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By day, Lindsay is an irreverent feminist, youth activist and advocate for sexual and reproductive health and rights. By night, she is a fierce knitter, blogger and Pinterest addict. Lindsay’s work has taken her all over the world — from Ethiopia to India, South Africa, Mali, Mexico, Canada, China, Austria, Malaysia, Bali and Thailand — exposing her to varying realities of women’s experiences on the ground. Catch her on Twitter at @lindsmf.
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Should Buying Sex Be Illegal? No.
Michelle Goldberg published a piece in this last issue of The Guardian called “Should Buying Sex Be Illegal?” Her review of the legal, political and socio-economic structures that govern the sex industry in several European countries (with a particular… Read More ›
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#FeministFaceFriday – MATH!
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30 Feminist Lessons in 30 Years
On July 28, I crossed over into my thirties. The lead-up to the day was a slurry of thoughts and feelings about this huge milestone, marked by bursts of self-reflection and a quick skip down that list of classic questions about “where I… Read More ›
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An Activist’s Guide to Hobby Lobby, 30 Days Later
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Spotlight On: Liz DiAlto
Liz DiAlto is a speaker, writer and the creator of Wild Soul Movement, a 12 week online experience of self-discovery that combines movement, meditation and mantra. Her mission is to revolutionize the way women move and nourish their bodies and abolish… Read More ›
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WaPo and #yesallwomen Denialism
In case you missed it, The Washington Post had a really bad week according to our “making the world a safer place for women” meter. On the coattails of publishing a column by George Will, instructing universities to stop coddling… Read More ›
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Abortion Stigma Meets Its Match in ‘Obvious Child’
Women are given a lot of feedback about how they’re supposed to feel about their abortion. Sad. Remorseful. Traumatized. Unsafe. Penitent. Ashamed. Alone. The narrative is a minefield of misconceptions about what an abortion even entails. And forget trying to… Read More ›
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Campus Sexual Assault: What Can We Learn?
Last week, a list of 55 universities under Title IX investigation for their handling of sexual assault on campus was released. This list is staggering, to say the least, and as I read to the bottom of it, I realized I could… Read More ›
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Spotlight On: Monika Johnson -Hostler
To kick off Sexual Assault Awareness Month at the beginning of April, sherights partnered with the Good Men Project and the North Carolina Coalition Against Sexual Assault for a Tweet chat to launch our #feministmen series. Johnson-Hostler has been the executive director of… Read More ›
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Where are the #feministmen?
Photo credit: The Telegraph I think it’s safe to say that a critical mass of my friends would identify comfortably as feminists. The number is probably closer to a majority, but maybe some of them have never been asked to… Read More ›