Know a really hot woman?


In collaboration with the Younger Women’s Task Force and Girls in Government, Feministing is launching the REAL hot 100–a project to highlight the work that young women are doing and change perceptions (hopefully) about why young women are “hot.”

What is the REAL hot 100?
We’re tired of the media telling young women how to be “hot”! The REAL hot 100 shows that young women are “hot” for reasons beyond their ability to pose provocatively in a magazine. REALLY hot women are smart. REALLY hot women work for change. REALLY hot women aren’t afraid to speak their minds. And while some REALLY hot women might look awesome in a bikini, they know that’s not all they have to offer.
The REAL hot 100 will compile a list of young women who are REALLY hot, and publish it in magazine format in June 2006. Anyone can nominate a young woman who is REALLY hot, and the REAL hot 100 selection committee will choose 100 women that best represent the intelligence, drive and diversity of young women in the U.S.
By nominating a REALLY hot woman, not only will you help battle the popular notion that all young women have to offer is their ability to appeal to men, but you are also helping highlight the important–but often overlooked–work young women are doing are doing for their communities and the nation as a whole.

I’m really excited about this project, so please go visit www.therealhot100.org today and nominate a woman you know. (If you have a blog or a website, feel free to download the above pic and link to the REAL hot 100.)

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