Feminism

Posted on the Jan 22, 2013 by Carlin Ross
I can't wait to watch the new HBO documentary on Pussy Riot.  The film covers their arrest, trial and appeal.  Doree Shafrir describes a poignant moment caught on camera: "In one of the...
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Posted on the Jan 18, 2013 by Betty Dodson
Hi Dr. Betty, First of all let me say I love the website, and will certainly be sharing it with friends!  I am a graduate student in Texas, and for the past 8 months I've been working 2 days a...
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Posted on the Jan 15, 2013 by Carlin Ross
Marvel's latest X-Men comic series due out in April will feature an all-female line up. Writer Brian Wood explains the decision to focus on female characters:
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Posted on the Jan 07, 2013 by Carlin Ross
Why is it always rape? This is the question that rolls through my mind when I read about the Delhi gang rape tragedy and the ensuing debate on women's rights. The UN finally declared rape to be a...
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Posted on the Dec 22, 2012 by Carlin Ross
Following our Bodysex piece in New York Magazine, we had several producers from top network talk shows contact us. We declined each invitation. A friend in PR couldn't believe we'd turn down these...
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Posted on the Dec 11, 2012 by Carlin Ross
Got this email from one of the women in our last bodysex group this morning: Recalling a conversation that we had in the Bodysex circle about what feminism means to us and how that word has become...
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Posted on the Dec 04, 2012 by Carlin Ross
25 year old Magdulien Abaida grew up on the shores of the Mediterranean in Libya's capital, Tripoli. When the revolution broke out she traveled to Cairo and Paris campaigning against the regime and...
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Posted on the Dec 03, 2012 by Carlin Ross
Love New Words Feminist bookstore 1976
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Posted on the Nov 29, 2012 by Carlin Ross
These are Swedish ads for different children's toys.  You'd never see a girl playing with a gun, a boy feeding a baby doll or both of them playing with a Barbie Dreamhouse in the US. We could...
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Posted on the Nov 27, 2012 by Carlin Ross
Frida Kahlo's wardrobe is now on display in Mexico City.  The exhibition includes 300 accessories, corsets, clothes and health contraptions worn by Kahlo that have been locked away for over 50...
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Posted on the Nov 26, 2012 by Carlin Ross
That's the question posed by this wonderful short film Piss.  I loved it:
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Posted on the Nov 12, 2012 by Carlin Ross
I feel on top of the world.  2012 was the election of the woman.  So optimistic about the next few years...so proud of all of us. We are witnessing the she-change.  Viva La Vulva...
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Posted on the Oct 28, 2012 by Carlin Ross
When I was a young girl living in a fundamentalist family, I stole my best friends library card.  I would hide in the back of our local public library reading any book I could get my hands on....
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Posted on the Oct 17, 2012 by Carlin Ross
Bic has come out with a "Bic for Her" line of pens for women.  Of course, they're pink and purple....they claim they've been designed for a woman's hand (they look like regular pens to me)....
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Posted on the Oct 14, 2012 by Carlin Ross
Malala Yousafzai - the 14 year old girl who defied the Taliban and went to school - was shot in the back of the head on her school bus last week. She's alive. We'll know more about her injuries in...
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