Yet [...]
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Fund the media you want to see in the world
I often say that if you want to see better media, you have to consume better media. If we want to live in a world with fewer women’s magazines that enforce stupid, restrictive gendered behavioural norms, we have to stop buying women’s magazines that enforce stupid, restrictive gendered behavioural norms. If we want to live [...]
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The Wednesday Weigh-In: Harry Potter edition
LIKE OMG YOU GUYS the last Harry Potter film is about to drop. The cultural reach of this dynasty is hard to overstate. Like everywhere else in the world, Harry Potter has had quite an effect on the Feministing crew. Zach Wahls grew up reading the series, and so did our very own Chloe, who [...]
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“Mommy, I want to be white.”
This is the first in a series of guest posts from Dena Simmons, an activist, educator, and writer. See her bio after the jump. One morning two years ago, I did not have a ride to work. Instead, I had to take two buses like I did each day during my first year of teaching. [...]
Jailed Iranian actress freed, spared lashings