When she was six years old, she came to the Show and stood in this same spot, between the Ferris Wheel and the hotdog stand. Happy and innocent, sucking on her lollipop.
Now, nine years later, she’s back. Afraid to be happy, far from innocent, sucking on a cigarette instead. Hot and dry instead of sticky and cool; she inhales smoke instead of sugar.
Back then she was angelic in her pink checked dress, sweet and light. The outfit made her want to twirl around in the flowers.
Now, she’s more devil than angel and as bitter and dirty and tough as the thing she smokes. She’s still light; not with the fairy-like air she carried as a child, but the rail-thinness of a smoker and borderline anorexic. She wears …
So this long weekend I watched a lot of Disney movies, because I’m awesome, and I have to say Sarah Haskins pretty much gets it. It’s a debate that we’ve had before, about commercials and cartoons and even videos, but one I love to have since it’s a pretty basic part of most of our childhoods. Happy watching while I make up for all of my procrastination!
Man Hater. Lesbian. Outspoken. Beautiful. Overtly Sexual.
In my young life, I have been called many of these things. At first glance, it’s not easy to see how man hater fits with beautiful, or overtly sexual fits with man hater, if lesbian isn’t attached. Am I a man hater? No. I have plenty of guy acquaintances, you could even —gasp— call them good friends. Am I a lesbian? Well, I don’t care for labels. I have never fallen in love, and love has no gender limits. Am I outspoken? Well people have definitely hit the nail on the head with this one. I’m not afraid to call out injustices, I’m not a afraid to be called out on my opinions. I’m not going to ever limit myself to being that …
Jamie Seerman is an American folk singer-songwriter from New York. She performs under the name Jaymay. She grew up on Long Island and in 2003 after graduating from New College of Florida, she could not find a job in book publishing and moved back to New York to play open microphones. Her major musical influence is Bob Dylan. She has been described by BBC as “darling of the New York Anti-Folk” scene “and the New York Times as a” big name indie universe “ In 2007 Jaymay moved to London after signing with Heavenly Records distributed by the major EMI label Jaymay’s debut album Autumn Fallin ‘, released in Europe November 12, 2007 and in the United States on 11 March 2008 by Blue Note Records.
In 2008, the world watched as Hilary Clinton campaigned for the Democratic Presidential nomination. Although she didn’t receive the nomination, the fact that she was able to even enter the race and was taken seriously, considering an attempt to do so even 50 years ago would have been dismissed and ridiculed by the nation, proves how far we’ve come. So often we take for granted the significant presence women have in politics today, and the people who made this happen. Marie C. Wilson is definitely one of these people, and one who won’t settle until women are not only present, but equally represented in politics.
Marie C. Wilson is former president of the Ms. Foundation for Women, where during her 20-year tenure she raised millions of dollars for programs promoting …
I am a 14 year old girl, and a freshman in high school. I go to a great school, have amazing friends, and have found a love so deep and so early it’s impossible to understand. That said, I am also a feminist. I am relatively new to the feminism sphere sure, but I have always been fast holding in my opinions, beliefs, and ideals. One big thing for me is pro-choice legality.
Today, I mentioned the fact that although I don’t care for either Super Bowl team this year, I am for the Saints because of Scott Fujita and what he stands for. My boyfriend has never taken me for a feminist and thought I didn’t seem like the ‘type’. He likes feminists, he likes me, and so there …
I wanted to share this with you guys. This is a new non-profit in my hometown that aims to increase health care awareness among teens and twenty-somethings. Health care is such a huge issue that I’ve been directly effected by – health care has been a difficult thing for my family to get because my Dad is self-employed and my Mom has a pre-existing condition. I know as much as anyone that our country has so many issues with health care. It’s nice to see that people are trying to address them, especially for my generation.
Gen Eff is a new national grassroots movement with one goal: prevent an entire generation of kids from falling through the cracks of today’s health care system. The non-profit organization encourages adolescents and young …
It’s no surprise that I love music and especially take great interest in promoting women in the music industry. So when I got this email about an upcoming event in Chicago (I wish I could go!) I knew I had to share it with everybody. It’s nice to see people making an effort to promote more female bands!
Chicago is the home of many things including deep dish pizza, the tallest skyscraper in the United States and being dubbed “the city of big shoulders”, but what about music? You might think of blues, but now you can now add Chicago Girls Rock!
Chicago Girls Rock is a super fabulous mega show with 7 female fronted bands (classic rock, hard rock and progressive rock) at the Portage Theater. The bands are …
RT @bluestockings: Don't let the rain stop you! @juliezeilinger reads from "A LITTLE F'ED UP: Why Feminism is Not a Dirty Word" tonight ... http://twitter.com/the_fbomb18 hours ago
