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It’s All in the Past
The thesis, famously, of Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own is that “a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.” In other words, independence and opportunity are...
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The Voices of Eternity: Celebrating International Day of the Girl
Picture this: You’re a sixteen year old girl, you’re standing on stage, everyone is looking directly at you, all ready to listen and Here I am reading an excerpt from my intersectionality essay for the...
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Women: “The Oppressed Majority” and the Effects of the Media
In our time, the thing that holds the most power all over the world is the media. No one lives through one day, where they haven’t had some connection to the Internet, television, newspaper, billboards...
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Discovering My Feminist Toolbox
I need feminism because I cannot accept how prevalent injustice has become. (photo credit: Ileana Jiménez). I need feminism because I cannot accept how prevalent injustice has become in our society. I...
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Education is a Feminist Issue: I am Malala Too
Reading excerpts from my intersectionality piece during our feminism class assembly on International Day of the Girl. (photo credit: Lexie Clinton). Whether you are undocumented, poor, or a girl should...
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Stopping Slut-Shaming and Supporting Girls’ Education for International Day...
Here I am speaking at the International Day of the Girl assembly at my school (photo credit: Lexie Clinton). Within just a few short weeks, the Fierce and Fabulous: Feminist Women Writers, Artists, and...
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Discovering Why I Need to Tell Myself I Am a Feminist Every Day
This is only one of the many reasons that I NEED feminism. Photo Credit: Ileana Jimenez I need feminism because my gender should not stop me from doing anything that I could possibly want to do or...
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Taking Feminism to the Next Step
“I need feminism because everyone deserves to be proud of who they are and not feel pressured to be who they ‘should’ be.” (Photo credit: Ileana Jiménez) As the feminism class comes to a close, Ileana...
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It’s Time for a Feminist Makeover
“I need feminism because the world needs a makeover”(Photo Credit: Ileana Jiménez) I need feminism because the world needs a makeover. The world deserves the same feminist makeover that my classmates...
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Global Feminism: Not Just For India But For All of Us
An illustration depicting global feminism Credit: Gawk | Global Feminisms As Audre Lorde points out, “Black feminism is not white feminism in black face.” This means that while being a woman comes with...
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Definition of a Girl: It’s More than Just Someone Who Faces Sexism
“Girls should….stay home, be slaves, be in the kitchen not speak in church” (credit: Ogilvy & Mather, Dubai, UAE) “Girls are crippled when they fall under the spell of perfectionism,” said a girl...
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Sex Un-Educated
I believe that my feminist beliefs about sex and sexuality started because of my early sex-ed class in fifth grade. This class introduced the idea of both physical and emotional safe sex. Sex must be...
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