Is the future female? This feminist t-shirt seems to think so.
“We’ve been saying for a long time that Minneapolis was one bullet away from Ferguson. Well, that bullet was fired last night.”–Jason Sole, an associate professor of criminal justice at Metropolitan State University and a member of the NAACP regarding the death of Jamar Clark
“Women still need abortions in our communities, and many of those women take matters into their own hands. Poor Texas women are finding themselves experimenting on their bodies when abortion is supposed to be legal.”–President and CEO of Whole Woman’s Health, Amy Hagstrom Miller on how at least 100,000 Texas women have induced their own abortions due to state restrictions on reproductive health
“As I’ve grown into my identity as a genderqueer person and learned to claim the femininity that has been shamed for so much of my life, people’s misperceptions have only grown. People see me in a skirt and assume that I aspire to look like a conventionally beautiful woman (whatever that looks like), so they frequently give me tips about what to wear, how to shave my legs and what lip colors look best on me.”
“The way Michigan State University handles sexual assault, stalking, rape, abuse is not going to change unless our experiences are exposed to the nation, so that one day survivors won’t have to fight this hard to find justice and safety on campus.”–Emily Kollaritsch, who filed a suit against MSU for not acting promptly to handle reports of sexual assault.
“In a society that continues to relentlessly push weight-loss products and an unrealistic beauty ideal, women are thus caught in a double-bind, taught simultaneously that they should hate their bodies and that they’ve failed if they don’t love them.”–From “How ‘Love Your Body’ Became A Marketing Slogan”
if you are a sexually active woman younger than 25, or have risk factors such as new or multiple sex partners, you should request annual chlamydia and gonorrhea tests…’ But
Here’s your map if you need to take a feminist tour of Olympia, WA.
Surprise: Tinder’s CEO is not the brightest bulb in the box.
Starting your holiday shopping early? Check out this Feminist Art Coloring Book by Grace Miceli. 
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