July 2011
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The Best Part About Making New Friends As An Adult →
June 2011
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Takin’ it to the Streets: She Ain't Me (The... →
…this begs the question: who determines the difference between a compliment and street harassment? The simple answer is: you do. The not-so-simple-answer is that we all do… and it depends heavily on context…
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5 Reasons Why People Love to Hate Kreayshawn →
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Real Women →
Friendly reminder: “There is no wrong way to have a body”
“All human beings are real”
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Why HHS collecting LGBT health data is a big... →
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When Kathy Griffin Met Michele Bachmann [Video] →
Yessssss.
Watch this video.
Kathy Griffin had the extreme pleasure of bumping into Michele Bachmann at a political event; the two ladies recognized one another and when they started to speak an assistant filmed the exchange, supposedly for Bachmann’s website. Kathy, always on top of her game, decided to ask the tea party princess if she’d attend a rally to repeal DADT — and when...
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No "boys" and "girls" at gender-neutral preschool... →
A preschool in Sweden wants to eliminate gender bias by referring to children as “friends,” instead of girls and boys, and avoiding gender-specific pronouns such as “him” or “her.”
At the taxpayer-funded “Egalia” preschool in Stockholm, which opened last year for children ages 1-6, boys and girls play together with a toy kitchen, which is located next to the Lego bricks, the Associated Press...
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I’ve Got Your Back: Fighting the “Bystander... →
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Reminder: sexism against Palin and Bachman is not... →
(via Feministing/Shakesville)
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A Snapshot of Global LGBT Rights, From New York to... →
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British-Nigerian Artist Chris Ofili Chosen To... →
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Political InQueery: How to Stop People from Voting... →
This year, an unprecedented wave of voter suppression bills hit statehouses across the country and garnered very little media attention in response, even as voting rights activists decried the shift. In 27 states, bills that will demand voters show identification, bills that require proof of citizenship, bills that will change processing of provisional ballots, and bills that are aimed directly...
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Tumblr where your political authorities are... →
Brace yourselves! Because I am going to do away with this idea that Social Media is horizontal, democratic and a valid means to get your story out there. Moreover, I am about to show you how Social Media is just another White, kyriarchical, status-quo upholding, oppressive medium. You know, just like the rest of the world.
Let’s look at Tumblr as an example…Continue reading at Tiger...
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Where Are the Lady Rappers? →
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6 Words That Need To Exist Already →
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The 100 Longest Entries On Wikipedia →
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The Road to Gay Marriage in New York - NYT →
interesting behind-the-scenes look
The passage of same-sex marriage was about a Republican Party reckoning with a changing power dynamic, where a strategic governor, Wall Street donors and gay-rights advocates demonstrated more might than an ineffective opposition.
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Outcry in America as Pregnant Women Who Lose... →
And the war on women continues…
Women’s rights campaigners see the creeping criminalisation of pregnant women as a new front in the culture wars over abortion
…“Women are being stripped of their constitutional personhood and subjected to truly cruel laws,” said Lynn Paltrow of the campaignNational Advocates for Pregnant Women (NAPW). “It’s turning...
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12 Things That The Mainstream Media Is Being... →
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Gawker Reports Mark Zuckerberg’s Engaged, Which... →
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Aides To GOP Governor Indicted For Trying To... →
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Writing Her Off →
Magazine profiles of notable women still fixate on femininity—especially when they’re penned by men.
…The smart, self-possessed ladies whose life stories grace the pages of major magazines and newspapers are described with words that contrast their femaleness with their careers; successful yet female, instead of successful and female…
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Spike Lee, John Ridley, Mike Tyson, “Entourage”... →
hmmm, I’m listening
…Spike Lee is teaming with writer John Ridley, Doug Ellin (creator of Entourage) and Mike Tyson to produce a drama series project for HBO titled Da Brick.
To be scripted by Ridley and directed by Spike, the series is described as “a contemporary exploration of what it means to be a young, black man in supposedly post-racial America.”
…Da Brick is...
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Immigrants must be really exhausted from all the... →
motherjones:
What other problems have you heard or read about where undocumented immigrants were blamed?
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