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Melissa Harris-Perry has a great point about Oprah’s new weight loss ad. 4 eridani Jan 2016 Jan 2016 5 3640
Rapist acquitted because penetration occurred after he "tripped"? 5 eridani Jan 2016 Jan 2016 2 2502
More than 13,000 rape kits remain untested in Florida, officials say 4 JTFrog Jan 2016 Jan 2016 4 2052
This movement wants guys to take a stand when women face verbal harassment. 2 eridani Jan 2016 Jan 2016 3 2170
What It Would Look Like If Men Were Insulted Like Women 2 eridani Dec 2015 Jan 2016 14 2616
FitzGibbon Media and the problem of sexual harassment in the progressive movement 2 geek tragedy Dec 2015 Dec 2015 5 2331
The High Cost Of Just Being A Woman 6 eridani Dec 2015 Dec 2015 13 2587
After Months of Protests, Tampons Will No Longer Be a ‘Luxury Good’ in France 2 eridani Dec 2015 Dec 2015 14 1913
He 'won't lower his standards' to hire women. Why this comment tells us a lot. 2 eridani Dec 2015 Dec 2015 8 2167
Porn star loses column over rape accusation 1 Hiraeth Dec 2015 Dec 2015 1 2243
bell hooks: Feminism Is the Social Change Movement That Has Been Most Honest With Itself 2 eridani Dec 2015 Dec 2015 3 2624
The Scary Connection Between Sexual Assault and the Lack of Toilets 3 eridani Nov 2015 Nov 2015 7 2714
The Gambia bans female genital mutilation 0 ismnotwasm Nov 2015 Nov 2015 6 2088
Margaret Cho - (I Want To) Kill My Rapist 4 yuiyoshida Nov 2015 Nov 2015 8 2663
Search the Global Gender Gap report 1 shenmue Nov 2015 Nov 2015 3 1818
Women’s Economic Agenda: Creating an Economy That Works for Everyone 0 eridani Nov 2015 Nov 2015 1 1601
Goddamnit 10 ismnotwasm Nov 2015 Nov 2015 7 3595
A woman's purity certificate went viral. Time to talk about that whole 'virginity' thing 9 eridani Nov 2015 Nov 2015 3 3282
Anyone have any links to information on cultural changes in Afghanistan due to media expansion? 1 F4lconF16 Nov 2015 Nov 2015 1 1776
We are talking about missing women 2 brer cat Nov 2015 Nov 2015 5 1957
For $2, this 11-year-old girl will create you a virtually uncrackable password. 3 eridani Nov 2015 Nov 2015 3 2287
Drudge Manufactures Ridiculous Controversy About Hillary's Hair 2 boston bean Nov 2015 Nov 2015 2 2079
New Zealand female MPs thrown out of parliament after disclosing sexual assaults 3 YoungDemCA Nov 2015 Nov 2015 13 2198
Emma Watson and Malala Yousafazai Want to Take the Fear out of Identifying as a Feminist 4 eridani Nov 2015 Nov 2015 14 2292
'My Body Was Not Mine, But the US Military's' 1 eridani Nov 2015 Nov 2015 4 1912
Some Straight Talk From FLOTUS 4 sheshe2 Nov 2015 Nov 2015 18 2252
You NEED to Watch ‘Black Woman Steps Up to Mic’ RIGHT NOW by Clutch 0 ismnotwasm Nov 2015 Nov 2015 5 2428
A Café Run by Acid Attack Survivors Attracts Visitors From Around the World 1 eridani Nov 2015 Nov 2015 6 1859
Robert Heinlein once posed a question: 13 malthaussen Oct 2015 Nov 2015 7 3790
5 Ways Modern Men Are Trained To Hate Women 8 PassingFair Oct 2015 Oct 2015 9 3201

History of Feminism Continued...

