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Feminism, Pop-Culture | Posted by Satah C on 03/8/2010
Tags: Canada, Canadian national anthem, language and gender
In Canada recently, there was a movement to officially change one of the lines in the anthem from “in all thy sons command” to something more gender-neutral. When I heard the news, I quietly applauded it as a symbol of an immensely positive thing: it was tiny, but showed that thought was being put into the language we use and support. I then moved on with my life and kind of forgot about it.
I got concerned when I saw hordes of my facebook friends joining groups like SAVE OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM!! and NO TO CHANGING THE CANADIAN ANTHEM!!
I’ve just read multiple reports that the government has backed down, deciding not to change the line.
I repeat: they wanted to change a…
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Pop-Culture | Posted by Julie Z on 03/7/2010
Tags: feminist artists, feminist bands, feminist singers, Jenny Lewis, Support Women Artists Sunday
Rilo Kiley
Rilo Kiley
Rilo Kiley’s audiences have a strong tendency to fall in love on the spot. Perhaps it’s their beaming faces or laid-back, admirable West Coast attitudes. Or maybe it’s just their uncanny knack for designing nuanced pop songs and performing them with flair. Maybe it’s lead singers Jenny Lewis and Blake Sennet‘s adorable onstage banter and scissors-sharp wit. Whatever that little something extra is, Los Angeles, CA’s Rilo Kiley has it times ten. (Sing 365)
Jenny Lewis
Jenny Lewis
Born in Las Vegas in early 1977, singer/songwriter Jenny Lewis is one of indie rock’s treasured songbirds, known for her work as the primary vocalist of Rilo Kiley as well as her burgeoning solo career. A former child actress, she helped launch Rilo…
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Feminism | Posted by Julie Z on 03/5/2010
Tags: feminism and high school, feminist ideology, feminist stereotypes, teenage feminism
high school, must accurately portrayed in Disney's HSM movies
High school is a magical place. Throw a bunch of horny teenagers who are trying to figure out who the hell they are into a building that looks more like an insane asylum circa 1960 than a place of eduction. Add an average of 4 hours of sleep to trigonometry and there you have it: a group of completely accepting, totally open minded individuals.
Except not at all.
To some extent, I can understand why there are so many teenagers who are pretty close-minded. For one, we’re young. We haven’t had a lot of life experiences or been exposed to that much (relatively). Of course that’s not always true, but there are indeed…
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Pop-Culture | Posted by Jamie N on 03/4/2010
Tags: body image, dieting, feminism and body image, healthy eating, media and body image
dieting = healthy?
I’ve had a theory brewing in my head recently: if all the women in the United States were a size 2 yet as a society we still struggled with heart disease, diabetes and certain cancers then the “health” argument would be very different. After watching the recent Nightline segment “Is it Okay to be fat” my theory was confirmed. The title should’ve read, “Is it okay for women to be fat?”; and then at least it would have been more honest.
It’s hard to debate health when what you’re really debating aesthetics. A serious debate on health would’ve seen men on the panel, since this issue is a societal problem and not something women should have to shoulder alone (though…
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Awareness, Feminism | Posted by Jaded16 on 03/3/2010
Tags: abortion, abortion and gender stereotypes, abortion doulas, abortion in India, contraception, i-pill, Indian culture, pro-choice, pro-life, sex and the media
abortion in India: not everybody feels this way
As I was reading this post on “Abortion Doulas” I got to thinking about being pro-choice, abortion in general and about abortion in India in particular (as this is where I live). Out here, we tend to look at abortion as something shameful, disgusting, a thing to keep under wraps. No “good Indian” girl ever gets an abortion. If she does, people whisper about her in hushed tones for what she did was indeed disgusting. Interestingly, this is the attitude for abortion only for single women, unwed mothers etc. Within the sanctity of marriage, many women are forced to abort their unborn female fetuses. That isn’t entirely looked down upon. In fact, aborting…
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