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9 Feminist Podcasts to Stream in 2016

Lily Wujek

As we’ve watched the podcast “Serial” continue to top charts in its second season, we were interested to find out which feminist podcasts are making waves. We discovered some that have […]

  • Justice & Law
  • Violence & Harassment

Hollywood, the Sexual Violence Factory

Carol Stabile and Jeremiah Favara

“The statement that the primary function of movies is entertainment is clearly not the end of the question. All entertainment is education in some way, many times more effective than […]

  • Arts & Entertainment

Our Favorite Funny Women Call Out Sexism in Hollywood

Ms Magazine

Lena Dunham, Amy Schumer, Gina Rodriguez, Tracee Ellis Ross, Ellie Kemper and Kate McKinnon. Imagine all these incredibly talented women comedians in the same room together. Talking about battling misogyny […]

  • Arts & Entertainment

To Lena Dunham, the Personal is Political

Brianna Kovan

It’s easier to explain Lena Dunham’s new book, Not That Kind of Girl, by explaining what it’s not: It’s not a self-help book, nor an attempt to quell Dunham’s critics. […]

  • Arts & Entertainment

We Heart: Taylor Swift’s Overdue Feminist Awakening

Anita Little

The growing club of feminist celebrities welcomed its latest member over the weekend when Taylor Swift, after years of side-stepping the label, came out as a feminist. In an interview […]

  • Arts & Entertainment
We Spleen: Joan Rivers Body-Shaming Lena Dunham

We Spleen: Joan Rivers Body-Shaming Lena Dunham

Andrea Ananighian

Dunham is sending a message to girls and women that you can be beautiful—and more importantly successful—even if your body doesn’t fit conventional beauty norms.

  • Arts & Entertainment
Girls Will Be "Girls"—Season 3 Through A Feminist Lens

Girls Will Be “Girls”—Season 3 Through A Feminist Lens

Jennifer Mattson

The third season of HBO’s Girls tackles feminist issues, lesbian sex, sexualization of women and gendered double standards, along with lots of millenial self-absorption.

  • Herstory

13 Favorite Feminist Quotes of 2013

Melissa McGlensey

Here are quotes from celebrated women in 2013 that made us glow with feminist pride! It’s been a year of both triumphs and defeats for women worldwide, but one thing […]

  • Arts & Entertainment

Did “Girls” Romanticize a Rapist?

Angi Becker Stevens

Like many of us who have been following the show, I’ve had lukewarm feelings about Girls’ contribution to feminism. Though many commentators have raised valid criticisms about the show’s handling […]

  • Arts & Entertainment

Feminism and Flawed Women in Lena Dunham’s “Girls”

Kerensa Cadenas

As a mid-to-late-20-something woman, I have grown up with a wide range of pop-culture representations of women, from the Wakefield twins of Sweet Valley High to Cher from Clueless to […]

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