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News Articles: Feminism

People gather for a press conference about their opposition to a TikTok ban. A couple looking at a cake.

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  • Arts & Life

TikTok gets the boot; plus, a 'tradwife' fantasy

This week, President Biden signed a law that could ban TikTok nationwide unless its Chinese parent company sells the media platform within a year. Brittany is joined by NPR's Deirdre Walsh and Bobby Allyn to discuss the backdrop of this decision and its implications.

Then, the tradwife - aka "traditional wife" - has taken social media by storm. But there's more to this trend than homemade sourdough bread and homeschooled children. Writer Zoe Hu chats with Brittany about her article on the "fantasy" of the tradwife and what this influx in content says about how women feel about work and the modern world.

April 26, 2024
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By:
  • Barton Girdwood,
  • Liam McBain,
  • and 5 more
Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake perform at the Super Bowl halftime show in 2004.

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  • Arts & Life

Reexamining the 'upskirt decade' and the public ridicule of female pop stars

The new book Toxic: Women, Fame, and the Tabloid 2000s reassesses a time when popular culture policed, ridiculed and even took down a variety of women in the public eye.

February 08, 2024
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By:
  • Scott Detrow,
  • Gabriel J. Sánchez,
  • and 1 more
The 50th anniversary of Barbie, in 2009, was commemorated in New York by a lineup of Barbie dolls from different eras, starting with the original in a black-and-white swimsuit.

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  • Arts & Life

Is Barbie a feminist icon? It's complicated

The Barbie movie is being celebrated (and slammed) as a feminist film, with its themes of female empowerment and critiques of the patriarchy. Can the same be said for the doll at the center of it?

July 27, 2023
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Vagina Monologues playwright V Ensler

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: In conversation with V, activist and 'Vagina Monologues' playwright

Thursday on Political Rewind: Host Bill Nigut welcomes The Vagina Monologues playwright V — formerly known as Eve Ensler — and former state Sen. Jen Jordan to the panel for a conversation on women's autonomy, V's life, and more.

CONTENT WARNING: sexual assault, violence against women

March 23, 2023
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 1 more
The general Nanisca, portrayed by Viola Davis, is the star of <em>The Woman King. </em>When a man objects to her influence, she retorts: "If the king respects me, it is because I have earned it."

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  • Opinion

Opinion: 'The Woman King' speaks loud and clear to this Nigerian feminist

The film about female warriors in 1800s West Africa is all too relevant, in 2022, writes Oyeronke Oyebanji: "The inequalities faced by the women in the movie reflect the struggles of women today."

September 25, 2022
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By:
  • Oyeronke Oyebanji
Kacey Musgraves performs on NPR's Tiny Desk Concerts

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  • Arts & Life

'Her Country' explores women performers' battles with gender inequality and racial discrimination

Her Country follows the rise of a new generation of women songwriters and the fellow artists and executives who supported them in an industry dominated by men.

August 11, 2022
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By:
  • Kristi York Wooten
Supporters of South Korea's presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung of the ruling Democratic Party cheer during an election campaign rally in Seoul on Tuesday.

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  • Asia

As South Koreans go to the polls, a backlash against feminism has become political

Young voters are considered a key voting bloc as the ruling Democratic Party and the conservative opposition People Power Party vie to secure the presidency. But gender issues divide South Koreans.

March 08, 2022
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By:
  • Anthony Kuhn
Sharmistha Chaudhuri (center, wearing pink), 35, at her wedding in Kolkata, India, in January 2020. Chaudhuri found some Indian wedding traditions retrograde, so she hired four feminist priestesses to officiate at hers. They performed a multilingual, egalitarian ceremony stripped of patriarchal traditions.

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  • World

Hindu priestesses fight the patriarchy, one Indian wedding at a time

The priestesses are part of a feminist push to make Hinduism more inclusive. Some have begun officiating at Indian weddings stripped of patriarchal traditions: No more "donating" brides to in-laws.

October 15, 2021
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By:
  • Lauren Frayer
Jean Satterfield plays the revolutionary leader of an underground women's army in the 1983 feminist classic <em>Born in Flames.</em>

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  • Arts & Life

This 1983 Feminist Film Was Set In The Dystopian Future, So Basically Right Now

Born in Flames was made by pioneering underground filmmaker Lizzie Borden. She vanished from screens for decades, and now her work is being rediscovered.

July 03, 2021
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By:
  • Neda Ulaby
Scarlett Helmecki joined an all-girls Scouts BSA troop in Delaware two years ago and recently became an Eagle Scout.

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  • National

'She Just Wanted It': One Girl's Journey To Becoming An Eagle Scout

Scarlett Helmecki, the first girl in Delaware to achieve the rank, accepted the Eagle Scout challenge two years after joining an all-girl BSA troop.

March 30, 2021
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By:
  • Sophia Schmidt
An illustration shows medical student Elizabeth Blackwell at Geneva Medical College (later Hobart College) in upstate New York, as she eyes a note dropped onto her arm by a male student, during a lecture in the college's operating room.

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  • Health

'Doctors Blackwell' Tells The Story Of 2 Pioneering Sisters Who Changed Medicine

Elizabeth Blackwell was the first woman in America to earn her medical degree. Her sister Emily followed in her footsteps. Janice Nimura tells the story of the "complicated, prickly" trailblazers.

January 22, 2021
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By:
  • Dave Davies
Cover of Pat Mitchell's new book "Becoming a Dangerous Woman"

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  • Author Interviews

Pat Mitchell On 'Becoming A Dangerous Woman' — And The Importance Telling Their Stories

Pat Mitchell has been at the forefront of three media revolutions. She was among the first women reporters and anchors for national television news, a...

October 15, 2019
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott and
  • Pria Mahadevan

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  • News

On Second Thought For Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019

Hip-hop is often singled out for not having a great track record when it comes to the objectification of women, but research seeks to shine a new light...

September 04, 2019
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • Amy Kiley ,
  • and 7 more
Atlanta actress Lane Carlock stars as the title character in the play 'Erma Bombeck: At Wit's End.' The play finishes a sold-out run Sunday at Lawrenceville's Aurora Theatre.

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  • Theater

'At Wit's End' Play Explores Erma Bombeck's Feminism, Comedy

For more than three decades, Erma Bombeck drew laughs from her life as a suburban mom. Bombeck's syndicated newspaper column reached some 30 million...

April 10, 2019
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By:
  • Leighton Rowell and
  • Virginia Prescott
Caroline Ervin and Cristen Conger made a splash with their How Stuff Works podcast before starting their own company, Unladylike Media.

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  • News

Georgia-based ‘Unladylike’ Podcast Pairs Feminism, Journalism

Caroline Ervin and Cristen Conger said they were "printed word nerds" in college and both worked on University of Georgia's esteemed Red and Black...

March 14, 2019
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By:
  • Elena Rivera and
  • Virginia Prescott
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