Feminism
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Company Makes Awesome Swiss-Army Hair Clip, Also Makes Shittier Ladies’ Version
I’m not a huge shopper. I generally dislike spending money on non-essential things. But I’ll tell you that the one…
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Barbara Boxer Wanted the Congressional Gym to Allow Women, So She Sang a Song for Congress
When researching Washington, D.C. gyms for my day job, I fell down a delightful research rabbit hole that led me…
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Computing Venus: The Astronomy of Maria Mitchell (Women in Science 38)
In the early nineteenth century nothing about the island of Nantucket made sense. It was simultaneously a hotbed of Quakerism…
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The Female Chef’s Table
Apparently we still have to talk about the fact that female chefs are women, because the fact that they are…
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Anna Atkins: Bontanist, Photographer, Pioneer
Today’s Google Doodle celebrates the 216th birthday of Anna Atkins, English botanist and photographer. While that may not sound remarkable…
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#EveryDaySexism and Frida Kahlo
For anyone who doesn’t know, The hashtag #EverydaySexism has been alive and kicking on twitter for quite sometime now.…
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Breaking the Shackles Procreative: Margaret Sanger and the Creation Of The Pill. (Women in Science 32)
In 1912, it was against the law to publish a book that contained descriptions of birth control methods. It was…
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American Girl Magazines from the Swingin’ Sixties
My sister and I flew home to California this past weekend for my grandmother’s memorial service. My family organized the…
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