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Giving birth, in chains
NPR has set the feminist blogosphere a-chattin with an investigative piece on pregnant incarcerated women. Their alarming report show that many of these women give birth while handcuffed to the bed, or...
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“Girls Gone Wild” woman filmed against will and loses lawsuit
Because she was there that night in the Rum Jungle, because she was twenty and pretty, because she was dancing, she gave “implicit consent” to be a part of the “Girls Gone Wild” video “Sorority Orgy...
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Your miniskirt is not a liberation flag
Six years ago, a 20-year-old woman, named in court papers only as Jane Doe, went to a bar at Laclede’s Landing in St. Louis. She was dancing and someone pulled her tank top down, and it was all filmed...
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Female politicians aren’t fashionistas, and they don’t have to be
There’s a reason why women are obsessed with their looks. There’s a reason why we change outfits five times before going to the grocery store. There’s a reason we like to buy a truckload of new clothes...
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FUGLY ALERT! Cargo leggings
The leggings-are-not-pants argument goes lots of ways. They don’t offer any structure. They leave nothing to the imagination. They’re cold. They couldn’t be any less flattering, since they leave all of...
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Fashion Fail at the CFDA Fashion Awards
Gaga, current first lady of dance pop, might’ve been named a fashion icon at the CFDA awards and that green wig might’ve added some nice Andy Warhol-ish pop, but c’mon. If you want to show your boobs,...
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Wins of the Week: Golden Globes Edition
The Big Winners The clear winner of red carpet looks for me? Claire Danes’ monochromatic stunner. It seems fairly simple in the front, but then she gives an over the shoulder look, and the dress goes...
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Wins and Fails of the Week: SAG Awards edition
The Ladies of Modern Family Not only did they win for best ensemble, but the ladies of Modern Family also definitely win for best dressed in my books. Yet again, Ariel Winter shows up to the red carpet...
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Olympic Fail of the Week: Bodysuits are boring!
There were plenty of cracktastic things going on in the Olympics’ closing ceremonies (God bless the British), and while I generally enjoyed the spectacle, I couldn’t get over Jessie J’s bodysuit. I...
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The best responses to Todd Akin’s ‘legitimate rape’ bullshit
Don’t you just love when politicians say they “misspoke”? Like, wouldn’t it be better just to say they had a stroke or were drinking? For example, take this “misspoken” gem: “If it’s a legitimate rape,...
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