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#womensstories: “I was an angry activist, feminist, environmentalist…”
By feimineach / in #feminism, #womensstories, #quickhits / May 8, 2015I was an angry activist, feminist, environmentalist, and I guess, person. I managed a women’s center, and one morning I had a predictably frustrating meeting with the male leader of a local crisis pre...
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#womensstories: “I started working as an escort when I was 19…”
By feimineach / in #feminism, #womensstories, #quickhits / May 7, 2015I started working as an escort when I was 19. I was in my second year of college and struggling to make ends meet. I knew I didn’t want to take out student loans, but I didn’t really know what else to...
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#womensstories: “I Won’t #ChangeTheDialogue: Why I Won’t Write About My Rape”
By feimineach / in #feminism, #womensstories, #quickhits / May 7, 2015There’s a movement right now to #changethedialogue about rape. By encouraging women to write about their assaults, the campaign seeks to destigmatize rape and to raise awareness about its prevalence. ...
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#womensstories: Feminism doesn’t need more inspiration—it needs more anger
By feimineach / in #feminism, #womensstories, #quickhits / May 6, 2015From the stage of the Women in the World (WITW) conference, a summit organized by media powerhouse Tina Brown for the sixth year in a row, Sunitha Krishnan, a feisty Indian anti-trafficking activist, ...
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#womenslives: Frontline Photojournalist Lynsey Addario About Fear and Female Resilience
By feimineach / in #feminism, #womenslives, #womensstories, #quickhits / April 13, 2015(All images © Lynsey Addario / Getty Images) Frontline Photojournalist Lynsey Addario About Fear and Female Resilience “Libya was incredibly violent,” frontline photojournalistLynsey Addariobegins...
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#womenslives: My unveiling ceremony
By feimineach / in #feminism, #womenslives, #womensstories, #quickhits / April 11, 2015My unveiling ceremony (NYtimes)CAIRO — I wore the hijab — a form of dress that comprises a head scarf and usually also clothing that covers the whole body except for the face and hands — for nine year...
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#womenslives: “Four years ago I climbed into a stranger’s car…”
By feimineach / in #feminism, #womenslives, #womensstories, #quickhits / January 23, 2015Four years ago I climbed into a stranger’s car, like I had so many times before. I began to direct him toward a crowded movie theater parking lot which provided the privacy and safety necessary to con...
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#womenstories: #anonymouswasawoman: #HERstory: A Magdalene Laundry survivor speaks out
By feimineach / in #feminism, #womensstories, #anonymouswasawoman, #quickhits / June 8, 2013On the washingtontimes: It was December of 1946 as the harsh winds of a Baltimore winter howled outside of the ancient dining hall where twelve year-old Patricia Noel sat struggling to hold back the ...
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