Buying condoms isn’t fun. Like most teen guys, I always thought it was a hassle. What I didn’t know, or ever really consider, is that getting hormonal birth control, like the Pill, is even more inconvenient. Buzzfeed’s fictional video…
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A few of weeks ago, I heard that Emma Watson was speaking at the United Nations headquarters about her new feminist campaign called HeForShe. I later watched the video of her speech on YouTube and was moved by her approach […]
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The simple act of filling in a bubble asking whether I am male or female on an exam or on a job application is something that I never think twice about. But for some, answering the question “What is your […]
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When I first heard about the Facebook group “Women Against Feminism,” which actually originated from a very popular Tumblr site, I honestly thought it was a parody. As a self-identified feminist, I found it hard to believe that so many […]
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When you hear the phrase “like a girl,” what do you think of? In a recent commercial for Always, several teen girls and a few boys are told to perform various physical activities, such as running, throwing and fighting “like […]
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Last month Facebook unveiled a feature that allows people to choose from more than two genders on their profile. Up until recently the only choices available for gender were male and female, which actually refer just to sex. These two […]
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What do you think will show up as a suggested search if you type in “women should” on Google? Instead of “be empowered” or “be respected,” you get sexism like the following: “stay at home,” “be slaves” and “be in […]
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Face it: we live in a world where women are often sexualized. So it’s not a surprise that many costumes for women are made by putting the word “sexy” in front of the name of a normal costume. There’s nothing […]
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