She’s not the only young woman speaking out about birth control, body image, and a host of other issues that affect teens, and yet she’s constantly hearing the message that there are no young feminists, and no politically engaged youth.
teens
twitter
I kept blinking, and Twitter just kept not making any sense.
college
Hey, nothing like trying to make your college campus a better place and getting rape threats for your trouble.
sex work
It's frustrating that the biggest days for our respective communities are really depressing.
fatshion
Assailed by lists of obvious advice, shiny happy content with the nutritional value of bubble gum, and cutesy sign-off graphics, I retreated to the grumpy lady corner of the Internet with cookies and the feeling that this wasn’t how fat activism was meant to be.
activism
Maybe, just possibly, teens are more badass than we give them credit for.
activism
Limbaugh attacked a white woman. A law student. And that has a lot to do with why this incident is making people angry, when Limbaugh’s racism hasn’t sparked nearly the same level of outrage in the past.
s.e. smith in
Issues,
activism,
body politics,
nonwhite women,
politics,
progressivism,
racism,
reproductive rights,
sex workers,
sexism,
sluts,
women of color
Mar 5, 2012 at 1:00pm | 115 comments
activism
Or, why I won’t get arrested just to prove a point.
Brittany in
Issues,
activism,
citizenship,
green scare,
immigration,
love without borders,
marriage,
relationships,
selling out,
slacktivism
Feb 1, 2012 at 5:00pm | 0 comments
activism
It's much easier to confront and unlearn the racism in my own head when I'm constantly surrounded by diversity. Boston is not a great place for that.
activism
When something like this happens, it either makes you despair about the world, or it makes you want to fix it. And despite all appearances, I think it’s fixable.
Jess in
Issues,
activism,
human decency,
occupy wall street,
police brutality,
possibly I'm being hopelessly naive
Nov 21, 2011 at 3:00pm | 0 comments
