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What if we’re not all supposed to be feminists?

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I know, I know.  The title of today’s post probably has you wondering if I’ve been kidnapped and replaced by a MeganBot meant to undo all my work to promote women’s rights. Don’t worry, I’m still here.  (I’d have figured out a way to send a Snapchat distress signal by now, guys.)   But I [...]

The Personal is Political: Angelina Jolie Edition

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In a New York Times op-ed today, Angelina Jolie publicized her recent decision to surgically remove her ovaries after learning she was at a heightened cancer risk.   Jolie discovered in a blood test two years ago that she carried a mutation in the BRCA1 gene that brought with it an 87 percent risk of [...]

How Time is contributing to the myth of post-feminism

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Time issued a poll Wednesday asking readers to vote on which word should be banned in 2015 (because that is apparently hard-hitting journalism these days?). The words included “basic”, “obvi”, “bae”, “turnt”, “feminism”….   Hold the fucking phone.   Feminism?   Feminism?   Here was Time’s reasoning:   feminist: You have nothing against feminism itself, but when did it become [...]

Telling kids sex is fun, and other signs of the impending apocalypse

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I read an interesting piece this morning: “What If We Admitted to Children That Sex Is Primarily About Pleasure?”   The author, a sex-positive parent, discusses the discordance between her son’s sex education at home and the farce that occurs in public schools.  She has taught her son the proper names for things, honestly answered [...]

University of Chicago: stop this already

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  The University of Chicago student government and several pro-women groups on campus are hosting Sexual Assault Awareness Week next week, with a variety of activities and panels intended to raise awareness about assault on campus and provide resources for students and alumni.  You can check out a full schedule here.   In case you [...]

Dylan Farrow: Surviving and speaking out

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Dylan Farrow penned a powerful letter to New York Times‘ Nicholas Kristof today about her alleged sexual abuse as a young girl by her adopted father, famed director Woody Allen.   The courts never filed charges against Allen, not wanting to traumatize a 7-year-old Farrow with the procedures. But as any survivor of sexual assault [...]