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A female violinist saved 10 years worth of unsolicited, creepy online messages from men 34 YoungDemCA Oct 2015 Oct 2015 50 7406
Comparing the Benghazi hearing to gang rape--thoughts? **Trigger warning** 12 F4lconF16 Oct 2015 Oct 2015 0 3216
Dear Friends! 1 MsJaneFuzzyWuzzy Oct 2015 Oct 2015 0 2045
Heard a terrific piece on Alternative Radio this morning 1 Orrex Oct 2015 Oct 2015 4 2213
Female Comic Says Show Will Go on After Brutal Attack in Northwest D.C. 1 ismnotwasm Oct 2015 Oct 2015 7 2426
Where the girls are (and aren't) 1 gollygee Oct 2015 Oct 2015 6 1977
A Recycling Program in Mozambique Is Reducing Waste and Empowering Women 1 eridani Oct 2015 Oct 2015 4 1748
Marine Corps Study on Women in Combat 'Flawed' and Incomplete 0 ismnotwasm Oct 2015 Oct 2015 2 1842
Constance Leathart, pilot in WWII 4 shenmue Oct 2015 Oct 2015 5 2970
This badass runner is using her body to crush weight stigma and shut down fat shamers. 5 eridani Oct 2015 Oct 2015 13 2498
Jennifer Lawrence writes Facebook post about her experience as a working woman in Hollywood 5 YoungDemCA Oct 2015 Oct 2015 5 2438
A somewhat belated response to a post about women composers... 1 malthaussen Oct 2015 Oct 2015 4 2172
'Liberation for some is liberation for none' 1 ismnotwasm Oct 2015 Oct 2015 6 1861
Gloria Steinem's Life on the Feminist Frontier 0 eridani Oct 2015 Oct 2015 1 1688
Remember the Sony Hack and the disparity between pay for males and females? Jennifer Lawrence 3 seaglass Oct 2015 Oct 2015 11 2156
Mayim Bialik: How Women’s Studies Classes Changed My Life 4 tishaLA Oct 2015 Oct 2015 9 2341
Another day, another GOP candidate shows his sexist stripes 1 YoungDemCA Oct 2015 Oct 2015 7 2162
Tuesday 13 October 2015 0 Binkie The Clown Oct 2015 Oct 2015 3 1670
The most important person in the history of computer technology 1 FrodosPet Oct 2015 Oct 2015 8 2171
***HOF thread*** Why do a large minority of women vote Republican? 8 YoungDemCA Oct 2015 Oct 2015 3 2520
'Suffrajitsu': How the suffragettes fought back using martial arts 0 JTFrog Oct 2015 Oct 2015 4 2032
Why Walking Down a Dark Alley at 2 A.M. Is Not ‘Asking For It’ 14 eridani Sep 2015 Oct 2015 14 3394
Women of Japan unite: Examining the contemporary state of feminism 0 yuiyoshida Oct 2015 Oct 2015 1 1958
Girl Rising. 10 sheshe2 Oct 2015 Oct 2015 9 4860
What's All the Buzz? How Bumble Taught Me To Assert Myself In Dating 0 YoungDemCA Oct 2015 Oct 2015 0 1794
bravenak, giftedgirl, maggie, vanilla rhasody, NCTraveler .... 42 seabeyond Aug 2015 Oct 2015 21 6608
#WalkingWhileFemale **HOF thread** 2 YoungDemCA Sep 2015 Sep 2015 8 2202
I set up #ShoutYourAbortion because I am not sorry, and I will not whisper 7 ismnotwasm Sep 2015 Sep 2015 12 2485
NHL mentoring twins aiming to inspire women in India 0 shenmue Sep 2015 Sep 2015 1 1802
Here’s why Equal Protection may not protect everyone equally 1 brer cat Sep 2015 Sep 2015 5 1875

History of Feminism Continued...

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Jane Fonda: My question for the candidates 17 sheshe2 Sep 2015 Sep 2015 27 4904
In the fall of 1973, a documentary following women’s rights proponents at the 1972 Democratic Conven 1 jakeXT Sep 2015 Sep 2015 7 1978
Carry That Weight: Report Confirms Troubling Statistic About Campus Sexual Assault 0 eridani Sep 2015 Sep 2015 2 1702
100 Immigrant Women Write an Open Letter to Presidential Candidates 2 sheshe2 Sep 2015 Sep 2015 6 1810
It’s not enough for young black women to admire Serena. They need to emulate her will to win. 5 brer cat Sep 2015 Sep 2015 8 2189
Downright pitiful. Go Home, Men’s Rights Movement, You’re Drunk 6 seaglass Sep 2015 Sep 2015 8 2871
Most Violent Acts Have One Thing in Common 0 YoungDemCA Sep 2015 Sep 2015 6 1745
The War Against Women: College Campuses and American Culture 1 eridani Sep 2015 Sep 2015 4 1846
To the Republican Candidates, From an 18-Year-Old Woman 13 ismnotwasm Aug 2015 Sep 2015 57 5366
Female empowerment law first step, but male-oriented work culture must change: experts 0 yuiyoshida Sep 2015 Sep 2015 3 1851
The right wing’s hideous crusade against Michelle Obama has completely fallen apart 9 ismnotwasm Sep 2015 Sep 2015 20 2767
Amandla Stenberg is Creating a Comic to Empower Women of Color 0 ismnotwasm Sep 2015 Sep 2015 5 1853
A Back-to-School Message From Celebs: Without Consent, Sex Is Rape 1 eridani Sep 2015 Sep 2015 4 1871
The alien within: Fetal cells influence maternal health during pregnancy (and long after) 3 ismnotwasm Aug 2015 Aug 2015 10 2121
Civil Rights Activist Amelia Boynton Robinson Dies at 104 1 ismnotwasm Aug 2015 Aug 2015 6 1718
talkin' bout a revolution.... 4 seabeyond Aug 2015 Aug 2015 5 2263
We didn't come from your rib 5 mercuryblues Aug 2015 Aug 2015 14 3324
hohum just another rapey frat house 6 mercuryblues Aug 2015 Aug 2015 1 2592
2,000 Men Show Up to Steve Harvey Taping To Call Women Bitches 5 ismnotwasm Aug 2015 Aug 2015 7 2532
The Story of Women in the 1950s (book review) 2 ismnotwasm Aug 2015 Aug 2015 4 2260
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