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While celebrities promote detox teas, this woman used Instagram to help save a man’s life
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5 modern societies run entirely by women
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BY: NADIA ZAIDI  “This is a man’s world, but it wouldn’t be nothing without a woman or a girl.” Sure, that’s probably as biased as it gets, but I think we can all agree t…

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The problems with radical feminism in the 21st century
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BY: SYDNEY KEEFE  CO-AUTHORED BY: JESSICA BEUKER  Ahh Feminism; a word so powerful that the second it leaves a person’s lips it’s already commenced a fiery debate. The feminist movement da…

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I don’t need to go makeup free to discover my “true” beauty
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BY: NADIA ZAIDI  I can almost hear the snarky remarks, and chuckles when we talk about women and makeup. Whether we want to admit it or not, makeup is one of those things that elicits amusement from t…

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How monuments perpetrate misogyny
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The representation of minorities and women has gained significant traction this year. We have seen a steady increase of women (and minorities) in many media forms. We have seen women take over major b…

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The forgotten Muslim heroine of WWII
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BY: SYDNEY KEEFE   The world wars that dominated the last century have brought out many heroes in our soldiers and citizens. Those who fought on the front lines and the citizens who helped support the…

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Afghanistan’s first female street artist risks her life to empower women (photos)
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Afghanistan-based feminist graffiti artist risks her life to show her perspective of hope for the world she lives in. Her name is Shamsia Hassani, and she is the first female 3-D street artist and fem…

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The Guerrilla Girls are still fighting art sexism in the most badass way possible
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BY: SYDNEY KEEFE Featured Illustration by: Xulin Wang One fateful morning on the island of Manhattan, New Yorkers woke up to their borough being wallpapered with Guerrilla art. The Guerilla Girls were…

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Alana Massey explores feminine identity through iconic female celebrities
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“Telling people not to do as Sylvia Plath did is universally understood as a good-natured suggestion that a writer not put too much of herself into her creation- lest she accidentally write abou…

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World hunger and biodiversity loss could be solved by the empowerment of women around the world
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BY: DUSTIN BATTY The education and empowerment of women around the world is a crucial step towards a better and brighter future. It promotes equality, combats societally encouraged oppression, and vas…

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How a group of women are increasing access to education in Nicaragua
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BY: ADAM THRUSH A new social initiative has launched in Nicaragua that focuses on the organization of communal spaces for the purpose of hosting makeshift libraries in rural Nicaraguan villages. ̵…

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The ‘Girl’s Auto Clinic’ is rethinking women’s roles in the auto industry
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BY: ELIJAH BASSETT Despite all that feminists have achieved up to now, many professions are still heavily gendered, and this has real consequences on people’s lives and society at large. But it doesn’…

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Pueblo Bonito was home to a prehistoric society where women ruled
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BY: PHILIPPE DE JOCAS In spite of some recent advancement in theories of gender equity, it’s no secret that, for a variety of social and cultural reasons, guys ruled most historical civilizations whil…

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This feminist photographer is redefining beauty standards (NSFW)
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We live in a society that puts women’s bodies in the middle of repression. Women are faced with certain aesthetic standards and continuously fed ideas that we are simply not good enough. Nor wil…

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Male birth control shot: what men really think
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BY: CHARLOTTE LEFAVE Birth control: a necessary evil for everyone hoping to avoid driving a gaggle of their genetic copies to soccer practice for the next 18 years. Up to this point in history, men ha…

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BY: ELIJAH BASSETT  Women and minorities have come a long way in terms of equal rights over the past few decades, but there are still some big problems. One of these is the pay gap.  Although the pay …

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Inside the mesmerizing world of burlesque – through the eyes of a legend
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BY: JESSICA BEUKER  American Burlesque shows first became popular in the 1860s. Featuring lewd jokes and female striptease, this genre of variety show perfectly blended satire, performance art, music …

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The case for all porn to be feminist porn
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BY: BROOKLYN PINHEIRO If you’re a woman who’s ever had sex with a man and it ended when he came, without any further effort towards your orgasm, you have experienced sex in the same way as every women…

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Fully-nude body positivity workshops helped me get over my body insecurities (NSFW)
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BY: JESSICA BEUKER “Everybody get naked.” I glance around the room as nine women—nine strangers—start to take off their clothes. I apprehensively do the same. Heads are bowed towards the floor as we a…

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Constantly searching for love and trying to find your soulmate is actually bad news
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BY: CHARLOTTE LEFAVE The idea of True Love is infused into everything girls are exposed to growing up. It’s a fantasy we’re born into. As soon as you hit puberty, love becomes a realistic goal you sho…

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