On March 8th, social media platforms exploded with posts from all around the world in support of International Women’s Day, and what a beautiful sight it was to see the Internet sprawling with pictures of women’s rights movements from the generations before us, to see the hashtag #internationalwomensday captioning almost every post, and to see […]
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A three-day trip to Byron Bay (the most easterly point of Australia mainland) ends faster than you realise, but neither do you realise how many impressions you get before you come home, sit down for a moment, and go over all the pictures in a flashback. Glancing over the blue, endless looking ocean that presents […]
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“She is equivalent to a son for me,” my maternal grandfather exclaims as one of my relatives (yes, Auntie, it’s you) comments on how having a son would have been better for the family, instead of the two daughters that he has. According to her, an elder brother would have helped my father with the […]
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when she was a child, she used to draw pictures of bodyless women, stacked on the page like books stacked on a shelf. neat and clean, she’d say. her mother would smile and ask her, why don’t these women have bodies? and she’d smile back in her innocent way, and say because they’re free […]
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The #MakeItFair project is an initiative to fight for gender equality in the arts, as women are often underrepresented, underpaid, and undervalued. This video is a call to action by 70 female artists, highlighting the need to devlop the untapped potential of female-led projects. The initiative’s breeding ground is social media, and their site shares their goals for the […]
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We’ve all heard of rape, but what exactly defines sexual assault? Sexual assault is any involuntary sexual act in which a person is coerced or physically forced to engage against their will — or any non-consensual sexual touching of a person. This means that sexual assault doesn’t just mean rape; simply forced kissing or touching […]
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PETA, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, is a fairly well-known organization, and it is known to be a radical animal rights group, often going to many extremes to “help” animals. However, many investigations show that PETA is responsible for euthanizing and carelessly disposing of large numbers of healthy and adoptable animals. The organization […]
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noun: fem·i·nism the advocacy of women’s rights on the grounds of political, social, and economic equality to men. MYTH: Feminism supports the notion that women are greater than men. TRUTH: Feminism advocates the EQUALITY of women and men. As a woman, I walk in constant fear of sexual harassment. I am only 15 years old; […]
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I had the privilege of going on a two week trip to Israel and Palestine in summer 2013 with a Quaker group headed by Max Carter. We traveled all over Israel, going to Jerusalem, Bethlehem, and many more. In Palestine, we stayed at the Ramallah Friends School in the city of Ramallah and then traveled […]
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