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Yes, ‘Magic Mike XXL’ is a feminist movie, but the reason may surprise you

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So, this weekend, like any good feminist, I went to see Magic Mike XXL. This is the second movie I’ve seen in a month (which is more than I usually […]

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Halloween Listicle Round-Up!

October 24, 2014by I was a high school feminist Leave a comment

Hi all! You may have noticed that I haven’t posted anything this week. It’s been a crazy busy one – I’m trying to find somewhere to live, so I’ve been […]

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Guest Post! We need to take street harassment seriously.

May 10, 2014by I was a high school feminist 11 Comments

Today I am SUPER excited to feature a guest post from the brilliant Sarah, one of my most awesome former students and a kickass feminist. Sarah wrote this editorial for […]

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Liveblogging “Beyond the Sheets”

April 6, 2014by I was a high school feminist 2 Comments

So! This weekend I took a break from regular old blogging and did some live-blogging of a conference that I attended. I’d never live-blogged anything before, so between that and […]

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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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When did you start shaving your legs?

February 18, 2014by I was a high school feminist Leave a comment

You know what the world needs? A YouTube series of advertisements featuring a ten-year-old girl who blogs about shaving her legs. Luckily, Gillette Venus Canada has stepped up to the […]

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Feminism under my skin?

January 31, 2014by I was a high school feminist 10 Comments

I love when an article with a headline like “What’s the real reason for women getting tattoos?” or “Painted ladies: Why women get tattoos” shows up in my Twitter feed. […]

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School dress codes: Necessary or sexist?

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Ok. Today I am going to write about an issue that has bugged me for years, in many different ways: dress codes. I got to thinking about this topic again […]

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So… porn makes us objectify women less…?

December 2, 2013by I was a high school feminist Leave a comment

This morning as I scrolled through my twitter feed, I saw a tweet from the New York Times that could only be click-bait for a feminist: “Do images of naked […]

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