Note: This post is Part One of a series on young feminists or activists below the Mason-Dixon line, since we didn’t allot the South enough time on our original road trip. Feel free to suggest a series on your own part of the country–email nona [at] girl-drive [dot] com Kate Shapiro: 26, a “queer, anti-zionist [...]

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Girldrive interviewee Courtney Martin is one of the 10 finalists in the Washington Post’s “America’s Next Great Pundit” contest! Today before 3 pm EST is your last change to vote for Courtney’s column. In case you don’t know, Courtney is a shrewd, smart young feminist author and journalist who blogs for Feministing and writes for [...]

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So I haven’t figured out how to embed this, but check out my interview with Amanda Marcotte on RH Reality Check. (Also, the podcast features some useful info on health care.)

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Cross-posted at Sadie Magazine When Emma and I went on the road, we got this question over and over again—since the word “feminism” is too exclusive, too loaded, can’t we just think of another word? Something that means the same thing, but one that doesn’t drag around this exclusive history and these disparaging stereotypes? Emma’s [...]

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For obvious reasons, Emma and I didn’t hit up Hawaii on our cross-country adventure. So I figured I’d give it a lil’ love right now. Girl Fest Hawaii fights against violence against women during a week-long extravaganza of art, music, and workshops. In Girl Fest’s own words, their mission is to “change peer culture…through education, [...]

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I’m going to be on WPR (Wisconsin Public Radio) tomorrow for a whole hour talking about Girldrive, from 10 to 11 a.m. CST. I’m gonna be takin calls and everything! Be sure to tune in or stream the show.

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…for a few more days. I haven’t had one millisecond to blog about anything intelligent. I do have some plans in the works, like a whole week of spotlighting young female activists/feminists in the South. And in the meantime, I can keep feeding you Girldrive-worthy links: Judy Berman at Broadsheet discusses how race, weight, and [...]

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