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Women In The Muslim World Need Genuine Reform

Ida Lichter, M.D. | Posted 05.24.2012

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Ida Lichter, M.D.

Is misogyny prevalent and gaining traction in the Muslim world and why did most women vote for Islamists in Middle East elections?

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Art World's Bad Girls

Posted 04.16.2012

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The upcoming "Bad Girls of 2012" exhibition raises the question: what does it mean to be a bad girl in the art world, where rule breaking is the norm?...

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How Feminism Made Me A Better Gay Man

Zach Stafford | Posted 04.03.2012

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Zach Stafford

Many bigots see you as being like a woman or wanting to be a woman, which gay men will internalize and see as negative. Feminism looks at that thought and says, "What is wrong with being a woman?" I needed to hear that message at 18, and I still need to hear it now.

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No Country for Weak Women

Lori Sokol | Posted 05.20.2012

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Lori Sokol

'Strength does not come from physical capacity, (but) from an indomitable will." And women have always had that, even when we still considered ourselves a minority.

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Women's History Month: Closing the Ambition Gap

Marlo Thomas | Posted 05.13.2012

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Marlo Thomas

March is Women's History Month, and I'm being asked the same question -- a lot: "Whatever happened to the women's movement? Where are the feminist freedom fighters today?" I guess if people don't see women marching, they don't think they're moving.

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A Woman's Message To Rush

Hayley Rose Horzepa | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Women's Empowerment, Women's Rights, Women, Gender Stereotypes, Gender Bias, Women's Issues, Rush Limbaugh, The New Feminist Movement, Gender Inequality, Feminist, Women's Health, Sarah Fluke, Health, Feminists, Feminism, Women News
Hayley Rose Horzepa

Those with clout like Rush talk about and regard us with the same type of annoyance and irritation that they also reserve for the brave participants of the Occupy Movement.

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The 2nd Worst Question To Ask A Single Woman

Melanie Notkin | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Women, The Truth About Childless Women, Career Man, Childlessness, Childless, Feminist, Employment, Journal of Population Health, Fertility, Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology Canada, Childless Women, Ivf, Feminism, Oprah Winfrey, Career, Career Women, Job, Single, Careers, Feminists, Women's Liberation, Women News
Melanie Notkin

When a woman is over age 30, single and childless, people want to know why. Just about everyone is just dying to know: What is she waiting for?

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Why Is This Woman Hurling Into Men?

The Huffington Post | Kia Makarechi | Posted 01.21.2012

Read More: Photography, I Throw Myself at Men, Lilly Mcelroy, Self-Portrait, Feminist Art, Feminist Photography, Feminists, Feminist Artists, Gender Roles, Arts News

Artist Lilly McElroy throws herself at men. The 32-year-old Angeleno has crossed the country photographing herself doing just that, for a photo se...

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Why Are Feminists Afraid to Admit the Connection Between Alcohol and Rape?

Keli Goff | Posted 02.11.2012

Read More: Feminists, Rape, Feminism, Woen Rape, Womens Rights, Women Alcohol, Alcohol Rape, Womens Issues, Women Drinking, Women Liquor, Women News
Keli Goff

I'm running out of tolerance for activists who keep screaming "fire" in a crowded theater. We need to do something constructive to address one of the most important public policy issues we continue to grapple with: eradicating rape.

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A Better Way To Represent Women

Chauncey Zalkin | Posted 12.18.2011

Read More: June Cohen, Women's Magazines, Women's Issues, European Women, Women in Business, Feminism, Women's Empowerment, Female Leadership, Kazuyo Sejima, Zaha Hadid, Media Criticism, Feminists, Arianna Huffington, Celebrity Magazines, Europe, Women in the Media, Change the Ratio, Female CEOs, Caterina Fake, Women News
Chauncey Zalkin

It's really time to update the look and feel of media for women to fit reality. We can define ourselves thank you very much.

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Back To Home Ec?

Jamie Lee Curtis | Posted 12.11.2011

Read More: Motherhood, Home Economics, Feminism, Feminists, Femininity, Working Mothers, Fifty News
Jamie Lee Curtis

I would not have thought that the gentle pleasures of being a wife and the mother -- playing a word game with friends and creating a beautiful home -- would be today's pastime for many, many women.

