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It is a basic freedom and without it women will always be subjugated and considered to be "lesser" simply because they are censored. The right to bare skin is as basic to all human rights as the right to food, the right to safety and the right to have children or not have children. We were born without clothes, therefore why should it be a "sin" to show the body that we were born with?
Widely used yet rarely defined, Black feminist thought encompasses diverse and contradictory meanings. Two interrelated tensions highlight issues in defining Black feminist thought.
The North American fashion industry says it wants its models to be healthy, not anorexic, not bulimic and not chain-smokers. And to help models achieve that, the Council of Fashion Designers of America has released a list of recommendations as part of a new health initiative. Plus additional articles about anorexia and real people.
With skyrocketed divorce rates (in the United States the divorce rate is roughly half the marriage rate) its easy for people to point the finger at the feminist movement as to the cause. But in reality there is so many other reasons why divorces happen. Articles, statistics and different perspectives on marriage, adultery (the leading cause of failed marriages) and divorce.
The Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq [OWFI] has submitted a short report summarizing the conditions of women in Iraq. Public executions of women and children, beatings, torture and sectarian violence, with women caught in the middle.
If women of color have been said to live in a "double bind," then lesbians of color can be seen as "triply bound." Lets look back at how lesbian feminists of color did in the 1960s and 1970s...
