The marches were glorious. Let’s keep the momentum going!
Like millions of people around the world yesterday, I spent my afternoon marching in the streets, waving a sign, chanting, and enjoying the presence of at least 20,000 like-minded people […]
Tag Archives: feminism
Feminism needs women’s sports: a female athlete’s take
Last night’s World Cup final between USA and Japan was incredibly exciting to me, not just for the game itself or for the fact that the US Women’s National Team […]
A good body image is not required to be a good feminist
Last week, I read a post by Feministing editor Chloe Angyal in which she admitted to starving herself for two years even while she was working as a public feminist […]
Fit is a feminist issue
On Sunday, I marked the one-year anniversary of this blog. In that time, I have been continually awed and humbled by the response my little corner of the internet has […]
Has the scale replaced the glass ceiling?
Are women obsessed with their bodies at the expense of wider social power? That’s the argument made in a recent New York Times op-ed by Katrin Bennhold. In the piece, […]
Is losing weight anti-feminist?
I came across a post at A Black Girl’s Guide to Weight Loss – and by the way, I love this blog and think it is worthwhile reading even if […]
