POLITICS
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PETA Graphically Propagates Violence Against Women
Originally found on Buzzfeed
Everyone knows PETA hates women, using them as pawns to get money and pretend they care about treating "animals" ethically. Women aren't worthy of the same respect and ethical treatment however, and that is why they have no pr...more
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Women in Prison- Healthcare and Childbirth
Pop culture observers have seen the semi-popular movie Changeling featuring world mega-star Angelina Jolie and directed by world mega-icon Clint Eastwood. The plot of the film chronicles the true life story of a woman who’s son was kidnapped and replac...more
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Return to Afghanistan: What’s Next for Afghan Women?
Guest Post by Evin Maria Phoenix. Please check out all of her work at La Azote Negra .
Afghan School Girls, Creative Commons
Not that we ever left. Indeed, the United States has been entrenched in the brutal landscape of Afghanistan for nearly a...more
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Hollywood Feminist of the Day: Shohreh Aghdashloo
First things first. If you haven’t seen The Stoning of Soraya M. you must. It’s a very intense and well done film about a young woman who is accused of adultery and is put to death in the town square. The stoning scene is very hard to watch bu...more
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Geena Davis goes to the UN
Geena Davis seems to be one of the only women in Hollywood consistently speaking out on the issues of women and girls.
Yesterday, she was at the UN talking about the media and its effects on girls.
The money quote:
If we have such devaluing and disem...more
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Made in Dagenham trailer
I can’t embed this trailer on the site because it is exclusive to Times of London, but I had to share because this is a really cool movie.
This trailer so reminded me of Norma Rae and the awesome strong female women who we saw regularly in the movies i...more
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Hollywood Feminist of the Day: Annette Bening
Bening made the following statement about reproductive freedom while doing press for her current film Mother and Child:
Women have to have their own personal choice about reproduction; ultimately women have to make these decisions on their own,” Bening...more
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Christiane Amanpour Signs Off from CNN
Christiane Amanpour signed off from CNN this weekend after 27 years. Check out this montage of interviews from over the years. Notice how many dudes she interviews and remember that the world is still run by men. I will look forward to seeing Amanpo...more
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President Obama fills out women’s brackets for ESPN
We all know President Barack Obama is a huge hoops fans. In fact after last year’s NCAA title, Obama invited the UConn women’s team to a championship ceremony at the White House and even ended up shooting baskets with the players. At the time, he sa...more
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Reese stands up for women
Reese Witherspoon was in DC yesterday talking about the need to stop violence against women. She represents Avon which came to town to give a $500,000 grant to the State Department’s Fund for Global leadership.
One of her quotes:
I think when you ha...more
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Michelle Obama combats Obesity with Let’s Move
On February 9, first lady Michelle Obama spoke out against childhood obesity and introduced her new plan of action called Let’s Move. The goal of this nationwide campaign is to solve the issues surrounding the epidemic of obesity within this generation ...more
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Join the Women’s Sports Foundation in Washington
February 3, 2010 marks the 24th annual celebration of National Girls and Women in Sports Day, a day to celebrate and promote girls’ and womens’ participation and excellence in sports.
NGWSD is marked annually with events around the country and on Cap...more
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