Anastasia Smith: 24, sisterless and searching.
From the category archives:
IS THERE ANYTHING more tragically hilarious than dated dating advice for women? This little photo series from 1938 had me in stitches. From passing out before the date is over (like the poor gal above) to smearing too much lipstick on a man’s handkerchief, all the dating “donts” you’ll ever need are right here. [click to continue…]
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THIS PHOTO SHOOT of real-sized women in next month’s issue of V Magazine! Such beautiful styling. What do you think?
(photo via jezebel)
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SEEING HOW HALLOWEEN IS now over, I thought some of you may be having residual cravings for a scare. Well, look no further. This old (not so) favorite is from the feministing archives. (Shudder.) P.S. More vintage sexism in our gallery of horrors.
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ONE OF MY FAVORITE comediennes of all time, Sarah Haskins, sheds some light on the advertising industry’s obsession with your lady friends, in this rerun episode of “Target Women.” Classic.
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THE KHEDE KASRA CAMPAIGN is empowering women in Lebanon by drawing attention to one simple punctuation mark in the Arabic language. How inspiring.
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EARLIER THIS SUMMER, I was quite disappointed to hear many young women call in to the morning show on my local NPR station saying they didn’t call themselves feminists simply because they hated the word “feminism.” It made them uncomfortable. If I could find those women today, I would show them this lovely graphic representation of a Kate Nash quotation. It continues after the jump. [click to continue…]
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DID ANYONE ELSE READ, Bob Herbert’s Op-Ed piece, “Women at Risk,” in the New York Times last week? I thought he did an excellent job connecting brutal acts of violence against women to the pervasive misogynistic attitude of the American media. Herbert presents his argument with such clarity and intelligence that I was cheering by the time I reached the final paragraph, wherein he says: “we would become much more sane, much healthier, as a society if we could bring ourselves to acknowledge that misogyny is a serious and pervasive problem, and that the twisted way so many men feel about women, combined with the absurdly easy availability of guns, is a toxic mix of the most tragic proportions.” Well said, indeed, Bob. Plus: A sampling of insanely defensive and wacky comments from Herbert’s piece are now on display with some witty commentary on Jezebel.com.
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HOW AWESOME IS THIS? Arizona-born artist Lilly McElroy has a series of photographs titled “I Throw Myself at Men,” in which she literally throws herself at men. The back story (via A Cup of Jo): Lilly wanders into random bars and asks strange men if she can jump on them. And then, mid-leap, a photo is taken (like the one above). The resulting series is rich with interesting commentary on relationships and, of course, hilarious awkward facial expressions. See all the photos here!
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TWENTY-FOUR YEARS AGO today I was caught by my midwife, Anastasia. (We’re together on the left.) She took the ferry from Burlington, Vermont to my parents’ farmhouse in the Adirondacks when no one else would, because 24 years ago home births were illegal in New York State. So to celebrate my midwife and my namesake on the anniversary of our heartfelt meeting, I put together a little slideshow of newborns and their women who helped bring them into the world. It’s a sisterhood I’m so grateful to be a part of! [click to continue…]
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MUSLIM WRITER AND FEMINIST Fatemeh Fakhraie has opened up an interesting conversation on altmuslimah.com in which she gives some helpful bullet points to keep in mind when defending the rights of Muslim women. [click to continue…]
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FEU, BY ANASTASIA SMITH, a collage in mixed media, 2007
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