A new game offered through the Google and iTunes stores has been slammed after its release last week. The free app is called ‘Plastic Surgery & Plastic Doctor & Plastic Hospital Office for Barbie Version.’ The simulation, for players nine and up, allows its users to perform liposuction on an‘unfortunate,’ larger woman. The game description…
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Continuing on her path to becoming the Modern Day Saint of All Things Awesome, Beyoncé has penned a letter on the myth of gender equality. Over the weekend, Maria Shriver, along with the Center for American Progress released The Shriver Report, a national research paper on the status of American women. The report includes research…
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Information regarding female asylum seekers’ conditions in Australian detention centres has recently come to public knowledge. In some of these centres, the women are forced to approach SERCO officers to ask for tampons or pads during their menstruation cycles, only to be given one or two at a time. Living in Australia and seeing Australian…
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In Fort Worth, Texas a Mrs. Munoz, brain-dead for the past few months, has been kept on life support despite her request to her husband that she did not want to be kept alive in such an instance. Why? Because she is pregnant. That’s why. Just before Thanksgiving in 2013 (that’s near the end of…
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Judging by the think pieces, blogs and professional reviews of the last few months leading up to award season, 2013 was a good one for women in Hollywood. According to writers Versha Sharma and Hanna Sender of Voctiv, movies featuring ‘strong female roles’ earned more than twice as much than movies that didn’t. They used…
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Name: Katie Rose Age: 20 Hometown: Fairfax, VA Occupation: Student and gym employee Describe yourself in one word: Resilient What is your feminist philosophy? To help others understand the importance of feminism through their own lived experiences of oppression and by listening to the experiences of others. Talking about these issues and creating an ongoing…
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Name: Ailish Kimberly Johnson Age: 20 Hometown: Herndon, Virginia Occupation: Point of Sales Associate at a craft store Describe yourself in one word: Critical. What is your feminist philosophy? I believe that women all over the world face sex-based oppression caused by male power, and the only way for women to be considered equals in…
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Beyoncé released a surprise visual album last week and broke the internet. iTunes crashed and social media lost its collective shit. The sheer magnitude of Beyoncé’s star power is such that she doesn’t need promo. She doesn’t need to slowly drop singles one by one, or sell merchandise, or convince everyone to buy an…
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The awesome art collective that recently enlightened us all to the glory of vaginal knitting has an early Christmas present for you. Melbourne based ‘craftivist’ group, Craft Cartel, want to challenge the shame and censorship around women’s genitalia, in particular, through the word – “cunt”. They claim that the word, ‘despite being the descriptor of…
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Emily Graslie, the creative mind behind popular YouTube science channel The Brain Scoop, has spoken out against the daily barricade of sexist comments she receives in a video in which she asks why there are so few popular female STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) creators on YouTube. In the video, which has done the…
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Amazing Babes is a beautiful picture book dedicated to celebrating the diversity and power of women’s achievements in recent history. The title, with its connotations of pouting, superficial girls, is inherently ironic: these amazing babes are the antithesis of the pin-up chick cliché. Inspirational contemporary female figures such as Tavi Gevinson, Malala Yousafzai and riot…
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Name: Abigael Collins Age: 19 Occupation: Student Hometown: Avon Lake, Ohio, USA Describe yourself in one word. I’d probably say green. There’s so much I haven’t experienced. I know so few people and I hardly know myself at all! What is your feminist philosophy? Equality; the dissection of social constructs; to only believe in ideas…
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If you were like me, International Men’s Day went by quietly or without any mention at all. It wasn’t until wasting time online the next day that I saw a mention of it – so fleeting I can’t even remember where exactly it was. I think I scoffed at first and moved on to something…
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Name: Rebecca Shaw AKA Brocklesnitch Age: 31 Occupation: Freelance Writer/Office Pleb/Town moron Hometown: Brisbane Website: brocklesnitch.squarespace.com Describe yourself in one word: Absurd What is your feminist philosophy? I dunno, do misandry a lot I guess? No, my feminist philosophy is something that is constantly evolving as I learn more. A couple of years ago I…
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