The 2004 election was the first one I was able to vote for. It was my senior year in highschool. I wore like five of those "I Voted" stickers, and much like Jessica, yelled at every senior I knew was (posted to Happy Birthday, 19th Amendment!)
i'm the oldest of three girls and my parents get that ALL of the time! the funny thing is, when i mention that i want to hyphenate my last name to keep my "maiden" (sorry. no damsel in distress here) (posted to What Happens When All You Have Are Sisters?)
after watching the powerpoint, i think it's really interesting. personally, i'm not talented enough to remold a barbie doll and repackage it like it's supposed to be that way. that being said. if it were real, i might puke,but since (posted to Reappropriation or just offensive: Teen Pregnancy Barbie)
I know exactly what you're talking about. I'm a member of a sorority on campus and this year is the first year that my university is offering a major in Women and Gender Studies. Because there are only five majors (posted to Greek and Feminist)
I was part of a co-ed honors/service fraternity (also largely female), but my school was very big on Greek life, so I had a lot of friends in sororities. Based on what they've told me about their rush process, it (posted to Greek and Feminist)
I'm not a greek because rush week makes me uncomfortable and most of the houses at my university don't strike me as very feminist, but the thing that made me more open minded about sororities was my friend who joined (posted to Greek and Feminist)
I've run into this one myself--I'm the oldest of three sisters. The middle sister (Jenna*) and I are my parents' biological children, the youngest (Catherine*) is adopted. Now, my dad is a very self-deprecating guy. He is always making fun (posted to What Happens When All You Have Are Sisters?)
I am in high school so I hear some of my peers talking about how they might be pregnant as casually as I talk about my upcoming stressful assignments that will be over in a week. It is just Biology (posted to Reappropriation or just offensive: Teen Pregnancy Barbie)
I also think that calling it "teen pregnancy barbie" which is a noun describing barbie rather than "pregnant teen barbie" which would be an adjective describing barbie is an important part of the piece. It shows how teen pregnancy is (posted to Reappropriation or just offensive: Teen Pregnancy Barbie)
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