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When Women Talk About Health
Angelina Jolie has been making waves over the past week for her decision to undergo a double mastectomy to substantially reduce the likelihood her having breast cancer. This is something that strikes close to the bone with me. Like Jolie, my mother too faced a long and painful battle with cancer that ended when she … Continue reading
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[Content note for discussion of domestic violence and misogynistic slurs] Rihanna has been getting a lot of shit in the media lately because of how she has spoken about Chris Brown in her interview with Oprah and other sources. The media has a tendency to search for and present people as either perfect victims or … Continue reading
We have heard it over and over again, this olympics was the first olympics where every team had female athletes. This was considered a resounding success and a triumph of the spirit of the olympics, but what happens to these women once the fanfare is gone and the glitter dust settles? Wojdan Shaherkani was one … Continue reading
I am Indian but I am not from India. This one sentence is often enough to blow peoples minds, or at least confuse the shit out of them. I had never been to India until just on a year ago when I spent two months there as part of my travels. When I was in … Continue reading
Rio+20 the United Nations sustainable development conference has just finished. Yet again women have been thrown under the bus. Women’s rights were sacrificed for the ‘more important’ issues of trade and financing for sustainable development. In fact The Holy See (The Vatican) championed the agenda, along with other conservative governments, that women’s equality and reproductive rights … Continue reading
[Content note some discussion of rape culture and in game attempted sexual assault] So they are doing a re-boot of the tomb-raider franchise. This game was one of the first action/adventure games I ever played. I was so excited because the player character was a *lady*!!!!! SQUeeee x eleventy111!!!!, and she did things, badass things. … Continue reading
