New Media
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: Forum Submissions on Campus Violence, Resistance, and Strategies for Survival DUE 6/1/15
PLEASE SEND IN YOUR SUBMISSIONS!! TODAY: JUNE 1, 2015 Thank you to everyone who has submitted to the College Feminisms Forum! Please continue to share...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: Cultural Plagiarism
By Shantel Perry Cultural appropriation is a continuing epidemic in the United States (US). Yes I said it, Black Culture (although we are not...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: “Real” Women: A Critique of “Feminist” Transphobia
By Rebecca Long As awareness of the harmful affects of the presentation of distorted female bodies in media and advertising has risen, so too has...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: Are Racial Preferences Racist?
By Denio Lourenco Jr. Everyone has had a time in their life when they have been rejected or turned down by someone they were interested...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: Precious Life
By Sarah de Schweinitz The first thing I notice in this advertisement is the model’s closed eyes. She appears to be either sleeping...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: Can the Side Chick Speak?: Side Chicks Re(Thot)
By Samantha Crook Now that the “year of the side chick” has come to a close, let’s resolve to have a more “thotful” side chick...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: On Ferguson’s Protest and Its Occupation
By Vanessa Lynn Lovelace On Saturday, August 9, 2014 at around noon, eighteen-year-old Michael Brown was gunned down by a Ferguson, Missouri police officer. Eyewitnesses...
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The Babies on Facebook
By Susan Harlan Today, the babies have no say. The babies are abroad. They’re in Rome, or on the top of a mountain (in a...
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Op-Ed: All the News Fit for White Men: Why Journalism is Failing America
By David Cuillier If you want to know what kinds of news Americans consume in their daily lives, just ask a white man. He probably picked...
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Feminists We Love: Jessica Luther ~ Activist, commentator, and change agent
I am not sure when and where I first came in contact with Jessica W. Luther and her work, but ever since that moment I...
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Putting Down the Weight: How Social Media Makes Eating Disorders Worse
By Annetta Ramsay Demi Lovato, the actress and singer, has been open about her struggle with an eating disorder since her 2010 emergence from a...
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On Boko Haram, Missing Children, and Narcissism
By Niama Safia Sandy This month I’ve watched as everyone talked about the mounting tension between the Ukraine and Russia, the Heartbleed superbug, the South...
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The Gentle Critique in Activist Spaces: A Newby’s First Year Journey on Social Media
By Kimbo Grama Can the online become the lifeline? We’re told, it’s not possible; we’re told that that people we meet in online forums are...
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Treva B. Lindsey: The Future and the Now
Dr. Treva B. Lindsey is very much the future – of black popular cultural studies, feminist scholarship, social media activism, and so much more. Someone...
