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Musings of an Aging (Young) Feminist
When I was eight I wanted to be an Olympic gymnast. By the time I was ten, I was sure I was going to become a world famous singing sensation. At twelve I started toying around with the idea of becoming...
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Off to Pro-Choice Battleground Colorado!
Why am I, a native Texan and current New Yorker, heading to Colorado for two weeks to organize against state ballot initiatives? Well, because I’m an itinerant feminist organizer and if I’m home for...
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Wired Mag Has Interns Show Off Breasts
****This piece has been updated following a response by the women of Wired Magazine. Please click here to see the new piece, which corrects misinformation stated below. I chose not to delete this post...
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MTV’s Abortion Show Was…Actually Good
Like many of my colleagues in the pro-choice feminist blogosphere, I’m pleasantly shocked at how well MTV handled the topic of abortion during their special that aired last night, called No Easy...
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Happy Anna Howard Shaw Day!
First, let me get one thing straight: I don’t hate Valentine’s Day. It’s not in the ‘FEMINIST BYLAWS,’ if they were to exist and we could actually all agree on them which we couldn’t, that those of...
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Let Women’s History Month Begin!
A collage of powerful sheroes of today and yesterday, I made this collage to celebrate WHM 2010. Look for this year's version soon! If you’ve ever read this blog or been subjected to me inserting...
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On Her 77th Birthday, 7 Things I’ve Learned From Gloria Steinem
When I first thought about writing a post to honor my friend Gloria Steinem’s 77th birthday I figured a quick Google search would yield some cool, applicable numerology about the “lucky number 7″ to...
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Google Doodles Still Erasing Women’s History
Two years ago, I wrote a post over at Feministe calling out Google Doodles – described by Google as “changes that are made to the Google logo to celebrate holidays, anniversaries and the lives of...
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The Terrorism That Killed Dr. Tiller Remains A Threat
This you probably know: three years ago today, abortion provider Dr. George Tiller was murdered in his church by anti-abortion terrorist Scott Roeder. You may not know that this is also the 9th year...
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Where Are the Global Girl Activists?
Where are the young women in the fight for global women’s rights? Don’t ask me this stupid question today. Most days I could calmly and politely explain to you where and how young women are doing this...
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