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On Our Radar: Feminist News Roundup
Here’s all the news on our radar today:
• Renowned poet and author Maya Angelou died today at age 86. Here are two moving ways to remember her work this morning: a ... Read more »
"Young and Beautiful" Tells an Aloof but Magnetic Tale of Sex Work and Adolescence
“No one’s serious at seventeen,” wrote Arthur Rimbaud in the 1870 poem “Roman.” When these words part from the pair of pillowy lips belonging to Isabelle (Marine Vacth), the teenaged protagonist of François Ozon’s Young and Beautiful, the audience gets the feeling she has chosen to... Read more »
On Our Radar: Feminist News Round-Up
Here’s what’s on our radar today…
• There’s plenty to still sift through in regards to Elliot Rodger and the Isla Vista kilings. Feministing has... Read more »
Comics for Break-Ups
Dear heartbroken people: I have some reading material for you. There are three great new graphic novels out this month that deal with break-ups, all of them digging into different moods and styles.
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On Our Radar: Feminist News Roundup
Here’s all the news on our radar today:
• Misogyny kills: I’m sure we are all shaken by the death of six people in Santa Barbara, California, on Friday after a 22-year-old named Elliot Rodger went on a shooting spree. He ... Read more »
BitchTapes: Party Boyz Mixtape
This is a mix of garage, pop & childhood fantasies for summer. It's a West Coast & lady-heavy mixtape that is curated by Party Boyz: a podcast,... Read more »
On Our Radar: Feminist News Roundup
Here’s all the news we’re reading today:
• A survivor of a Boko Haram attack in 2011 told her story to the US Congress and media this week. Deborah Peter (above), a 15 year-old girl from Nigeria... Read more »
On Our Radar: Feminist News Roundup
Here’s the news on our radar today:
• As the World Cup approaches, protests in Brazil continue to swirl around funding and social inequity. ... Read more »
Trolls Don’t Just Want to be Rude—They Want Power Over Us
It’s easy to roll your eyes at trolling—to say “don’t read the comments” and dismiss trolls as just a bunch of haters. But let’s talk about trolling for what it really is: disruptive behavior that seeks reinforce power over marginalized communities. The power issues that motivate trolling... Read more »
How American Pop Culture Has Embraced Same-sex Marriage
Excitement was running high at the marriage license office in Portland, Oregon on Monday, May 19. A crowd counted down the minutes until a federal judge planned to announce his ruling in a case challenging Oregon’s ban on same-sex marriage.
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