Feminism | Posted by Sheridan T on 02/8/2010
Tags: body image, shaving
Schick Quatro "TrimStyle" – one such product made for them girly parts
Pubic hair has become kind of a controversial topic, especially among feminists, who seem to have gotten a reputation for being, well… hairy. But with so little exposure in porn and in the media to what an actual average female looks like… what can we say really? Who knows how many women shave? As far as I know, nobody’s done a poll or drawn up statistics. No one seems to be talking.
Google pubic hair and you’ll find several resources… some of them rather intriguing (You can style it in a Mohawk! You can dye it pink!) but none informative. When women talk about shaving with other women, they often…
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Pop-Culture | Posted by Julie Z on 02/7/2010
Tags: Jessica Peters, Petracovich, Support Women Artists Sunday
Petracovich
Based out of San Francisco, Petracovich is Jessica Peters with an old-world version of her family name. Her great-grandfather came to the US from Russia at the turn of the century, and one of the only things Peters knows of Abraham Petracovich is that he loved to listen to the New York Opera from the radio in the living room. Out of respect for the music, he would always wear his best suit.
Many years later, his 9 year old great-granddaughter would be at the piano, practicing Chopin and Debussy, which evolved into writing unrequited-love songs in highschool, and spending her 20’s in long, blissful hours on a living-room floor, creating sounds and beats, twisting knobs, tinkering and writing.
The new…
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Randomness | Posted by Julie Z on 02/5/2010
Tags: Give It a Ponder, James Lipton, sexting, text messaging, texting
James Lipton wants you to ponder before you text. I wholeheartedly agree with him.
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Articles | Posted by Julie Z on 02/4/2010
Tags: Carol Jenkins, diversity in the media, news industry, politics, women in the media, Women's Media Center
Carol Jenkins, WMC Founding President
It’s no secret that the media is dominated by men. The sexist treatment of Clinton and Palin in the election coverage is only one example of how women are viewed as less seriously as men, and certainly as less important in what we consider news. And while the treatment of women in news coverage is abominable, the story behind the scenes in news rooms isn’t much better.
Carol Jenkins, the founding president of the Women’s Media Center, knows all about it, and is working hard to combat it. The Women’s Media Center is a nonprofit advocacy organization that was founded in 2004 to make women more powerful in the media. She is also an Emmy award winning…
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Feminism | Posted by Kate S on 02/3/2010
Tags: boarding school, high school, international night, school events, teens
yay diversity and stereotypes
This post occurs at the same boarding school where girls have to wear pastel dresses for commencement. Ah, the bright future that lies ahead of us as the esteemed, Ivy-Leagued educated CEO’s wives…
Another tradition (among many) that irritates me is International Night. This is an evening event hosted by yours truly, ASB, where the student body celebrates its diversity through ethnic dinners, performances, and finally, dance. The motivation behind the event is truly commendable: a campus fraught with students from various regions around the world takes benefit of its diversity and celebrates it. However, when applied, it becomes a crow-pleaser—a victim of superficiality.
As an avid critic of school events, I have never attended this event since my freshmen…
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