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Tag: third wave feminism
Feminists used to reject magazines like Cosmo, now we’re told to celebrate them as empowering
After pressure from the National Center on Sexual Exploitation, Walmart removed Cosmopolitan from its checkout stands. N…
All I want for Christmas is an end to porn culture sold as empowerment
Love magazine’s advent calendar teaches women that being “strong” means being objectified.…
Why does liberal feminism refuse to center the fight against male violence against women?
Women around the world are fighting back against male violence against women, but you wouldn’t know it, following mainst…
How Hugh Hefner represents neoliberalism’s win
It is no accident that, as we celebrate individuals rather than movements for radical change, Hugh Hefner has been haile…
SlutWalk Toronto & Vancouver Dyke March announce official partnership with sex trade lobby
It is concerning that two events aimed primarily at women (that purport a connection to feminism) have partnered with lo…
Defanged and sprinkled with glitter, what does modern feminism offer girls today?
Girls today deserve more than what is being offered to them through popular feminism.…
Yes, all women are vulnerable to male violence
What makes a woman invulnerable to male violence? Apparently, if she is “an intelligent woman with a network of friends”…
Why Jessa Crispin really isn’t a feminist
I just finished reading Jessa Crispin’s much-talked about new book and wonder if I’m the only one who did. With several …
PODCAST: From academia to pop culture to body hair, porn culture has permeated almost every aspect of our lives
Today, pornography is inescapable. It shapes our self-image, our relationships, our sexualities — even our body ha…
Liberal feminists ushered Ivanka Trump into the White House
Ivanka Trump has it all… Or so we’re told… A lifestyle brand and clothing line, conventional beauty p…
Melania Trump, America’s first sex worker First Lady
In late November I was in the Portland State University’s Women’s Resource Center listening to a teacher explain that se…
Demanding the feminist movement shut up about women is misogyny
Feminism! A movement by women, for women. Or is it something about… Equality…? For… People? Depends on…
PODCAST: Sheila Jeffreys on neoliberalism, identity politics, and the women’s liberation movement
Feminism has suffered a significant loss in recent decades. The impact of “queer studies,” neoliberalism, an…
Whether you like it or not, pole dancing perpetuates sexism
Since Monday, staff at the London Abused Women’s Centre (LAWC) have been inundated with angry comments on their Fa…