Why You Can Chill the F*ck Out About Yahoo Buying Tumblr

When I reach for my iPad first thing every morning, is the first app I open The New York Times’ or my local daily newspaper’s?

My journalism professors would be disheartened to know I don’t immediately go to either. I … Read More

Magical Girls Trope: Using Femininity & Friendship to Battle Evil

[Post comes with Puella Magi Madoka Magica spoilers. Ye hath been warned.]

The Magical Girl is a special type of superhero, one that will take all things traditionally feminine and stab evil through the face with it.

The Magical Girl genre … Read More

Friday Favorites: Whoops, it’s Saturday Edition

My friends, I fear I must trouble you with this important decision I have been called upon to make. This morning I awoke with great fervor at 0700. I was fresh, so fresh, and I headed downstairs with my bowl, … Read More

The Great Gatsby: Are There Any Feminists in the Disillusioned Jazz Age?

For those who live under rocks or otherwise don’t care about pop culture, a much-anticipated big-screen Baz Luhrmann version of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is being released in theaters Friday. English majors and fans of Leo DiCaprio (there’s … Read More

Friday Favorites: If You’re a Bored Feminist, Come Check These Out

This week has been a rough one, but the world is still turning, the sun is still shining, and it’s 5 of the clock somewhere, babies! So let’s kick off this weekend with some Friday Favorites!

1.    As long … Read More

Friday Favorites: If You Haven’t Read These Articles You’ve Been Doing Your Week All Wrong

Heeeeey-ooooo! It’s that time again! Time to kick off your friday with some Friday Favorites! I love Friday Favorites like Buckwheat loves pickles, so let’s go!

1.   Do you ever examine your privilege? Has anybody ever asked you to … Read More

4 Online Resources for Recovery From Sexual Trauma

Trigger warning: references to sexual violence and rape, links to potentially upsetting material.

It can be incredibly difficult for survivors of sexual trauma to find the sort of help that suits them the most. In response to the recent media … Read More

Encourage a Girl’s Love of Science With the Universe’s Free Light Show

We’ve been hearing a lot lately about how there is a dearth of women and girls in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) career fields. This is a sad fact of our modern society. The reality is that girls in … Read More

Friday Favorites: We Couldn’t Be Any More Done With This Week If We Tried

It’s Friday, you may or may not have a job, and you may or may not have shit to do! But we’re gonna get you Friday Favorites today.

1. You may have heard about Gosnell’s clinic, but where is the … Read More

Sci-Fi Pregnancies: Fun For Absolutely No One

Ah, childbearing, the most miraculous and bizarre process in nature and what ensures the survival of our race. It’s the beginning of great new chapters in many people’s lives, and as fiction is a reflection of reality, TV writers often … Read More

Friday Favorites: The Best Shit We’ve Read This Week

Welcome back to Friday Favorites, where we here at Feminspire share our favorite things from around the web this week!

I found this by doing a GIS for ‘awesome computer freak out’ then I lulz’d.

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Girl Rising: The Story of Nine Women Fighting For the Right to Learn

A film that educates, inspires, moves, shocks and calls audiences to rise, is showing in select theaters around the United States. Girl Rising, produced by the 10X10 Campaign, shows us why educating young women is so important.

The film takes … Read More