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Welcome to this month’s Feminist Friday, where I round up some of the best thought-provoking links, and we can discuss what’s going on in the zeitgeist. Our motto here: Feminism is for everyone.
Feminist Focus
Apparently when I was a teen, my entire family was worried about me.
Angsty and sullen, I wore lots of flannel with my Dr Martens boots (it was the ’90s, after all) and I wrote some seriously dark poetry that I unabashedly shared with anyone who seemed interested, and probably lots of people who weren’t.
I felt like an outsider in my conservative Midwestern town, where the overwhelming majority of kids in my American government class voted for the Republican in the mock election not because they knew anything whatsoever about his values but solely because “that’s who my parents are voting for.”
Not surprisingly, I couldn’t wait to graduate and move away.
I grappled with the idea of being the stereotypical cheerful girl vs. being “unlikeable.”
Two of today’s articles address this feeling better than I ever could (“In defense of unlikeable women” and “What if girls knew they were allowed to be angry?”). Recommended reading!
Feminist Links
All the links that are worth clicking on this month. Some are serious, some not so much. All are food for thought.
- Overlooked: Women who led extraordinary lives are finally given their due by the New York Times.
- In defense of unlikeable women.
- Barbie made 17 new dolls based on “inspiring” women, but not everyone was enthused. (Frida Kahlo’s estate did not authorize use of her likeness!)
- 7 women of color activists who are making history
- How a new wave of feminism is changing home decor
- The history of women wearing pants as a power symbol.
- Why You’re Not Making Enough Money. Never underestimate your worth!
- Women Lose Out to Men Even Before They Graduate From College
- Women and femmes unite.
- What if girls knew they were allowed to be angry?
- Read these 7 inspiring memoirs and biographies.
- Alessandra Genualdo and Bijou Karman’s beautiful illustrations of modern women
- Biblical Bad Girls and Their Ancient “Time’s Up” Scandal
- What it’s like to watch “Me, Too” when it’s you, too
- The uprising of women in red states is just beginning.
- 10 girl power movies & series to stream this month
- Books written by women that I’ve added to my TBR list this month: Barbed Wire Heart, The Red Word, Girls Burn Brighter, Ask Me About My Uterus, Stealing the Show
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