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Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
Another Reason We'll Miss Leonard Nimoy: He Championed Full-Figured Women 8 eridani Feb 2015 Feb 2015 41 2846
A Letter to My Children About Fifty Shades of Grey [View all] 70 Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2015 Feb 2015 79 24257
8 Things Some A$$#ole Says in Every Debate About Sexism 9 ismnotwasm Feb 2015 Feb 2015 20 3436
When cupcake gets a hide 7 mercuryblues Feb 2015 Feb 2015 2 2375
Flo Kennedy--black feminist from way before the 70s 1 eridani Feb 2015 Feb 2015 4 1834
Despite the significance of Mary Wollstonecraft's life and work, she has no monument. 0 Exhibit A Feb 2015 Feb 2015 6 1398
Racism affects black girls as much as boys. So why are girls being ignored? 5 brer cat Feb 2015 Feb 2015 11 2083
I need some help finding a case 9 marym625 Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 2655
I Am the ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ the Men in Your Life Talk About, And I Have a Few Things to Say… 17 Exhibit A Feb 2015 Feb 2015 38 4910
wow. just wow. 5 Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 2014
Cracked: 8 Things Some A$$#ole Says in Every Debate About Sexism 6 Exhibit A Feb 2015 Feb 2015 10 2216
and for good measure ... sending this one out for Patricia Arquette and me too 0 Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2015 Feb 2015 3 1451
Mae Jemison 4 GeoWilliam750 Feb 2015 Feb 2015 6 1974
Well - at least they are paying attn to the Paycheck Fairness Act . . . 9 JustAnotherGen Feb 2015 Feb 2015 14 2087
One Perfect Tweet Shows Just How Ridiculous Everything Is 38 BainsBane Feb 2015 Feb 2015 95 8240
Please take a moment to give this thread some support and if you remember Ava - 2 Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2015 Feb 2015 3 1626
Watch this Parks and Recreation episode about feminism and MRAs. 0 cui bono Feb 2015 Feb 2015 2 1521
"Masculinity as Homophobia: Fear, Shame, and Silence in the Construction of Gender Identity" 1 YoungDemCA Feb 2015 Feb 2015 6 9101
LA Times: Women are leaving the tech industry in droves 4 YoungDemCA Feb 2015 Feb 2015 9 2356
Female academics face huge sexist bias 12 Exhibit A Feb 2015 Feb 2015 9 2691
Black and Latina women scientists sometimes mistaken for janitors 3 eridani Feb 2015 Feb 2015 11 1936
Please Help. 16 littlemissmartypants Feb 2015 Feb 2015 21 4092
Question ... 15 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2015 Feb 2015 2 3145
simple definition of sex and gender. or ? 8 seabeyond Feb 2015 Feb 2015 5 2804
this heart thing is interesting. but... 16 seabeyond Feb 2015 Feb 2015 11 2645
Quick question for Group Hosts. 6 William769 Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 1811
I'm Just a Japanese girl!!! 0 yuiyoshida Feb 2015 Feb 2015 6 1677
“Lean the f*** away from me”: Jessica Williams 21 BainsBane Feb 2015 Feb 2015 25 3678
What Superhero Films Can Learn From "Charlie's Angels" 1 el_bryanto Feb 2015 Feb 2015 4 1586
In Oakland's Radical Brownies, Girls Collect Merit Badges for Activism 12 ismnotwasm Feb 2015 Feb 2015 14 2848

History of Feminism Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
Sweden's Prostitution Solution: Why Hasn't Anyone Tried This Before? [View all] 51 ismnotwasm Feb 2015 Feb 2015 34 8844
Black, queer, feminist, erased from history 1 ismnotwasm Feb 2015 Feb 2015 9 1795
Pickup guru Roosh V: End rape by making it legal 14 ismnotwasm Feb 2015 Feb 2015 4 4187
In honor of Leslie Gore 6 ismnotwasm Feb 2015 Feb 2015 14 2592
Average Black Girl 0 ismnotwasm Feb 2015 Feb 2015 3 1634
Study: Black Girls Are Being Pushed Out of School 2 eridani Feb 2015 Feb 2015 14 1945
A Psychiatrist’s Letter to Young People about Fifty Shades of Grey 7 Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2015 Feb 2015 17 2982
For Lucy and Anarcha 7 mercuryblues Feb 2015 Feb 2015 6 2176
