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Feminism
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Internalized Misogyny Within the Geek Community
Stop with the fake geek girl memes. Stop with the shaming geek girls articles. Stop shaming women and, instead, start including them.
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Scrimping on Women’s Pay
Low-paying jobs are growing faster than decent-paying jobs, and more women than men are getting measly wages.
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Soldiers No More in the War Against Women: A Call to Men to Help End the Nightmare of Misogyny
While many men argue “It's not all men,” all men must choose what side of the prevailing war against women they are on.
Our Words Are Our Weapons: The Feminist Battle of the Story in the Wake of the Isla Vista Massacre
The struggle has been and will be long and harsh and sometimes ugly, and the backlash against feminism remains savage, strong, and omnipresent, but it is not winning.
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Feminist Party Scores First Victory in EU Election
For the first time ever, a candidate attached to an out-and-out “feminist” political party has been elected to serve on the European Parliament.
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Pandora’s Box and the Volunteer Police Force: Feminism Has Just Started (and It’s Not Stopping Now)
"The road may be a thousand miles long, but the woman walking down it isn't at mile one. I don't know how far she has to go, but I …
Sweden Championed Gender Equality to Raise Birth Rates – and it Worked
In industrialized countries, especially the United States and countries in Europe, the birth rate has been consistently declining.
Why Does More “Security” Keep Leading to More Violence Against Women?
In spite of efforts to commercialize it, March 8 International Women's Day is the day we recognize women's movements for gender equality.
Outta Sight, Outta Mind: What Producers Don’t Want You to Know About How Your Clothes Are Made
The most important resource for garment manufacture is a pool of cheap and often desperate labor. A corrupt government is also helpful.
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Interlopers on Social Media: Feminism, Women of Color and Oppression
As women of color who identify as feminist and who engage online, we are implicated in this conversation.