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Girls’ GlobeThe Girls’ Globe website is the central hub of an international network of bloggers and activists who fight gender inequality and promote women’s and girls’ rights around the world.
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Don’t Fall For the New H&M Campaign“H&M will exploit anything to make a sale — just ask the women who work in its factories. I’m not buying it: the sentiment or the clothing.” Is the new H&M commercial really the pro-woman, body-positive bombshell some claim?
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Jill Soloway on Donald Trump, Locker Rooms, and Toxic MasculinityIn the wake of the leaked audio of Donald Trump bragging about sexual assault, Transparent creator Jill Soloway discusses how men turn women into Others, and other men into accomplices.
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Five Podcasts by Women of Color You Should KnowSocial and political activist Rebecca Griffin recommends her favorite podcasts by women of color, like Represent and 2 Dope Queens, covering topics from feminism and race to work and equality.
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The Gloria SirensA communal blog by and for women writers, the contributors at The Gloria Sirens cover a wide range of topics, from publishing and teaching to feminism and surviving abuse.
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Phat Girl FreshPlus-sized fashionistas love Maui Bigelow’s blog — lifestyle and fashion inspiration, from a fat feminist slant.
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“Any meaningful life choice involves a degree of sacrifice. So you do what you must. And you give thanks for being disliked, because, honestly, most people in the world won’t care enough to dislike you in the first place.”
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Beyond Good and Evil (Food)“Why do we moralize so much about foods and our relationships to them?” At Fit is a Feminist Issue, a philosopher argues against the connection we make between eating choices and morality.
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Proton Packs Against Patriarchy: Why the Ghostbusters Reboot WorksJoanna Di Mattia celebrates Ghostbusters with “reverse nostalgia”: “How great it would be to be a young girl right now, with the chance to see a big, bombastic film like this, with four funny, smart females at the helm.”
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The Kinfolk KollectiveLaSha, the writer behind The Kinfolk Kollective, publishes essays that examine how race and identity intersect popular culture and politics.
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The Problem with Parity Is It’s Not EnoughPlaywright Abbey Fenbert writes a sharp, thought-provoking manifesto against the stubborn gender inequality in American theater repertories.
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An Open Letter to the Female Hat-Wearing Dog From “Go Dog, Go”“Wear a hat you love and if he doesn’t like it? F*#% him.” Raquel D’Apice shares advice for the protagonist in P.D. Eastman’s classic children’s book.
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Managing Your Feelings Is Not My Job“I am declaring a 72-hour moratorium on women having to worry about men’s delicate feelings. I’ve waited 60 years. America has waited 240.” At hecatedemeter, a Hillary Clinton supporter refuses to tone down her joy.
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Why I Don’t Want My Kid Growing Up “Normal”“I want you to enjoy every moment of your life and sometimes just toss that hair in a quick messy bun and run out the door on your way to another adventure.” Writer Larinna Chandler wishes for her daughter to blaze her own path.
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Justifying Our Existence: The Antioch Review and the Transgender ‘Debate’“Some of us are happy failing at gender. Because all of us fail gender in some way.” In The Millions, Clarence Harlan Orsi responds to a polemical Antioch Review piece that suggested transgender people were subject to a “mass delusion.”
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