Unplugging from Social Media

Social media is a contentious issue at times. Facebook, Twitter, and all the rest can be harnessed to bring attention to events or topics that might go unnoticed in other ways. The #BringBackOurGirls movement, for example, forced the international media to...

Paper and ink big sisters: teen mags

Last month, like Sugar and More before it, Bliss magazine published its last issue. I remember reading all three as a teen girl growing up in 1990s Britain. Girl’s magazines were one of those things that were incredibly important when I was growing...

Ethics vs. Money on Facebook

‘In spite of complaint after complaint, Facebook continues to deem content encouraging violence against women inoffensive.’ Image: dpa picture alliance/Alamy http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/may/23/facebook-violently-sexist-pages-twitter-fbrape...

Until You Say Yes…To Not Saying Yes

Chevonea, as she probably was most days of her life: a normal teenage girl. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2259202/Chevonea-Kendall-Bryan-Schoolgirl-13-plunged-60ft-death-rumours-sex-video.html When I was 13, I did anything to make a boy like me. It was the...

Everyday Sexism

Four F-15 Eagle pilots from the 3rd Wing walk to their respective jets at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. (L-R) Maj. Andrea Misener, Capt. Jammie Jamieson, Maj. Carey Jones, and Capt. Samantha Weeks. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:F-15_pilots_Elmendorf.jpg...

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