ARCHIVE FOR APRIL, 2009

THE FEMAGAZINIST INITIATIVE

Posted by Charlotte on April 23, 2009
Tags: feminism, Magazines

Wowza. What a fab idea! All text below copied straight from the Facebook group, get involved suggest your fave feminist mags!

Fed up with seeing the same old women’s magazines in doctors and dentist surgeries?

Thats where the Femagazinist initiative comes…

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TEENS DROPPING THE FBOMB

Posted by Charlotte on April 21, 2009
Tags: feminism, Technology

But praise be, these are not the foul mouthed youths of legend but the estute Julie Zeilinger from new teen feminist blog The FBomb.

I couldn’t be more excited to see the younger women on the scale getting more involved…

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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS!! SUBTEXT ISSUE 8

Posted by Charlotte on April 18, 2009

As Issue 7 moves into the final stages before printing this month we’re putting out the call out for submissions for Issue 8!

You don’t have to be a professional journalist, an academic, or a long time blogger to submit…

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EVER WONDERED ABOUT THE UK FEMINIST COMMUNITY?

Posted by Charlotte on April 18, 2009
Tags: Action Alert, feminism

I have.

For example: What issues concern today’s feminists? What do they think about the feminist movement today? How old are they? Who inspires them, what actions do they take part in, and how did they end up calling themselves feminists…

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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ON THE SMALL SCREEN

Posted by Charlotte on April 3, 2009
Tags: Domestic Violence, Films, Violence Against Women

The release of Women’s Aid’s new Domestic Violence short, “Cut”, starring Keira Knightley has put many questions out there. About the relevance or useful nature of using celebrities in DV campaigning, was the video to graphic, will it have an…

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