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Navigating a 'Crooked Room': Reflections From Black Women on Their Experiences in Progressive Spaces [View all] 58 bravenak Feb 2015 Feb 2015 11 12774

Another Reason We'll Miss Leonard Nimoy: He Championed Full-Figured Women 8 eridani Feb 2015 Feb 2015 41 3092

A Letter to My Children About Fifty Shades of Grey [View all] 70 Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2015 Feb 2015 79 26380

8 Things Some A$$#ole Says in Every Debate About Sexism 9 ismnotwasm Feb 2015 Feb 2015 20 3697

When cupcake gets a hide 7 mercuryblues Feb 2015 Feb 2015 2 2593

Flo Kennedy--black feminist from way before the 70s 1 eridani Feb 2015 Feb 2015 4 1971

Despite the significance of Mary Wollstonecraft's life and work, she has no monument. 0 Exhibit A Feb 2015 Feb 2015 6 1505

Racism affects black girls as much as boys. So why are girls being ignored? 5 brer cat Feb 2015 Feb 2015 11 2227

I need some help finding a case 9 marym625 Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 2931

I Am the ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ the Men in Your Life Talk About, And I Have a Few Things to Say… 17 Exhibit A Feb 2015 Feb 2015 38 5341

wow. just wow. 5 Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 2208

Cracked: 8 Things Some A$$#ole Says in Every Debate About Sexism 6 Exhibit A Feb 2015 Feb 2015 10 2402

and for good measure ... sending this one out for Patricia Arquette and me too 0 Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2015 Feb 2015 3 1549

Mae Jemison 4 GeoWilliam750 Feb 2015 Feb 2015 6 2140

Well - at least they are paying attn to the Paycheck Fairness Act . . . 9 JustAnotherGen Feb 2015 Feb 2015 14 2320

One Perfect Tweet Shows Just How Ridiculous Everything Is 38 BainsBane Feb 2015 Feb 2015 95 8915

Please take a moment to give this thread some support and if you remember Ava - 2 Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2015 Feb 2015 3 1750

Watch this Parks and Recreation episode about feminism and MRAs. 0 cui bono Feb 2015 Feb 2015 2 1614

"Masculinity as Homophobia: Fear, Shame, and Silence in the Construction of Gender Identity" 1 YoungDemCA Feb 2015 Feb 2015 6 9266

LA Times: Women are leaving the tech industry in droves 4 YoungDemCA Feb 2015 Feb 2015 9 2539

Female academics face huge sexist bias 12 Exhibit A Feb 2015 Feb 2015 9 2983

Black and Latina women scientists sometimes mistaken for janitors 3 eridani Feb 2015 Feb 2015 11 2084

Please Help. 16 littlemissmartypants Feb 2015 Feb 2015 21 4467

Question ... 15 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2015 Feb 2015 2 3595

simple definition of sex and gender. or ? 8 seabeyond Feb 2015 Feb 2015 5 3019

this heart thing is interesting. but... 16 seabeyond Feb 2015 Feb 2015 11 2960

Quick question for Group Hosts. 6 William769 Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 1958

I'm Just a Japanese girl!!! 0 yuiyoshida Feb 2015 Feb 2015 6 1765

“Lean the f*** away from me”: Jessica Williams 21 BainsBane Feb 2015 Feb 2015 25 4132

What Superhero Films Can Learn From "Charlie's Angels" 1 el_bryanto Feb 2015 Feb 2015 4 1706

History of Feminism Continued...

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In Oakland's Radical Brownies, Girls Collect Merit Badges for Activism 12 ismnotwasm Feb 2015 Feb 2015 14 3147

Sweden's Prostitution Solution: Why Hasn't Anyone Tried This Before? [View all] 51 ismnotwasm Feb 2015 Feb 2015 34 9948

Black, queer, feminist, erased from history 1 ismnotwasm Feb 2015 Feb 2015 9 1903

Pickup guru Roosh V: End rape by making it legal 14 ismnotwasm Feb 2015 Feb 2015 4 4472

In honor of Leslie Gore 6 ismnotwasm Feb 2015 Feb 2015 14 2777

Average Black Girl 0 ismnotwasm Feb 2015 Feb 2015 3 1758

Study: Black Girls Are Being Pushed Out of School 2 eridani Feb 2015 Feb 2015 14 2065

A Psychiatrist’s Letter to Young People about Fifty Shades of Grey 7 Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2015 Feb 2015 17 3183

For Lucy and Anarcha 7 mercuryblues Feb 2015 Feb 2015 6 2403

Rape Prevention and Risk Reduction: Review of the Research Literature for Practitioners 2 ismnotwasm Feb 2015 Feb 2015 4 2514

Limbaugh: Scott Walker Should Say He Quit College Because He 'Didn't Want To Be Accused Of Rape' 11 LanternWaste Feb 2015 Feb 2015 9 2656

Philippines: Manila students protest violence against women 1 yuiyoshida Feb 2015 Feb 2015 4 1626

