Thank you Feministing! About two years ago, my sister sent me the link to Feministing, telling me that I should learn more about feminism. Not thinking anything about it, I clicked on the link, read the articles, and soon became (posted to Happy 5th Birthday to us!)
Agh! Right as I'm about to turn 18, too! In a month, that is. Well, that's good for other 17 year old girls. I had to depend on my older boyfriend to buy Plan B for me when I needed (posted to Breaking News: Zapata Gets Justice and 17-Year-Olds Get Plan B)
Oy, vey! I had a nasty little experience with a CPC about a year ago. It was awful! You can read about it here: http://community.feministing.com/2008/11/update-and-a-first-hand-accoun.html (posted to My experience with a Crisis Pregnancy Center)
I'm getting a lot of sarcasm from your reply. If so, you obviously aren't a female musician, and can't understand how rare people like this girl are, and how much fun it is to watch her kick ass. I am (posted to Girls Rock (Stephanie/Green Day edition))
I was at this show and it was amazing. I was skeptical they'd find someone to play that song since it's so long, and then when Billie Joe pulled a girl onto the stage my heart was so happy! She (posted to Girls Rock (Stephanie/Green Day edition))
During buck cherry, I had to excuse myself to go to the bathroom, where I wrote on the bathroom stall "Buck Cherry Sucks!" in lipstick. (posted to Girls Rock (Stephanie/Green Day edition))
Yay! Punk discussion! :) The punk crowd is generally a feminist one. In fact, I think my love for punk music attributed in part to my eventual coming out as a feminist. It certainly made it easier and I think (posted to Girls Rock (Stephanie/Green Day edition))