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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.

• Should Buying Sex Be Illegal? No.

  By lindsaymf on August 25, 2014 • ( 4 )

  

    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!

  By lindsaymf on August 15, 2014 • ( 3 )

  

  Congrats to Maryam Mirzakhani for being the first woman to receive a Fields Medal for achievement in mathematics! We tip our glass(es) to you… #FeministFaceFriday                    

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• 30 Feminist Lessons in 30 Years

  By lindsaymf on August 4, 2014 • ( 10 )

  

  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

  By lindsaymf on July 25, 2014 • ( 5 )

  

  We are now exactly one month out from the Supreme Court ruling on Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, and we now know what life is like in a world where corporate persons have rights and people persons, especially women persons, do not. I’m pissed. You pissed? I’m real pissed…

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• Spotlight On: Liz DiAlto

  By lindsaymf on July 11, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  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

  By lindsaymf on June 14, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  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’

  By lindsaymf on June 7, 2014 • ( 7 )

  

  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?

  By lindsaymf on May 6, 2014 • ( 8 )

  

  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

  By lindsaymf on May 1, 2014 • ( 2 )

  

  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?

  By lindsaymf on March 27, 2014 • ( 5 )

  

  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 ›

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