Grown up Wednesday Addams vs. catcallers 5 Warpy Feb 2015 Feb 2015 14 3938

(Because Blondes!) Actual words people say to a blonde woman studying engineering at MIT 20 Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2015 Feb 2015 5 5944

More Female Executives Means Less Tax Evasion, Study Finds 4 eridani Feb 2015 Feb 2015 15 1918

I'm Brianna Wu, and I'm Risking My Life Standing Up to Gamergate (HuffPo) 0 YoungDemCA Feb 2015 Feb 2015 27 1867

There has been a lot of discussion in the media about Harper Lee since the story about her new book 9 greatlaurel Feb 2015 Feb 2015 6 2625

Did you know that I am one of the nastiest bullies on DU? A mindless bitch to boot. [View all] 161 sheshe2 Jan 2015 Feb 2015 23 54297

"All pregnant women get a vaginal ultrasound at 6-8 weeks gestation." 30 CTyankee Jan 2015 Feb 2015 5 5441

Bulimia Comedy 'The Skinny' Aims to Conquer Television's Last Taboo 4 eridani Feb 2015 Feb 2015 3 2034

(HOF THREAD!) SO is the word "BITCH" still acceptable on DU... (Poll) [View all] 134 yuiyoshida Jan 2015 Feb 2015 13 38652

Lindy West, others tell of graphic verbal abuse on Twitter 4 shenmue Feb 2015 Feb 2015 5 1898

Cartoon: How Rape Makes Women Poorer 6 KitSileya Feb 2015 Feb 2015 25 2856

Judd Apatow gets it. 0 cui bono Feb 2015 Feb 2015 4 1743

Joss Whedon: 'Quiet Misogyny' Within Industry Prevents Growth Of Female Superheroes 7 ismnotwasm Feb 2015 Feb 2015 15 2369

They Agreed To Die Early If They Could Have 'The Perfect Body.' Yep, Die. 5 eridani Feb 2015 Feb 2015 9 2267

"My country's problem with menstruation" (Anisha Bhavnani) 9 Exhibit A Feb 2015 Feb 2015 6 3655

Women Read Playboy For The First Time The Huffington Post (NSFW) 22 ismnotwasm Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 6132

Brave New Voices -14 - LA: Rape Joke 26 Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2015 Feb 2015 10 4422

This Woman Lost 172 Pounds, So Why Won’t a Fitness Magazine Show Her Body? 3 eridani Feb 2015 Feb 2015 6 5265

History of Feminism Continued...

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Ten responses to the phrase "Man up" 6 ismnotwasm Feb 2015 Feb 2015 16 2815

What happened when I confronted my cruellest troll [View all] 53 ismnotwasm Feb 2015 Feb 2015 118 16781

Rosa Parks' Other (Radical) Side 5 ismnotwasm Feb 2015 Feb 2015 7 2135

“Plain” female person Colleen McCullough also did science, wrote books 15 sheshe2 Feb 2015 Feb 2015 20 3626

This message was self-deleted by its author 2 Mosby Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 1638

Mindy Kaling is actually invisible, just like all minority women 4 ismnotwasm Feb 2015 Feb 2015 4 2466

Indian rapper speaks out on misogyny 0 shenmue Feb 2015 Feb 2015 3 1561

*NSFW* The Pervocracy gets through "50 Shades of Grey" chapter by chapter- hilarious 4 ismnotwasm Feb 2015 Feb 2015 4 2895

Interesting comments by Bjork on her musical career 7 el_bryanto Feb 2015 Feb 2015 9 2363

Prison Inequality: Women and Race 5 sheshe2 Jan 2015 Feb 2015 6 2428

How Tipping Helped Make Sexual Harassment the Norm for Female Servers 4 eridani Feb 2015 Feb 2015 18 2448

"I swear it to you on my common woman's head, the common woman is as common as ~ 28 sheshe2 Jan 2015 Jan 2015 36 10587

Why 2015’s Pop Music Scene Looks a Lot Like 1995’s 2 ismnotwasm Jan 2015 Jan 2015 2 2165

Republican abortion bill shows they still believe many women lie about rape 9 sheshe2 Jan 2015 Jan 2015 10 3235

Cosby: "Trust Me." (trigger warning) 2 YoungDemCA Jan 2015 Jan 2015 11 1984

The Real Lolita 16 ismnotwasm Dec 2014 Jan 2015 10 11112

The plight of the bitter nerd: Why so many awkward, shy guys end up hating feminism (Salon) 35 YoungDemCA Jan 2015 Jan 2015 15 7214

Fighting the Wikipedia boys’ club 4 ismnotwasm Jan 2015 Jan 2015 8 2299

well, this is pretty sad 1 Kali Jan 2015 Jan 2015 5 1930

“I am No Man” Doesn’t Cut It: The Story of Eowyn (Lord of the Rings/popular culture-related) 6 YoungDemCA Jan 2015 Jan 2015 5 2476

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