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Child Marriage in America: How Courtney Stodden and Other Girls Are Being Forced To Marry Their Rapists
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(Feminism)
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... than a call-to-arms.
Stodden is sweet and visibly sad as we revisit their teen years. “I had so much to worry about. I was getting ready to lose my virginity that night,” they explain. “I was so overwhelmed. ...
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Created on 12 November 2021
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Two New Essay Collections, "Sometimes I Trip On How Happy We Could Be" and "On Freedom," Examine American Culture and If Freedom Truly Exis
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(Books)
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... hilarity and sincerity is her greatest skill as a writer. Even as she pokes fun at her love of white boys and gently drags her teen self for writing a poem about losing her virginity (it’s a feast of food ...
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Created on 08 October 2021
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Can "Mindful Masturbation" Help You Heal From Rape and Sexual Trauma
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(Sex)
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... as though when the perpetrator took my virginity, he took my body with him too. It felt as if suddenly, my body was no longer mine to control, but rather a slab of meat that was used to be groped and gawked ...
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Created on 15 September 2021
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The Feminist Guide to Sex Education You Didn’t Get in School
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(Sex)
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... comprises losing your virginity. Because younger people are more aware of sex toys, queerness, and ways you can have non-penetrative sex, it’s becoming more obvious that defining virginity as a penis going ...
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Created on 24 September 2020
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Saints and Sinners: The Madonna-Whore Complex in "Yes, God, Yes
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(Movies)
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... interactions with horny strangers in AOL chatrooms. She gets lost in a slow-motion fantasy sequence involving arm hair and “Genie in a Bottle.” Regardless of her literal virginity, Alice fits into neither ...
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Created on 04 September 2020
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Hole’s Courtney Love, Melissa Auf der Maur, and More to Perform at Planned Parenthood Benefit
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(Entertainment)
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On March 14th at Town Hall in New York City, Planned Parenthood of Greater New York and The Feminist Institute are hosting a benefit concert for gender equality and access to sexual and reproductive ...
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Created on 19 February 2020
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Kotex New Ads To Depict Period Blood As It Really Is: Red
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(Feminism)
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... of the month comes for all women and that’s not something to be ashamed about.
Top Photo still courtesy Kotex/Instagram
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Created on 18 February 2020
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States Are Calling To Ban Virginity Testing, But What’s Up With This Barbaric Practice In The First Place?
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(Feminism)
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Virginity testing. It sounds like something that would only exist in the Middle Ages along with iron chastity belts and a variety of other ancient, misogynistic practices. But, as T.I. reminded us back ...
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Created on 07 February 2020
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Why Women Are Rejecting the Term "Anti-Aging
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(Living)
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... divine feminine by her virginity, not her worldly experience.
The shift to a patriarchal worldview had devastating consequences for women's self-esteem — and their pocketbooks. Women still earn only $.79 ...
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Created on 22 November 2019
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Olivia Wilde Called Out the Sexist Way We Talk About "Booksmart
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(Movies)
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... the film where two boys buy a bunch of alcohol in the hopes of getting girls drunk so they can lose their virginity? yeah booksmart wins https://t.co/Teu2K2jIZq
— millicent (@MillicentOnFilm) September ...
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Created on 06 September 2019
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What Kristen Stewart's Latest Interview Can Teach Us About Sexuality, Careers, and Growing U
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(Movies)
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...
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"Lizzie" Retells The Lizzie Borden Story With A Feminist Twist—But Doesn' ...
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Created on 04 September 2019
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Healing Queer Heartbreak in Amber Smith’s “Something Like Gravity”
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(Books)
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... of humans into wolves and vampires, godlike beauty, and the sacredness of virginity imprinted on my youth and tangled into my understandings of love, “proper” gender performance, and sexuality.
The ...
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Created on 18 July 2019
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Why Catherine Howard's Story Is Important Toda
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(Feminism)
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... beating Catherine for flinging away the great commodity of her virginity.
But, despite the threat of Mannock being extinguished, there would be no respite for Catherine. When she was 13, Francis Dereham, ...
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Created on 12 July 2019
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Women In Medicine Are Bringing Time’s Up To The Healthcare Industry
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(Feminism)
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... comments about their bodies, sex lives, fertility plans, and loss of virginity while at work. Jessi Gold, who is now an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, remembers an emergency room hazing experience ...
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Created on 28 February 2019
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An Evening Of Storytelling, Comedy, Live Music, Art And Activism At Stories Of: Abortion With Planned Parenthood NYC
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(Entertainment)
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Celebrate the power of finding understanding and unity through performance with Stories Of: Women for Stories Of: Abortion With Planned Parenthood NYC. A "traveling female-identified storytelling, live ...
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Created on 08 January 2019
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"Fade Into You" Is A Must-Read Coming-Of-Age Story Set In '90s L.A
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(Books)
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... most coming-of-age stories, the question of whether or not our heroine is going to make it. Is she going to lose her virginity? Is she going to get kicked out of the magnet arts school that was supposed ...
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Created on 18 December 2018
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What "Twilight" Taught Us About Sex And Virginit
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(Movies)
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... their characters ever went on a date. In looking back on the films, it becomes impossible not to see all the backwards notions around sex and virginity the films and books were feeding our romance-crazed ...
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Created on 05 December 2018
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"Revolting Prostitutes: The Fight For Sex Workers' Rights" Is A Must-Read For All Feminist
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(Books)
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... or precious to be sold, which perpetuates puritanical views of sex and virginity. Younger feminists are developing more open-minded views of sex work, which the authors connect to “hook-up culture” and ...
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Created on 14 November 2018
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Week Of Women: November 2-8, 2018
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(Entertainment)
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... tackles ideas about women, sex, and lying—about orgasms, about virginity, about sexual experience—in this nonfiction book.
How To Be Alone If You Want To, And Even If You Don't by Lane Moore Writer/comedian/musician ...
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Created on 01 November 2018
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18 New Books By Women To Add To Your To-Read List For November 2018
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(Books)
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... It by Lux Alptraum (November 6)
Writer and sex educator Lux Alptraum tackles ideas about women, sex, and lying—about orgasms, about virginity, about sexual experience—in this nonfiction book.
The ...
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Created on 01 November 2018
