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more about #feministing bellzar08: I'm 15 and I have officially identified as a feminist for about 1 year and a half now, thanks in large part to Jezebel. I'm now reading Gloria's book... more » teenypanini09: isn't she christian bale's step mother? i know it's off topic, but that's kinda cool. more » Lana Leigh loves Meryl Streep: Did I read her correctly. Didn't a lot of white woman vote FOR Obama and not for McCain. more » Flackette Goes Retro: "Older women ask her if she's surprised about the way young women and dress and she responds, "well I wore miniskirts and a button that said 'cunt pow... more » BytheSea: I'd like to know the percentage for America. more » Penny: The visual is, indeed, striking. But, I would have liked to see more western/Christian countries (as Erda says below). I think I am pretty smart, ed... more » Erda: Why do they focus so heavily on third-world countries (and particularly non-Christian ones)? It would be interesting to look at "developed" countries... more » BritneyCanadaWhore: this is sad and disturbing, and the commenters on feministing rightly called out a few equally disturbing things, like why there are no western or "de... more » alouette: I saw this yesterday and it broke my heart. I just wish the information was better arranged though, for a bigger impact (i.e., Rwanda and Jordan have ... more » NefariousNewt: I'm 100% certain this is disturbing. more » Lucille van Pelt: Are they also banning anti-choice ads? that would be fair (although stupid for both sides), but if it's just banning pro-choice and abortion services,... more » sybann: DON'T MAKE ME SWITCH TO BING MOTHERFUCKERS! more » stacyinbean: Um, didn't we just have a post about how there was an ad for photographs of female genital mutilation in Google Ads? So it's ok to advertise messing w... more » counterclockwise: Wait, there are ads for abortions? more » schweppes: In a lot of those countries, abortion is illegal (Google is pretty stupid not to have made that clearer in their explanation). So linking to advertis... more » SarahMC: "Don't be evil" : yor doin it rong. more » Laulau: Wait, they allow "factual" ads from religious organizations ("fact: we don't want you to have an abortion, you slut"?), but not ads for places that ac... more » Samanthrax: This, from the site that allows advertisements for pictures of female circumscisions? Interesting. more » Percy: I often find myself spontaneously purchasing things advertised on Google, so I can see how this might be a concern. more » morninggloria: Google is really depriving its users of some great material. Abortion ads are among the internet's most hilarious. more » -
#heroworship
Gloria Steinem On Racism, Young Women, And Modern Feminism
"The stereotype about young women is that they're ungrateful and inactive - this is utter bullshit...More young women identify as feminists than older women, yet we're led to believe that the opposite is the case," - Gloria Steinem. More: [Feministing] -
#painfulrealities
Domestic Violence Made Visual
This disturbing chart, via Feministing, shows the percentage of women, aged 15-49, broken down by country, who believe it is OK for their husbands to hit them. Even 1% would be horrible, but Jordan's 90% is downright heartbreaking. [Feministing, GlobalHealth] -
#searchcensorship
Google Blocks Abortion Ads On Multiple Continents
Lori Adelman at Feministing is taking on Google for its strange policy of banning abortion providers from advertising on Google AdWords in specific countries. More » -
#crazytalk
The Good Book
Feministing is concerned that the new revision of The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - often called the "bible of mental illness" -will lead to the "pathologizing and stigmatizing to gender-variant people." [Feministing] -

