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Reaching Feminism’s Target Audience: Everyone
During our International Day of the Girl assembly, which was led by my high school feminism class, I talked about how love is central to feminism. (photo credit: Lexie Clinton). Whenever I bring up...
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Getting My Feminist High With Gloria Steinem and bell hooks
Gloria Steinem and bell hooks spoke at the New School in early October (photo credit: Alanna Vagianos). Being able to meet young feminists is inspiring, intense, and hopeful. But getting to see in...
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Global Feminism: Not Just For India But For All of Us
An illustration depicting global feminism Credit: Gawk | Global Feminisms As Audre Lorde points out, “Black feminism is not white feminism in black face.” This means that while being a woman comes with...
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Teach Boys to Be Feminists
My sister recently introduced me to a book titled Asking For It: The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture and What We Can Do About It by Kate Harding. She shared that reading it was an emotional experience...
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Finding My Asian Feminist Identity, Seeking Solidarity
Way back in September, on the first day of class, my classmates and I were asked why we wanted to take our high school feminism class. At first, my response was general but genuine — I wanted to be...
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White Fragility and Addressing Privilege
After my high school feminism class and I presented an assembly focusing on violence against women, I heard from many of my peers of color that a few white students felt attacked by sections that...
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Young White Progressives: Check Your Privilege
My feminism class delivered an assembly for International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women 2016 (Photo credit: Steve Neiman). It was 2:10, November 17th, 2016 and I was feeling...
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“Well Meaning” White Progressives Must Examine Privilege
In the recent election of President-elect Trump, I felt vulnerable knowing that racist and sexist rhetoric allowed Trump to win the election. I have always felt threatened by the rhetoric of white...
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The Master’s Tools in Athletics: Women vs. Sports
The master’s tools have done everything possible to ensure women are deemed weak, no matter their age. What are “the master’s tools?” They are systems of power and domination such as sexism and racism...
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Women vs. Women: The Neverending Competition
In a world of hierarchy and patriarchy, men have discovered the perfect way to remain in control: competition. As humans, we crave power, and society teaches us that the way to achieve that power is...
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