Tag: women
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How Girls Learn Emotional Reciprocity (and Why Boys Don't)
From that same Metafilter discussion: “Adolescent female friendships are LEGENDARILY difficult and drama-prone. And they are! Being an adolescent girl and navigating the emotional landscape of female friendship is hella hard! It’s not just media hype to sell Mean Girls narratives! But I think the narrative the media wants to attach to it is “girls […]
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Dating an Emotional Charlatan
From a Metafilter discussion about modern dating and emotional labor: “A few years ago, one of my friends began dating an accomplished lawyer who made good money. He was charming and generous. He 100% seemed like he had his shit together and could keep up with her. He cooked for her occasionally and his home […]
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Diane Freeleng, Feminist Horror Movie Icon
“The diminutive psychic is the final element of the film’s feminist trilogy – the cool mom, smart doctor and tough-as-nails medium seem to make up the life cycle of childhood.”
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Bjork on Women, Music, Auteurs, and Authorship
“Everything that a guy says once, you have to say five times.”
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Let’s Ruin Video Games
“Guns that shoot kisses!”
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How to Raise Independent-Minded Daughters
“My father valued my brain, and let me see that he valued it.”
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Good Groups, Bad Groups and Gender Representation in Entertainment
“Imagine never seeing yourself in media. Imagine only seeing you as a sidekick or a hot reward.”
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Domestic Abuse Survivor Tells a Future Victim What Happens Next
“Once he is the sole breadwinner I can garun-fucking-tee that you won’t be seeing friends or family without him, and only when he’s okay with it.”
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Abortions at 30-Year Low (and Not Because of Clinics Being Closed)
Full information, education, coverage and access results in fewer unintended pregnancies.
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Huckabee: You Chicks Just Love the D
I don’t know how you gals walk around with those things.