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TEDxYouth: Changing Us to Change the World
November 20th was global TEDxYouth Day. All around the world conferences were being held to discuss what we can do as human beings to improve the world and the animals that inhabit it. This year, the...
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How We Fail Trafficked American Girls
When I say child sex trafficking, what pops into your mind? Street children in the Philippines, maybe? Illegal brothels in Cambodia and Ukraine? I can tell you what you’re definitely not thinking...
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It’s All in the Past
The thesis, famously, of Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own is that “a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.” In other words, independence and opportunity are...
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Judy Chicago was starting a movement.
As I was doing research to find out the angle I wanted to start my blog post with, I stumbled upon a post by Paul Betts that clear about what dinner parties were really. “What makes the difference at a...
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Haiti needs a little push.
When I moved to New York, I started challenging everything I grew up knowing in Haiti. Since I am a young girl living alone in a different country, I had to grow up quickly and this made me challenge...
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Girls Are Not For Sale Benefit for GEMS Highlights Girls’ Empowerment
Girls who have been helped by GEMS on stage during the benefit (photo credit: Miral Rivalta). A few weeks ago, I attended a benefit for GEMS, Girls Educational and Mentoring Services. GEMS is an...
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Feminist Media: Because “Gratitude Never Radicalized Anybody”
When I think about how feminist media plays a role in my understanding of feminism today, I am immediately reminded of something Susan B. Anthony once said of her work in the suffrage movement: “Our...
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The Truth About Perfection
Who doesn’t want to be perceived as attractive? I, like many girls, have conformed to the pursuit of perfection. Girls want to be attractive. However, it is imperative that girls recognize what real...
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Discovering My Feminist Toolbox
I need feminism because I cannot accept how prevalent injustice has become. (photo credit: Ileana Jiménez). I need feminism because I cannot accept how prevalent injustice has become in our society. I...
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Stopping Slut-Shaming and Supporting Girls’ Education for International Day...
Here I am speaking at the International Day of the Girl assembly at my school (photo credit: Lexie Clinton). Within just a few short weeks, the Fierce and Fabulous: Feminist Women Writers, Artists, and...
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I Need Feminism Because It’s a Life-Long Commitment
“I need feminism because I’m sick of people thinking that they have to change who they are just be accepted by society . . . DO YOU!.” (photo credit: Ileana Jiménez). Growing up, I remember finding my...
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Breaking Silences Creates a Safe Space for Women of Color
Here I am sharing my own definitions of feminism during our feminism class’s annual International Day of the Girl assembly. I’m breaking silences (photo credit: Lexie Clinton). I agree with what bell...
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A How-to Guide on Checking Privilege
One day in my high school feminism class we were discussing a segment from Cherríe Moraga’s Loving in the War Years. The piece we were describing was about Moraga’s multiple and intersecting identities...
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Getting My Feminist High With Gloria Steinem and bell hooks
Gloria Steinem and bell hooks spoke at the New School in early October (photo credit: Alanna Vagianos). Being able to meet young feminists is inspiring, intense, and hopeful. But getting to see in...
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Fighting Against Sexual Harassment in Schools as a Young Feminist of Color
Last year, when students discovered LREI’s lack of a thorough and inclusive sexual harassment policy, students and some faculty members took immediate action and began to write a sexual harassment...
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