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Best AIM Conversation Ever (well, close)

Posted in Feminism, Thoughts on 29 June 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Me: and he keeps being like, i don’t know where this is going
Adrianne, my most loyal reader: wow
Me: so i suggested we just hang out and see how we feel
Adrianne: omg
Adrianne: YEAH
Adrianne: why is he being such a girl before anything has happened
Me: being such a girl?? like i don’t know where this is going? [...]

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Observations of People Lately

Posted in Feminism, Thoughts on 29 June 2008 | Leave a Comment »

What an interesting day I had yesterday.
(Another feminist rant ahead… sorry…)
My mom dragged me to Old Sturbridge Village with the promise of Thai food to hear a new author speak about her book. The author is a local woman who used to work as an archivist at OSV. While working there, she came across a [...]

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Sexism Sells – But I’m Not Buying It

Posted in Feminism on 12 June 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Here is a powerful montage made by the Women’s Media Center.

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#3 – Hillary Clinton (two times a baller)

Posted in Feminism, News, Politics on 10 June 2008 | 1 Comment »

I have been mildly depressed and seriously disappointed since learning that Hillary Clinton was dropping out of the presidential race last week. I am listening to her concession speech for the second time right now, and I think it’s one of the most influential speeches I have heard during her long campaign. 
I never thought about [...]

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Modern College Women

Posted in Feminism, Thoughts on 12 May 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I’ve been thinking a lot this year about what it means to be a modern woman in today’s world. Part of it is definitely the election. Of course I don’t think there is too much oblique bias against either candidate (Clinton or Obama) in terms of sex or race, but the gender bias shows up [...]

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#1 – Hillary Clinton

Posted in Baller of the Week, Feminism, News, Politics on 8 May 2008 | 1 Comment »

#1 – Hillary Clinton

Hillary Rodham Clinton is the Junior United States Senator from New York and the first serious female presidential candidate in US history. Last week (30 April 2008 ) she appeared in an interview on the Bill O’Reilly’s conservative Fox News show, the O’Reilly Factor. She is the only Democratic candidate in this [...]

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