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Quit telling me to feel beautiful

April 19, 2015by I was a high school feminist 6 Comments

Over the past ten years or so, I’ve tried to be patient with the Dove ‘real beauty‘ ad campaigns. For instance, Dove’s ‘diverse bodies’ campaign featured smooth-skinned, conventionally attractive women […]

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4 ways to have the most feminist flight ever

March 14, 2015by I was a high school feminist 2 Comments

Okay, so I’m sitting here at the airport, killing time before my flight home to NJ, and I just realized how anti-feminist flying can be. I mean, seriously, think about […]

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Quit bad-mouthing teenage girls

February 12, 2015by I was a high school feminist 5 Comments

So the other day I was in a situation where I overheard a male acquaintance scolding his teen daughter. It was early in the morning, and he was annoyed that […]

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Rape culture in real life: Poster edition

August 7, 2014by I was a high school feminist 3 Comments

The other day, a woman I work with (Hi Sarah!) asked me what I thought about the controversy surrounding an NHS anti-rape poster that bore the words “One in three […]

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“Boys don’t get love” – on baby clothes and gender

June 18, 2014by I was a high school feminist 1 Comment

As many of you know, I work as a nanny for the best 2-year-old ever (no offense to your 2-year-old, of course, but you know what I mean). The other […]

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Five for 5/5

May 5, 2014by I was a high school feminist Leave a comment

Ooh, a date that reads the same in English and American! Whether you’re enjoying the bank holiday or just getting up for work, here’s some light Monday-morning reading. 1. Not […]

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Your body is not a “thing”

March 24, 2014by I was a high school feminist 13 Comments

The other day, this picture came up on my tumblr dash: I figured that this might be a good time to write a post about objectification, since it seems to […]

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If you’re going to post snarky activist videos, at least do so responsibly

October 20, 2013by I was a high school feminist Leave a comment

Sometimes it seems as if Abercrombie and Fitch exists purely so that people can hate them. In fact, it seems as if people will never tire of hating Abercrombie and […]

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Rape culture in real life: Postcard edition

October 5, 2013by I was a high school feminist 2 Comments

The other day I received this postcard in the mail: On the back, it said “Hi Girls! You should look just as great coming home as you did going out, […]

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