Why I’m a Feminist

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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Let’s Talk About My Generation

When you enter your twenties, the daunting feeling you’ve always had about age and generation gaps begins to blend. For example, Lena Dunham, the twenty-eight-year-old writer of Girls, would seem so much older and so much more superior if I were sixteen; but, now, being twenty-three, I realize that, technically, we are of the same […]

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Stolen Girls

On April 16th, while America was cooing over the latest famous person to carry a life inside of her (Chelsea Clinton), over 200 girls in Nigeria were having their lives threatened by extremists.  These girls’ perceived infraction?  Getting an education.  Several dozen of the girls were able to jump off of the truck that was […]

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