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  • Equal Education, Unequal Pay

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    It’s 2013 and the gender pay gap is still alive and strong. As LearnStuff.com points out, Even with moves toward equalizing pay between men and women, men still make almost 20% more than women in nearly all industries. This is… Read More ›

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  • Why Postpartum Depression is a Feminist Issue

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    Five months ago today, I gave birth to a beautiful, perfectly healthy baby girl.  I had a smooth, uncomplicated delivery and was immediately enthralled with my daughter. Everything about her – from her little button nose to her ridiculously tiny… Read More ›

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  • Quick Hit: World Contraception Day

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    On this World Contraception Day, I’d like to give a shout-out to birth control in all its forms. It gives me freedoms to and freedoms from, all of which I appreciate on a daily basis: freedom to determine the size… Read More ›

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  • Action Alert: Strike Out Rape Culture, NYC!

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    There’s nothing to pull me out from my maternity break like a little rape culture. Check out this gem I found on NOW-NYC’s Not Cool Tumblr: This Bowlmor Lanes advertisement is currently posted throughout New York City subways and reads,… Read More ›

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  • Spotlight On: Erin Matson!

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    Erin Matson is the Action Vice President for the National Organization for Women, where she oversees the grassroots organizing efforts and national action campaigns for the organization, while also spearheading the use of new technologies within the feminist activist arena…. Read More ›

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  • A Brief History of the Pill

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    Today’s post comes from Claire Payton, a research assistant at New York University’s Margaret Sanger Papers Project. Of the millions of women who take the pill each day, most think about it only during the second or two it takes… Read More ›

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  • Spotlight On: Serena Freewomyn!

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    Serena Freewomyn is one hell of a strong, kick-ass feminist. She is the founder and editor of FeministsForChoice.com and also happens to be one of my favorite people on the planet who inspires me on a daily basis. Read on… Read More ›

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  • Women Around the Globe: News Roundup

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    The United Arab Emirates has decided to pay men to marry women who are over 30 and therefore considered too old to be single by UAE standards. See Women’s Views on News. The Taliban in Afghanistan publicly executes a woman for… Read More ›

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  • Links We Love

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    7 Ways You’re Hurting Your Daughter’s Future, Forbes.com New Mass. Law Backs Transgender Residents, Boston Globe Mississippi Abortion Law Temporarily Blocked by Federal Judge, Associated Press When Keeping Your Child is No Longer Your Choice, FeministsForChoice “Conscience Clause” Gone AMOK:… Read More ›

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  • Keep It Real

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    You’d have to live under a rock to not know that magazines and Photoshop go hand-in-hand. Advertisers constantly alter models’ bodies in some twisted attempt to create the “perfect” woman, or what they believe the “perfect” woman looks like. This… Read More ›

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