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DSK's Alleged Victim Should Not Be Called His "Accuser"

Jackson Katz | Posted 10.20.2011

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Jackson Katz

The way that rape victims are described in public discourse matters, because wittingly or not, calling alleged victims of rape "accusers" undermines the credibility of women who come forward to report what was done to them.

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Ladies, We Have a Problem

New York Times Magazine | Posted 09.20.2011

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I wanted to love SlutWalks, the viral protest movement that began this spring after a Toronto police officer told a group of college women that if the...

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The Cute Coefficient: Why White Women Don't Defend Black Women

Yvette Carnell | Posted 08.23.2011

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Yvette Carnell

As long as white feminists still use men as their benchmark for how they view themselves and their black and brown counterparts, any hope of a collective movement is impossible.

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Gloria to Liz Lemon: How Pop Culture Is Producing Today's Feminist Icons

Heather Wood Rudúlph | Posted 08.13.2011

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Heather Wood Rudúlph

Tina Fey may be the greatest feminist pioneer we've seen in a generation--despite the fact that she never set out to be.

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Is the Raunch Com the Battle Hymn of the New Feminist?

Jane Buckingham | Posted 07.23.2011

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Jane Buckingham

So what does today's woman want? Well, it seems she wants to be as bawdy and badly behaved as her comedic forefathers. Oh, but she'd like to still look cute doing it.

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Who Ever Said Feminism Was About Your Happiness?

Pamela Haag | Posted 11.17.2011

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Pamela Haag

Over time the prime directive of feminism seemed to get inflected from power to happiness, such that today, when individual women find themselves struggling with the opportunities that feminism secured, they become walking indictments of feminism.

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Feminist Coming Out Day: What Does Feminism Mean to You?

Olivia Goldhill | Posted 11.17.2011

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Olivia Goldhill

Feminist Coming Out Day rises above the stigma and contradictions that muddle so many conversations on sexism, and the power of the event lies in its one simple assertion that feminism is pertinent today.

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'Feminists Love Divorce!'

Beverly Willett | Posted 05.25.2011

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Beverly Willett

"If there's one thing feminists love, it's divorce - they consider it liberating." That's just one of the claims Phyllis Schlafly and her co-author S...

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Shocking Nude Calendar Causes Controversy In Italy

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oliviero Toscani Benetton@Y:World, Censorship, Women's Rights, Feminists, Feminism, Nude Women, Italian Photographer Oliviero Toscani, Oliviero Toscani, Italian Photographer, Female Nude, Genital Triangle, Benetton, Slidepollajax, World News

Best known for his provocative series of Benetton ad campaigns, Italian photographer Oliviero Toscani has never been one to shy away from controversy....

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This Is Not Your Mother's Reproductive Rights Movement

Julie Burkhart | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Feminists, Feminist, Feminism, Reproductive Rights, Abortion Rights, Dr. Tiller, Abortion, Human Rights, Reproductive Choice, Reproductive Justice, Pregnancy, Reproductive Health, Parenting, Home News
Julie Burkhart

The pro-choice movement in the United States is at a critical crossroads. A new reproductive justice movement is emerging from the hardships endured b...

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Barbara Jean at Rest

Paula Gordon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Greed, Norris Church Mailer, Barbara Jean Davis, Character, Human Rights, Women's Liberation Movement, Feminists, Cancer, Celebrity, Norman Mailer, Entertainment News
Paula Gordon

Norris Church Mailer death was widely reported. Slow news week. Coverage was zip when her younger self -- Barbara Jean Davis -- fell victim to our con...

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What Is Femininity?

Marcia Reynolds | Posted 11.17.2011

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Marcia Reynolds

Is feminism about women rising up in power or a mindset both men and women can hold? Any man who stands for choice, equality and inclusion is using feminism to help save the world.

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Interview With Porn Scholar, Part 2: Business and Culture

Jackson Katz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jackson Katz

There has been precious little critical debate or dialogue about pornography in mainstream media, which is striking when you consider what a ubiquitous cultural phenomenon it is.

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Has Feminism Ruined Our Sex Lives?

Natalie Bencivenga | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Feminism, Feminism Sexuality, Feminists, Female Sexuality, Women Sex, Female Sex, Feminist, Healthy Living News
Natalie Bencivenga

Women were supposed to become liberated, sexually free to be with whomever they want, and yet it seems now more than ever, there are more restrictions being placed on us.

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