Sorry for the lag in posts in the last few days. I just landed in NYC for the Thanksgiving festivities. A new post soon!
Oh also: I know I’m completely late to the game, but I’m currently obsessed with Mad Men and will probably not be able to help writing a post about it. So look [...]

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Note: I frequently feature readers’ answers to one or more of the questions Emma and I asked on our road trip. Find out how to submit here!
Kerry: 24, lives in Los Angeles, blogs at girltalkzine.blogspot.com about her own feminist zine, co-runs a small art-book publishing company Amigos Publishing, applying to grad school, feminist.
Do you consider [...]

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Be sure to go to Vocalo 89.5 FM in Chicago today…because I will be a guest on the show! Vocalo.org is a project of Chicago Public Radio, and I’ll be a guest at noon CST. Get the live stream here.

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I’ll be talking about the amazing women Emma and I met in Austin, like Erika, Laurie, Martha Cotera, Elsa, and more. Be sure to listen in at 1:30 CST. You can either tune in or stream here.

We ask Erika, 27-year-old director of PODER in Austin,
Texas: “What does feminism means to you?”

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The Care Bears say, “Barbie, Eat a Sandwich!”
Need I say more?
Didn’t think so.
via Feministing/Broadsheet

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Note: This post is Part Two of a series on young feminists or activists below the Mason-Dixon line, since I feel we didn’t allot the South quite enough time on our original road trip. Feel free to suggest a series on your own part of the country–email nona [at] girl-drive [dot] com
Alexis Pauline Gumbs, [...]

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Well, you should. I’ve been making fun of them for months, actually. Not only do they milk the damsel-in-distress act for all it’s worth, they always feature embarrassingly bad, tight-ass, white, preppy actors acting out embarrassingly bad burglary scenes. In short, they’re ridiculous, and lady genius Sarah Haskins is here to tell you why:

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Cross-posted at Sadie Magazine

If you know me at all, you’re aware that abstinence-only sex education, or even preachy abstinence-plus sex education, is a huge pet peeve of mine. I’ve always been boggled by how much information about sex our culture witholds from teenagers, exactly when it’s needed most—when they’re becoming newly independent, curious, and sexual. [...]

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Nila: 24, student/writer/yaoi fangirl, living in Kansas City, Missouri, currently pursuing a degree in Sociology while trying to “navigate my way through a world that’s filled with madness.”
Do I consider myself a feminist? I would have to say yes, more specifically a black feminist. It’s been an ongoing process for me. I [...]

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I was on TV for the very first time today! It was totally fun–besides the fact that every time they showed a mini-trailer, it was blaring full-blast in my ear. (That’s why I stumble a little when they show the first video.) Regardless, I’m really happy that a mainstream news channel gave 6 whole minutes [...]

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