Tag Archives: Motherhood
Real talk from Zoe Saldana on equality
TweetZoe Saldana discusses the intense standards put on women in Hollywood, mothering and the expiration date of sexy. via Upworthy. (If someone can create a transcript, that would be great!) Tweet
Anne-Marie Slaughter websplosion: Response roundup on “Having It All” (and tweet chat!)
TweetWe can guess that all of you have read this. You can probably guess that all of us here at Feministing have a ton to say about the piece. This is why we’ll be weighing into Women’s Media Center #sheparty Tweet chat today at 3pm ET on the article and subsequent poopstorm that’s come out [...]
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Growing up, growing old, and getting pierced
TweetWhen I was fifteen, I got my belly button pierced. At the time, I really wanted to be a dancer. I was dancing four or five days a week, at an open studio where there were often professional dancers in my classes. When I looked around the room at the best dancers, the ones who [...]
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Mama’s Day cards for the stereotype smashing mothers in your life
Tweet Mother’s Day originated as an anti-war event, but it’s been turned into a way to push a normative idea of motherhood – you know, the one you see in that isle of Hallmark cards every year. The Strong Families campaign has put together a collection of cards for mamas who don’t fit the image [...]
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What’s really driving our interest in celebrity pregnancies?