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• U.S. Pledges Help to #BringBackOurGirls

  By Maureen on May 3, 2014 • ( 5 )

  

  Last month, more than 250 Nigerian schoolgirls were kidnapped by extremist militants and are reportedly being married off to their kidnappers in mass weddings. While they have not publicly claimed responsibility, it is strongly suspected that members of the militant Islamic movement known as… Read More ›

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  By amblitstein on May 2, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  TIME released a list of 41 women of 2014 and the influence they have had on politics, culture, sports, activism and business. A writer describes the overall reluctance to use the word rape and label perpetrators as rapists. See the Guardian…. 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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• Tech CEO Gurbaksh Chahal Faces No Jail Time After Beating Girlfriend 117 Times

  By Maureen on April 29, 2014 • ( 4 )

  

  Note: Article originally appeared on Brown Girl Magazine. Republished with permission. I’m so mad about this case that my brain is on fire. RadiumOne CEO’s Gurbaksh Chahal is dodging jail time for allegedly beating and kicking his girlfriend 117 times during… Read More ›

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  By amblitstein on April 25, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  Women in South Sudan are helping to break down gender-stereotypes in the workplace by operating a a car wash. See UN Multimedia. The New York Times shows how Turkish women have been using Twitter to combat sexual harassment. The Nation explores… Read More ›

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• Calling Out Everyday Sexism, Spidey Style

  By amblitstein on April 25, 2014 • ( 12 )

  

  As I watched Andrew Garfield at a Yahoo Kids’ Q&A for The Amazing Spider-Man 2, I was not prepared for what he was about to say. I have always admired Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield’s on-set and off-set relationship and… Read More ›

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• The Language of Dude Feminism

  By J.A. McCarroll on April 24, 2014 • ( 550 )

  

  The sort of language used to assert men’s dominance over women has a pretty recognizable pattern across the cultural landscape. Men, we are told, are in charge of things because they have something women (supposedly) lack: physical strength, honor, higher… Read More ›

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• Why I’m Becoming an Abortion Provider

  By Guest on April 21, 2014 • ( 19 )

  

  Growing up, I was quickly labeled an ana kuzusu – Turkish for “mamma’s boy.” This came from a love for my parents’ holiday parties. Each year, the gatherings brought promises of leftover turkey, börek, and Rus salatasi – a delightfully… Read More ›

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  By amblitstein on April 21, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  PolicyMic lists everything that women could buy if they were paid the same salary as men. The Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology published a report showing that businesses with more women are more successful. See Mashable. In an interview… Read More ›

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• Teens Are Tackling Sex and Changing Behaviors with Digital Video

  By Maureen on April 18, 2014 • ( 4 )

  

  Young feminists – and youth, in general – often get a bad rap for being complacent. Born into an era of legal birth control and abortion (for now, at any rate), it’s easy to take accuse Millennials of taking sexual… Read More ›

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