Feminist trading cards? Yes please. Check out Supersisters, the awesome collection of trading cards from 1979 featuring badass women like Rosa Parks, Meredith Monk, and Laura Lee Ching among others. From the Met:
What My Day on a Porn Set Taught Me About Porn Marketed to Women
Don't show too much skin, or they'll think you're a wannabe. Don't show too little skin, or they'll think you're a suit. What does one wear on a trip to a porn set? For my first visit, I decided on a linen scarf, eggshell button up and skinny Levis (red, white, and blue).
This Is How Men React to Being Catcalled by a Woman
Leah Green from The Guardian took to the streets of London with a hidden camera to see how unsuspecting men react when they are the targets of the same sexist taunts, insults and catcalls that women are subjected to every day.
Feminist Battle: Are You Privileged Enough to Get Some Sleep?
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Ladies, there’s another battle in this feminism war: Sleep. And who gets it. That’s right, a biological necessity now a luxury.
Gloria Steinem at 80: She Looks Good and Everyone Wants Her to Know It
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Gloria Steinem turns 80 today. She makes 80 look good, logistically speaking: her schedule is just as jam-packed as it ever was. She also makes 80 look good physically speaking: to the amazement of her fans, she appears far too young to have spent eight decades on Earth. But for all her accolades and accomplishments,…
Some Helpful Hints on Handling Your Relationship and Your Feminism
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Here is a very cool photo series that is singing my life with its words.
Some Cobbled Together Thoughts On The #BanBossy Campaign
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I've been thinking a lot about Sheryl Sandberg's new #BanBossy campaign over the last week or so since it debuted. I've read the thinkpieces both for and against, and even the ones that fell in the middle of the road. And after considering all of the very valid critiques, I've realized why this campaign bugs me so…
You Don't Need to Ban 'Bossy' — You Need to Take Away Its Power
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The word bossy is not a bad word as words go. It can even be kinda great. It's when someone is aggressive to get shit done. Anyone can be bossy — go ahead and tell me you've never met a bossy guy without a title in sight. But you don't need a study to tell you this is a word usually reserved for women who give orders,…
Newsflash: Beyoncé Can Be Both Sexual and a Good Role Model
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Well, here we are in 2014 back at square one trying to explain that women—just like people!—have the extraordinary ability to enjoy sex without being completely defined by it. Didn't Madonna already cover this a quarter of a century ago?
A Grown Woman's Guide to Responsible Celebrity Worship
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I'm really not into the phrase "It Girl." First of all because it sounds like a euphemism for "Sexy Pennywise Halloween Costume," and second of all because it's so...singular. We can only have one girl? And that's "It"? Girls are like the Highlander? What happens to her when she's not "It" anymore? Why don't we have an "It…
Feminist Stephen Colbert Gave Himself a Master's in Women's Studies
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Last night on The Colbert Report, host and self-professed feminist Stephen Colbert recognized — in honor of Women's History Month —"that society has intrinsically linked a woman's value to her outward appearance and thereby undermining her status and strengthening the patriarchal hegemony." For his revelation, Colbert…
Demonizing Sex Work Harms Sex Workers
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Although the term "sex work" very obviously includes the idea that it's labor, we tend not to see it as such: the way in which the media conceptualizes the sex industry is plagued by stigmas and toxic misunderstandings, one of which is that doing sex work is fundamentally and necessarily different from any other job.
What Does It Mean for Feminism if Feminism Becomes Trendy?
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2013 was a Big Year for feminism in pop culture. The media's endless hounding of female celebrities regarding whether they identify as feminist has finally paid off — several prominent figures, including Miley Cyrus, Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, Claire Danes, Selena Gomez(ish), Rashida Jones, Ellen Page and even Courtney Stodden …
Claire Underwood Is Far Too Complicated for a 'Feminist or Not' Debate
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House of Cards' Claire Underwood is a multi-faceted character. As Robin Wright portrays her, Claire can occasionally play nice — but mostly she's the cold and reserved, a counterpoint to the passionate and manipulative Frank Underwood. In the recently released season two, many, including this website, have used the…
Beyoncé's Feminist Icon Chimamanda Adichie on Equality and Chocolate
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Thanks to Beyoncé's song "Flawless," a feminist trojan horse of sorts, Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is getting tons of attention right now. In addition to penning novels like Americanah and Half of a Yellow Sun (the latter has been made into an upcoming film), she's amazing speaker who is vocal about gender…
House of Cards' Claire Underwood Is a Feminist Warrior Antihero
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If House of Cards is like chess, then Claire Underwood is the queen—the most powerful piece in the game. And that becomes clear in the show's second season when all the scheming and plotting and compromises have given her a national platform for the causes that are the most personal to her: abortion and sexual…
Tech Leader Retweets Only Women for One Year, Becomes Our Favorite Man
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Tech stalwart Anil Dash did something revolutionary with his Twitter feed in 2013: he only retweeted women for one year. (With the exception of Prince, but, I mean, it’s Prince and he is the international representative for THE LADIES, so I understand.)
Perils of Lady Gaming
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Have your pearls ready to clutch and a couch ready to faint on after you read this scandalous comic!
Invite-Only Oceanside Conference Vows to "Reset the Agenda for Women"
Makers began as a documentary about the history of women's equality developed by AOL and PBS, but seems to have morphed into a brand of its own. Next week, Makers is hosting a three-day conference where Sheryl Sandberg, Eric Schmidt, Tim Armstrong, and others plan to "reset the agenda for women in the workplace in the…
Cigarette Ads Were Once Based on Women Being "Better" Than Men
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Times really were different in the '60s and '70s. Not only was it still cool to smoke back then, but it was also cool to pin your cigarette ad campaign on women's lib.