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Nadia Kamil is Rapping About Your Cervix. And This Is Why It’s Great.

By katebyard on April 17, 2014 • ( 0 )

Ironically, as I write this I am being chastised on Facebook for writing a status update — “Never underestimate the effects of a good bath on a bad period” — which is neither graphic, nor indiscreet but simply a matter of… Read More ›

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The Highest Grossing Animated Film of All Time Reminds Us That Sisterhood is Powerful

By Maureen Ahmed on April 2, 2014 • ( 0 )

Talk about recovering from an epic polar vortex season: Frozen has just done something that will blow your mittens off. After opening in Japan, Disney’s Frozen has now raked in a whopping $1.072 billion in box office sales worldwide,… Read More ›

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Is Porn Just a Pawn?

By katebyard on March 25, 2014 • ( 5 )

Oh porn, the bane of feminist existence, the ultimate conundrum. Is it the liberation of female sexuality or the systematic rape of women? It seems as if the opposing sides were far from settling on an agreement last weekend as… Read More ›

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Made in Bangladesh: A Response to American Apparel

By Guest on March 21, 2014 • ( 1 )

Note: This previously appeared on Brown Girl Magazine. Republished with permission. The woman in the photo is wearing no clothes. She has light brown skin, lighter than me, and her dark hair is swept back in a wave. Her breasts are… Read More ›

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Women in Film: A Story from the Indie Trenches

By Guest on March 7, 2014 • ( 0 )

It was a joyful scene on the set of A Sort of Homecoming Sunday night – we wrapped principal photography on time and largely on budget – and celebrated the fact that several of our actors and one of our… Read More ›

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My So Called Transgender Life

By katebyard on February 19, 2014 • ( 5 )

Last week Jean-Marc Vallée’s newest film – Dallas Buyers Club – was released into cinemas and picture houses. In the film, Jared Leto portrays the character of transwoman Rayon, a role for which he received 12 different awards for Best… Read More ›

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Pussy Riot and the Charisma of Protest

By damarespleasants on February 12, 2014 • ( 1 )

A girl and her laptop explore the world. Her head is filled with clamor. The noise goes “Injustice. Inequality. Discrimination. Degradation.” This kindles anger in the girl’s heart. She does not like feeling emotional discomfort. She does not tolerate vexation. … Read More ›

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Creating Safe Feminist Spaces on the Internet

By Guest on February 11, 2014 • ( 0 )

With the advent of using 140 characters to express oneself on Twitter and the popularity of using the virtual sphere as a place to activate and revolutionize, feminism is experiencing a dynamic shift in the way social justice work is… Read More ›

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Debunking Barbie’s Beauty Standards

By Guest on February 5, 2014 • ( 2 )

Yesterday, Kim Culmone, vice president of design for Barbie at Mattel (in an interview with Fast Company) defended Barbie’s unrealistic, often-criticized, and highly dangerous body proportions by arguing that her body shape and size is necessary “for real life fabrics… Read More ›

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Reduced to a Marriage Trophy

By katebyard on February 4, 2014 • ( 1 )

Over the past two days, the Internet has been in uproar over J.K. Rowling’s declaration that Hermione Granger should have married Harry Potter, and not Ron Weasley. I, for one, am fuming. Not because I “ship” Hermione and Ron, nor… Read More ›