WNBA Player Brings Light to Baylor University’s Intolerance

Brittney Griner, who plays in the WNBA, told ESPN Magazine that her coaches at Baylor University told her not to be open about her sexuality. Griner s...

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H&M Swimsuit Model Thinks Industry Needs More Plus Sizes

Plus size model Jennie Runk recently received lots of attention after posing in H&M ads for their swimwear campaign. Supporters praised the compan...

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What’s up with Binge Eating Disorder Week?!

We’ve been talking about this event on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Pinterest – everywhere we can! So now we’re going to let you in on...

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Angelina Jolie Speaks About Double Mastectomy

Angelina Jolie recently wrote an article for the NY Times about her choice to have a preventive double mastectomy. Jolie secretly had the mastectomy a...

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Chilean Students Vs. Police – The War For Free Education

On May 8, 2013, a reported 80,000 students rallied in the streets of Santiago Chile to demand free and quality education.  The “March for Educa...

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Abercrombie & Fitch Supports Racism, Sexism & Size Discrimination

Abercrombie & Fitch has a long history of racism, sexism, and size discrimination hidden within its dimly-lit store. As far back as 2002, A&F ...

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The Child Abuse Ad Only Children Can See

“Sólo para niños” (“Only for children”) is a unique new advertisement campaign from The ANAR Foundation. The ANAR Foundation...

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Victim of “Revenge Porn” Fights for Justice

Holly Jacobs suffered a four year nightmare at the hands of her ex-boyfriend after he uploaded intimate pictures and video onto “revenge porn...

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Take Back The Night: Shatter the silence, stop the violence

On April 25th, I attended my first Take Back The Night (TBTN) event in Philadelphia. A girlfriend of mine had told me about this event and it was righ...

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Blogger Designs Bikini for Plus Sizes

Gabi Gregg has a popular plus size fashion blog that got attention not too long ago when she posed in a bikini and daringly put it on her site. Gabi p...

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H&M Swimsuit Model Thinks Industry Needs More Plus Sizes

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Plus size model Jennie Runk recently received lots of attention after posing in H&M ads for their swimwear campaign. Supporters praised the company for using a “normal looking” model. Runk used her new found fame to speak about her personal weight struggles growing up and how she wishes people would just stop using “plus size”...+

Chilean Students Vs. Police – The War For Free Education

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On May 8, 2013, a reported 80,000 students rallied in the streets of Santiago Chile to demand free and quality education.  The “March for Education” organized by student organizations and unions, was the latest in two years of student marches over Chile’s  education crisis, one of the most contentious issues in the country, and a...+

Abercrombie & Fitch Supports Racism, Sexism & Size Discrimination

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Abercrombie & Fitch has a long history of racism, sexism, and size discrimination hidden within its dimly-lit store. As far back as 2002, A&F sold t-shirts that were racially insensitive to Asians. The shirts were eventually pulled after a massive backlash. Then the brand got into some more trouble for marketing a line of thongs...+

Domestic Violence Jokes Aren’t Funny

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The Onion, a mock comedy news site, ran an article yesterday about Chris Brown and Rihanna. The joke was about how they had split up and that Brown was heartbroken because he thought she would be “the one…he would beat to death.” The article graphically descries abuse on Rihanna and made up quotes from Brown...+

The Child Abuse Ad Only Children Can See

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“Sólo para niños” (“Only for children”) is a unique new advertisement campaign from The ANAR Foundation. The ANAR Foundation is a Spain based organization aimed at providing help for children and adolescents at risk of abuse.  The foundation manages an anonymous hotline (contact number 116 111) for minors in need. The foundation worked to find...+

Victim of “Revenge Porn” Fights for Justice

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Holly Jacobs suffered a four year nightmare at the hands of her ex-boyfriend after he uploaded intimate pictures and video onto “revenge porn” sites. After Holly started to date again intimate pictures and video began to show up on mutliple “revenge porn” sites. Accompanied with the pictures and video were Jacobs’ email, personal address, and...+