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Author: Brittany Shoot

Brittany Shoot is a writer, editor, and critic currently based in Copenhagen, Denmark. She has written for Bitch, Herizons, In These Times, make/shift, The New York Times, RH Reality Check, truthout.org, and ZNet among others and recently contributed to several recent encyclopedia volumes on issues ranging from veganism to graffiti to infanticide. She has bachelor’s degrees in women’s studies, communication, and psychology from the University of Iowa and a master’s degree in visual and media arts from Emerson College.
  • Environment

Can Ecofeminist Activism Save the Planet?

Brittany Shoot

Is environmentalism a feminist issue? Well, it’s hard to argue with the fact that climate change disproportionately affects poor women and children, especially in the Global South. Also, pollution and […]

  • Arts & Entertainment
  • Violence & Harassment

Sheen Media Frenzy Misses the Point

Brittany Shoot

In late January, when Hollywood leading bad boy Charlie Sheen seemed to be veering off the rails, I wrote that a man with such an obvious history of abusing women […]

  • Arts & Entertainment
  • Violence & Harassment
Charlie Sheen

Why Charlie Sheen Should Be Bad For Business

Brittany Shoot

Charlie Sheen is just one example of our culture’s readiness to let troubled artists off the hook. It’s time to recognize our collective problem so that we can finally start having honest conversations about abuse, addiction and misogyny in the media, as well as in our private lives.

  • Global

Resilience in Slums a Lesson For Cynical Western Feminists

Brittany Shoot

Traveling halfway around the world–or in my case, several hours east–can set the expectations for a conference rather high. When my friend and colleague Holly asked me to attend the […]

  • Arts & Entertainment

Global Economics as Feminist Art

Brittany Shoot

Economics tends to make a lot of people I know feel stupid. My circle is largely comprised of activists, artists and writers, with a few political scientists in the mix. […]

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  • Violence & Harassment

Are Women More Aggressive These Days?

Brittany Shoot

For a book that might be mistaken for a treatise on violent women, Maud Lavin’s recent Push Comes to Shove covers territory of another kind: specific case studies of women’s […]

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