POLITICS
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Secretary Clinton to Launch Women’s World Cup Initiative
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Pretty Smart! On Monday June 6, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will launch the Women’s World Cup Initiative: Empowering Women and Girls Through Sports. The event, which will be streamed live on www.state.gov. will take place 9:30 am...more
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Al Qaeda's Latest Jihadist Women's eMagazine
Tips on how to meet a terrorist husband? Ideas for keeping your skin beautiful underneath a niqab? Poetry about the Holy War? Enter the bizarre world of Al Qaeda's newest Cosmo-like magazine for women.
Al Shamikah--The Majestic, features stories on pleas...more
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Girl Up Pep Rally
More than 400 girls and (and some boys) from all over LA joined gathered at the Marlborough School in Hancock Park a few weeks ago to support the United Nations Girl Up campaign and learn about the lives of girls in Malawi, Liberia, Guatemala, and Ethio...more
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Take your daughters to the polls!
On this election day, we thought this video – produced by the White House Project – was appropriate. If you’re a mom, consider taking your daughters to the polls. And daughters, ask your parents or older siblings if you can be their +1 in the votin...more
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Her beliefs hurt women
Christine O'Donnell: Believes Creationism should be taught in schools and given equal time to Evolution. Believes a woman does not have the right to choose and should submit to her husband. That's right, she's advocation for a 1950's social model which op...more
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PETA Graphically Propagates Violence Against Women
Originally found on Buzzfeed
Everyone knows PETA hates women, using them as pawns to get money and pretend they care about treating "animals" ethically. Women aren't worthy of the same respect and ethical treatment however, and that is why they have no pr...more
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Women in Prison- Healthcare and Childbirth
Pop culture observers have seen the semi-popular movie Changeling featuring world mega-star Angelina Jolie and directed by world mega-icon Clint Eastwood. The plot of the film chronicles the true life story of a woman who’s son was kidnapped and replac...more
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Return to Afghanistan: What’s Next for Afghan Women?
Guest Post by Evin Maria Phoenix. Please check out all of her work at La Azote Negra .
Afghan School Girls, Creative Commons
Not that we ever left. Indeed, the United States has been entrenched in the brutal landscape of Afghanistan for nearly a...more
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Hollywood Feminist of the Day: Shohreh Aghdashloo
First things first. If you haven’t seen The Stoning of Soraya M. you must. It’s a very intense and well done film about a young woman who is accused of adultery and is put to death in the town square. The stoning scene is very hard to watch bu...more
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Geena Davis goes to the UN
Geena Davis seems to be one of the only women in Hollywood consistently speaking out on the issues of women and girls.
Yesterday, she was at the UN talking about the media and its effects on girls.
The money quote:
If we have such devaluing and disem...more
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Made in Dagenham trailer
I can’t embed this trailer on the site because it is exclusive to Times of London, but I had to share because this is a really cool movie.
This trailer so reminded me of Norma Rae and the awesome strong female women who we saw regularly in the movies i...more
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Hollywood Feminist of the Day: Annette Bening
Bening made the following statement about reproductive freedom while doing press for her current film Mother and Child:
Women have to have their own personal choice about reproduction; ultimately women have to make these decisions on their own,” Bening...more
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Christiane Amanpour Signs Off from CNN
Christiane Amanpour signed off from CNN this weekend after 27 years. Check out this montage of interviews from over the years. Notice how many dudes she interviews and remember that the world is still run by men. I will look forward to seeing Amanpo...more
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