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Alicia Silverstone and Tampon Fears
Categories: FeminismLast week on SGU, we discussed Alicia Silverstone, the latest celebrity to open her stupid face and vomit out a load of anti-vaccine flimflam. I mentioned as an aside that...
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One Woman in Star Wars is Too Many
Categories: FeminismThe next three Star Wars films are now in production, and a lot of buzz is going around the Internet about the fact that only one new major female character has been added, along...
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Throwback Thursday: Tell Me How I Should Feel
Categories: Activism Feminism Meta StuffTags: mansplainingpoetrythrowback thursdayThis post was original shared on June 28th, 2011. Sad that it is still relevant, but it is a lovely post that I’m proud...
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Women in Secularism Making You LOL: Lindy West
Categories: FeminismTags: comedianscomedycupcakeslindy westtroll hunterstrollingtrollswomen in secularismWomen in Secularism is sooner than my overbooked schedule would like to admit. I am incredibly...
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Global Quickies: Brave Women, Questionable Police Merit, and More
Categories: Anti-Science Feminism Quickies Religion SkepticismNIGERIA A local human rights group reports that the young girls kidnapped from a school are being sold into marriage with their Boko Haram...
View ArticleNo One Wants You to Apologize for Your White Male Privilege!
So, TIME magazine (my favorite magazine when I was a teen, because I was really cool and had a lot of friends when I was 13) posted an opinion piece by a Princeton freshman titled “Why I’ll Never...
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Silly Things About Women’s Clothing or Why Can’t the Clothing Industry...
Categories: Feminism1. Tiny pockets that can’t fit anything and mean we have to carry purses or bring nothing with us anywhere. Also see fake pockets. 2. Teeny tiny sleeves that show off your armpits...
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Throwback Thursday: Stop Telling Me to Stop Saying “I Have a Boyfriend”
Categories: FeminismTags: consentdatinglunalunamagmisogynyrape culturesexismsexual assaultStop Saying I Have a Boyfriendstreet harassmentthrowback thursdayunwanted advancesxojaneThis Throwback Thursday...
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How Internet Trolls Improved My Self Esteem
I’ve never been a shy or unsure person, but I grew up a girl in the US, so of course I have a set of insecurities I’ve nurtured over the years, like worrying that I’m fat, or that my nails are all...
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Fuck your Civility Bullshit
Categories: Activism FeminismI’ve been collecting signatures on a petition for the Ohio Rights Group to get medicinal marijuana on the ballot this November. Since 87% of Ohioans support medical...
View ArticleHow Does the Internet Feel About Shae? (Game of Thrones Spoilers!)
FYI, this post will spoil yesterday’s episode of Game of Thrones, “The Laws of Gods and Men.” Oh, poor Tyrion. He stands falsely accused of murdering his vile nephew Joffrey, and he’s now on trial as...
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Captain America: The Winter Soldier Script Changes
Categories: FeminismI know I’m a late adopter, but I only just saw the second Captain America film even though a bunch of my friends loved it and the reviews were pretty positive. I did enjoy it, but...
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Online Activism with Hashtagivist
Categories: Activism FeminismTags: codinghashtagivisttechtechnologytwitterKatie Williams and Richard Kraaijenhagen have created an interesting program that is designed to help activists use twitter to...
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Lady Astronomers Can’t Get a Break
We talk a lot about the kinds of sexist issues that women have to deal with, especially in the sciences. I’ve seen over the last few years some pretty, eh, awful treatment of women in my field. Even...
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I’m Sick of Rape in Fiction
Categories: Feminism SkepticismThere was recently an article in the Washington post about how many TV shows have female characters who are raped, and the importance of showing the reaction and power of...
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Pretty Little Lies: Why I Loved the Fat Lady Episode of ‘Louie’
A lot of people had Thoughts and Feelings about the “So Did the Fat Lady” episode of Louie. Here’s the part that made me fist-pump the air and exclaim “yes!”. You know what the meanest thing is you can...
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Global Quickies: Apostasy, Exorcisms, and Martians
Categories: Feminism Quickies Religion SkepticismSUDAN A Sudanese court has sentenced a woman to hang for apostasy for abandoning her religious faith after she married a Christian man. You can listen...
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On the Pulse of Mourning: Maya Angelou & Me
I owe an apology to someone who, as of this morning, will never be able to hear it: Dr. Maya Angelou. A decade and a half ago, I was an adolescent attending secular public school after seven years of...
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Do Women in Yoga Pants Deserve to be Raped? (No. Obviously.)
Categories: Feminism ReligionSupport these videos on Patreon! Article and link to the Vice documentary. Men are sexually assaulted more often than we may think. Atheists who agree with Saxton...
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Bad Chart Thursday: Not Misogyny
Categories: Feminism Random Asides SkepticismTags: bad chart thursdayElliot Rodgerfeministsmental illnessmisogynyNotAllMenThis post is not about misogyny. This post is not about Elliot Rodger. Those...
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