Note: I frequently feature readers’ answers to one or more of the questions Emma and I asked on our road trip. Find out how to submit here. Gabrielle, 19: Born and raised in Atlanta, GA, to her former fashion-designer mother, currently an artist, student, and founder of The Stripped Project, a subversive art project about [...]

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The ladies from Seal Press and I took to the Berkeley streets last week, asking people to say the first word that came to their mind when they heard: “choice” “movement” “man” “woman” and, finally, “feminist.” The idea was to distill the concept of “Girldrive” down to one word, and also get some guys’ opinions [...]

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Note: I frequently feature readers’ answers to one or more of the questions Emma and I asked on our road trip. Find out how to submit here. This entry features an L.A. lady in honor of my appearance today on KPFK radio at 7:30 p.m. PST! Tune into 90.7 FM or stream here. Annie: 22, [...]

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Note: I frequently feature readers’ answers to one or more of the questions Emma and I asked on our road trip. Find out how to submit here. Javacia: 28, writer and educator, lives in Birmingham, Alabama, blogs at GeorgiaMae.com, where she writes about feminism, race issues, media, pop culture and more. Do you consider yourself [...]

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Note: I frequently feature readers’ answers to one or more of the questions Emma and I asked on our road trip. Find out how to submit here! Kerry: 24, lives in Los Angeles, blogs at girltalkzine.blogspot.com about her own feminist zine, co-runs a small art-book publishing company Amigos Publishing, applying to grad school, feminist. Do [...]

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Nila: 24, student/writer/yaoi fangirl, living in Kansas City, Missouri, currently pursuing a degree in Sociology while trying to “navigate my way through a world that’s filled with madness.” Do I consider myself a feminist? I would have to say yes, more specifically a black feminist. It’s been an ongoing process for me. I didn’t realize [...]

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Ashlee, 23, born in Lousville, KY, journalist for the Lexington Herald-Leader, lives in Lexington, blogger for Single Gals’ Guide, avid knitter and Golden Girls watcher. My feminist journey is deeply intertwined with my race. My mother taught me from an early age that I would have to work twice as hard as everyone else because [...]

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Note: I frequently feature a reader’s answer to one of the questions Emma and I asked on our road trip. Find out how to submit here. Becca, 25, grew up in St. Louis, MO, currently attends Yale Divinity School and aspires to do Christian ministry, gay and not raised religious. Despite what one might think, [...]

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Note: I am going to frequently feature a reader’s answer to one of the questions Emma and I asked on our road trip. Find out how to submit here. Ericka, 31, native Virginian, currently living in Charlotte, avid TV watcher, internet surfer, writer, yogi, feminist. I absolutely consider myself a feminist. The basis for this [...]

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I am starting a new feature where I post a reader’s answer to one of the questions Emma and I asked on our road trip. Find out how to submit here–I’d love to hear from you. If I start getting a lot of submissions, I’ll feature readers’ thoughts on a regular day during the week. [...]

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