Dialogue and Opinion
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January 29, 2015
R is for Reproductive Freedom
All countries, from the developing to the highly industrialized, need to heed the reproductive rights of their women, and recognize…
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December 10, 2014
“Not Like Other Girls” is Not a Compliment
We belong in the kitchen, on the soccer field, and in the White House— we have a right to belong…
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December 3, 2014
Q is for Queerbaiting
To hint at a character being queer, and then flat out deny any possibility of the character actually being queer,…
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November 29, 2014
Sex-Ed in Schools and the Mysterious “Down There”
We grew up coloring in and labeling these diagrams but hardly knew anything about the parts we were labeling or…
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November 25, 2014
P is for Penis Envy
Imagine young students being introduced to the notion that their genders are not innate, that they are not born male…
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November 19, 2014
Reclaiming Bitch
We are extremely familiar with the word “bitch” — chances are you have either been called, called someone, or heard…
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November 19, 2014
Ban the Word “Feminist”? The Problem With TIME Magazine’s Poll
TIME has since apologized for including the word ‘feminist’ amongst other words like “bae” and “turnt,” but it has exposed…
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November 16, 2014
O is for Oppression Olympics
The Oppression Olympics tries to invalidate a certain group’s oppression. Their oppression isn’t legitimate enough, because another group has it…
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November 14, 2014
Postfeminism? More like Feminism
Without the knowledge and ideas of feminism, both men and women would lack the language to describe the sexism that…
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November 14, 2014
N is for Nipple Censorship
Who decided that the nipple was something so atrociously taboo that women are forbidden to bear their torso? God forbid…
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