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By Maya Dusenbery • 1 week ago

Anti-choicers Use Surveillance Tech to Target Ads to Women Visiting Abortion Clinics

What do you get when today’s surveillance culture is combined with the anti-choice movement’s shameless ends-justify-the-means attitude? A mobile advertising company teaming up with crisis pregnancy centers to track the phones of women entering abortion clinics and send them deceptive anti-choice propaganda.

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By Katie Barnes • 1 day ago

Why I’m Not Thrilled This Pride

June marks the beginning of Pride Month with its rainbow flags, rainbow shoes, rainbow glitter, rainbow…everything. And while I love my rainbow as much as the next kid, this year, the celebration feels shallow.

June marks the beginning of Pride Month with its rainbow flags, rainbow shoes, rainbow glitter, rainbow…everything. And while I love my rainbow as much as the next kid, this year, the celebration feels shallow.

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By Mahroh Jahangiri • 2 days ago

Video of the Day: 100 Years of Hijab as Political Defiance

It surprises me how in the most liberal of feminist American spaces, there remains incredible discomfort — if not outright bigotry and discrimination — towards women who choose to wear a headscarf.

It surprises me how in the most liberal of feminist American spaces, there remains incredible discomfort — if not outright bigotry and discrimination — towards women who choose to wear a headscarf.

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By Jacqui Germain • 2 days ago

Awkwafina and Margaret Cho Team Up for “Green Tea”

NY rapper and television personality, Awkwafina, just released her newest music video, “Green Tea,” and it’s exactly as  good as you’d expect – or maybe better. The NSFW-but-totally-worth-the-risk video also features none other than comedy pioneer, Margaret Cho.

NY rapper and television personality, Awkwafina, just released her newest music video, “Green Tea,” and it’s exactly as  good as you’d expect – or maybe better. The NSFW-but-totally-worth-the-risk video also features none other than comedy pioneer, Margaret Cho.

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By Jamie Zabinsky • 3 days ago

Politics, Power and Queerness in “House of Cards” Season 4

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In a presidential election year, popular culture representations of politicians – real and fictional – reach new heights of significance as viewers and commentators assign them meaning. The March 2016 release of season four of the Netflix original series House of Cards was no exception.

Ed. note: This post was originally published on the Community site. Posts published on the Community site do not necessarily reflect the views of any Feministing columnist, editor, or executive director.

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By Reina Gattuso • 3 days ago

Ask Your Doctor if This New Anti-Islamophobia Medication is Right for You

Suffering from blatant bigotry? Filled with irrational hatred? Seduced by Trump? The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) has the product for you: Islamophobin, the new anti-Islamophobia chewing gum.

Suffering from blatant bigotry? Filled with irrational hatred? Seduced by Trump? The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) has the product for you: Islamophobin, the new anti-Islamophobia chewing gum.

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