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Apr 11, 2016

Because There Is No One Way Of Being A ‘Girl’: 90s Cartoons That Taught Me Just That

Editor’s Note: Before TV-loving little girls got schooled in one-dimensional femininity from movies rated PG13 and up, male-centric cartoons like ‘TaleSpin’, ‘Dexter’s Laboratory’…

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Sep 2, 2015

Ten Women From Around The World Who Changed The Game For Their Gender

By Nidhi Khurana

We all talk about history almost every day. But have we ever wondered who creates history? Is it a man or a woman? Who informs him/her? What kinds of events are…

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Feb 1, 2016

Bold & Beautiful: Exclusive Chat With Founder Of India’s 1st Transgender Modeling Agency

It’s an understatement to say that trans or gender non-conforming people have it hard in India. The common person’s misunderstandings about their nature, and an unhealthy interest…

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Dec 30, 2015

Your Feminist Movie Check List For 2015: 10 Films That Made Us Laugh, Cry, But Mostly Proud

Following Emma Watson’s speech about feminism at the UN, 2015 seemed to kick off to a great start by redefining (and in many cases, introducing) the word to all aspects of…

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Oct 16, 2015

CW’s New Show Exposes The ‘Crazy Woman’ Stereotype As ‘Patriarchal Bullshit’

As Harris O’Malley wrote for The Washington Post in 2014: “’Crazy’ is one of the five deadly words guys use to shame women into compliance. The others: Fat. Ugly. Slutty. Bitchy.” And, true enough, I…

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Aug 19, 2015

LGBTQI Speak Of Their Inspiring Struggle For Equal Rights Through These Powerful Picture Messages

Would you support SC ruling on Section 377? Go through these picture messages and then decide.

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Nov 17, 2015

A Third Wave Of Feminism Is Rising — And Here’s Why We Need To Surf It Now

By Dr. Heather Brunskell-Evans for The Conversation:

We are witnessing the beginning of a third wave of feminism. Taking up the struggle of Victorian social reformers…

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Jun 15, 2016

Boys Can Wear Skirts And Girls Can Wear Pants: UK Schools Show The Way!

By Cake Staff:

In a welcome move, state schools in the UK will be instituting a more equal uniforms policy. This means [envoke_twitter_link]the old ‘girls in skirts, and boys in…

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Jul 31, 2015

WATCH: So You Think You Can Gender?

Here’s the thing about gender — you know, that thing your school teachers used interchangeably with the word ‘sex’? — it’s not real. Well, it’s about as real as your belief in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Meaning, though there is no factual and…

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Jan 13, 2016

That’s What Zhe Said: Mx-ing Up The Language Of Gender

By Laurel Stvan for The Conversation

On January 8 the American Dialect Society announced “they” as its 2015 Word of the Year. Some may be surprised that the common pronoun beat out newcomers “on fleek” and…

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