Rape Prevention and Risk Reduction: Review of the Research Literature for Practitioners 2 ismnotwasm Feb 2015 Feb 2015 4 2392
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 2404
Philippines: Manila students protest violence against women 1 yuiyoshida Feb 2015 Feb 2015 4 1520
Grown up Wednesday Addams vs. catcallers 5 Warpy Feb 2015 Feb 2015 14 3778
(Because Blondes!) Actual words people say to a blonde woman studying engineering at MIT 20 Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2015 Feb 2015 5 5542
More Female Executives Means Less Tax Evasion, Study Finds 4 eridani Feb 2015 Feb 2015 15 1779
I'm Brianna Wu, and I'm Risking My Life Standing Up to Gamergate (HuffPo) 0 YoungDemCA Feb 2015 Feb 2015 27 1759
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 2349
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 50835
"All pregnant women get a vaginal ultrasound at 6-8 weeks gestation." 30 CTyankee Jan 2015 Feb 2015 5 4856
Bulimia Comedy 'The Skinny' Aims to Conquer Television's Last Taboo 4 eridani Feb 2015 Feb 2015 3 1835
(HOF THREAD!) SO is the word "BITCH" still acceptable on DU... (Poll) [View all] 134 yuiyoshida Jan 2015 Feb 2015 13 35307
Lindy West, others tell of graphic verbal abuse on Twitter 4 shenmue Feb 2015 Feb 2015 5 1729
Cartoon: How Rape Makes Women Poorer 6 KitSileya Feb 2015 Feb 2015 25 2675
Judd Apatow gets it. 0 cui bono Feb 2015 Feb 2015 4 1632
Joss Whedon: 'Quiet Misogyny' Within Industry Prevents Growth Of Female Superheroes 7 ismnotwasm Feb 2015 Feb 2015 15 2141
They Agreed To Die Early If They Could Have 'The Perfect Body.' Yep, Die. 5 eridani Feb 2015 Feb 2015 9 2112
"My country's problem with menstruation" (Anisha Bhavnani) 9 Exhibit A Feb 2015 Feb 2015 6 3373
Women Read Playboy For The First Time The Huffington Post (NSFW) 22 ismnotwasm Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 5666
Brave New Voices -14 - LA: Rape Joke 26 Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2015 Feb 2015 10 3917
This Woman Lost 172 Pounds, So Why Won’t a Fitness Magazine Show Her Body? 3 eridani Feb 2015 Feb 2015 6 5115
Ten responses to the phrase "Man up" 6 ismnotwasm Feb 2015 Feb 2015 16 2610

History of Feminism Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
What happened when I confronted my cruellest troll [View all] 53 ismnotwasm Feb 2015 Feb 2015 118 15588
Rosa Parks' Other (Radical) Side 5 ismnotwasm Feb 2015 Feb 2015 7 1984
“Plain” female person Colleen McCullough also did science, wrote books 15 sheshe2 Feb 2015 Feb 2015 20 3274
This message was self-deleted by its author 2 Mosby Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 1512
Mindy Kaling is actually invisible, just like all minority women 4 ismnotwasm Feb 2015 Feb 2015 4 2274
Indian rapper speaks out on misogyny 0 shenmue Feb 2015 Feb 2015 3 1464
*NSFW* The Pervocracy gets through "50 Shades of Grey" chapter by chapter- hilarious 4 ismnotwasm Feb 2015 Feb 2015 4 2730
Interesting comments by Bjork on her musical career 7 el_bryanto Feb 2015 Feb 2015 9 2174
Prison Inequality: Women and Race 5 sheshe2 Jan 2015 Feb 2015 6 2263
How Tipping Helped Make Sexual Harassment the Norm for Female Servers 4 eridani Feb 2015 Feb 2015 18 2287
"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 9985
Why 2015’s Pop Music Scene Looks a Lot Like 1995’s 2 ismnotwasm Jan 2015 Jan 2015 2 2034
Republican abortion bill shows they still believe many women lie about rape 9 sheshe2 Jan 2015 Jan 2015 10 3036
Cosby: "Trust Me." (trigger warning) 2 YoungDemCA Jan 2015 Jan 2015 11 1851
The Real Lolita 16 ismnotwasm Dec 2014 Jan 2015 10 10730
The plight of the bitter nerd: Why so many awkward, shy guys end up hating feminism (Salon) 35 YoungDemCA Jan 2015 Jan 2015 15 6478
Fighting the Wikipedia boys’ club 4 ismnotwasm Jan 2015 Jan 2015 8 2148
well, this is pretty sad 1 Kali Jan 2015 Jan 2015 5 1821
“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 2263
"It's On Us" 2 ismnotwasm Jan 2015 Jan 2015 5 2046
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