Sexism in Advertising: Your Vagina is a Void

Women's genitals are not portrayed with nearly the same reference, respect, and even admiration that the male phallus is given in media and throughout society in general. Here is (another) sexist vag-negative ad that just reinforces womens' already low genital self esteem.

Read more about it here on Feministing.

bea arthur leaves $300,000 to homeless queer youth

it was just revealed that she left $300K to a homeless queer youth center in NYC. now, there's just another reason to love this woman.

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the hpv vaccine for men

i have always heard of women getting the hpv vaccine, in fact i have accompanied a girlfriend or two to get her shot. i wondered at the time why guys weren't vaccinated as well, since men can carry the hpv viruses on our penises, and also hpv can cause penile cancer.

anyways, last month an fda panel recommended males age 9-26 get vaccinated for hpv. personally, i am all for this and will look into getting vaccinated myself.

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great new read

i can't wait to buy this book. two years ago, the authors of this book set out on a cross-country road trip in which they talk to young women about feminism. they talk to many well-known feminists, but also to young women who are not close to feminism at all.

i think this is a great thing because it saddens me how many young women don't identify as feminists. as a young man, in college classes, when asked by the professor who considers themselves a feminist, i often found my hand to be the only one raised, in a class full of young women. i think this book will make feminism accessible to a generation who might be somewhat feminist-phobic.

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