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Asking A Father's Permission: Romantic or Chauvinist?
Before my ex-husband proposed to me, he met with my mother for dinner to disclose our intentions and ask for my family's blessing. Not too long in the past, this kind of meeting had a very specific...
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What Would Betty Friedan Say about the "Lean In" Debate?
The contractions started at 7,000 feet. I was on a plane from San Francisco to Chicago to pitch a new client for our advertising agency. Twenty-three weeks pregnant with my second child, I had just...
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Reflections on White Privilege While Raising a Child of Privilege, Part 1:...
Cross posted from Balancing Jane. A few days before the 2013 Oscars, I was reading some online commentary about the nominees. In the middle of the page was a picture of Quvenzhané Wallis from the set...
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Standing Outside the Door: White Women's Responsibility to Renisha McBride
When I heard about Renisha McBride being shot and killed while seeking help after a car accident, my first reaction was grief. If it isn’t sad enough that this young woman lost her life, that her...
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What Do Fit Shaming, Fat Shaming, Slut Shaming, and Mom Shaming Have in Common?
I remember the first time someone called me fat in an internet comment. We were having a debate about the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell. The person on the other side of the conversation was saying...
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Does Power Make Women Fantasize About Submission?
Three large bruises stood out on my thigh -- like a beast had pawed at me, more impact force than gash, with just the slightest red dots of blood scattered over the purple and green, almost daring to...
View ArticleVagenda Asks: Can We Take the Sexism Out of Headlines?
What would the world look like if headlines in tabloids stopped being critical and cruel and started reflecting the photos of women that they accompany? On Monday, the editors at Vagenda Magazine asked...
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The War Being Waged Against Knowledge and Female Autonomy
Last week Rush Limbaugh called a female Georgetown student a "slut" and "prostitute" for supporting the provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that will provide women with free...
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The Problem With Calling the Black Widow a Slut
You might have seen that Chris Evans and Jeremy Renner during a press junket responded to a question about Black Widow's romantic interests in Avengers: Age of Ultron (not saying who, SPOILERS, but it...
View ArticleLet A 13-Year-Old Explain Why Shaming Promiscuity Is Wrong
Margo Fortier, who goes by the username astrorice, has been on YouTube for almost three years. In that time, the 14-year-old has amassed over three thousand subscribers and over half a million channel...
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