Courtney Macavinta is a writer, non-profit executive, and teen advocate extraordinaire, who I have the pleasure of publishing on GHQ! She’s the author of Respect: A Girl’s Guide to Getting Respect and Dealing When Your Line is Crossed. She’s the founder of Respect Rx, a program designed to empower girls and women and […]

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The Washington Post reports that a small amount of so-called “pro-life” drugstores are cropping up in some suburban and rural areas around the country. This interesting new trend brings up all sorts of issues about the implications of free speech. Even though the owners of these pharmacies are claiming to serve as simply an alternative […]

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I seriously love Cristina Page. She’s a consultant for major pro-choice groups, she’s the author of two books, including How the Pro-Choice Movement Saved America (now you get the title of this post), and she’s a really great mentor for young women.
Cristina has a fantastic post up at the Huffington Post today called “Obama: […]

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My good friend and partner in crime Lisa Marie Basile is going to be writing a weekly column for us at GHQ, and I honestly couldn’t be more excited. Lisa is a writing and editing pro who interned at CosmoGIRL! last year, is working on a novel, and will be the editor-in-chief of our […]

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In light of the new developments in California, I feel compelled to invite us to think critically about the institution of marriage and what it means… It is important for us to consider the implications of certain rights.
Beyondmarriage.org is an amazing statement signed by some of the greatest contemporary thinkers and other community members about […]

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I am writing a paper about identity politics and digital culture right now, focusing on the advent of blogs like stuffwhitepeoplelike.com and exploring their meaning in relationship to the political economy. As a result, I am noticing everything on the internet and attempting to deconstruct what is behind specific forms of visual representation… When I […]

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I should be paying attention to my Human Sexuality Professor, but unfortunately my computer is distracting me (and normally I do use it for note taking in class). But taking a glass half full approach, if my computer wasn’t such a distraction, I would not be able to share with you this heartbreaking account […]

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And I thought it was disgusting that young boys were playing video games that encourages them to kill women in order to receive “health points”. Then my friend showed me an article about this website game called Miss Bimbo. Described as a “fashion” game, this game encourages young girls (the majority between the ages of […]

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Over the weekend a colleague of mine got engaged (and I thought I had a big weekend when I found out that I had received an A on my Robert Frost analysis). Monday morning she floated into work with an obiouvs glow. It took a matter of minutes before one of my co-workers asked, […]

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Right now California polls aren’t even fully counted yet, but I just found this amazing video that Amber Tamblyn and America Ferrera (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Joan of Arcadia, The Ring, Real Women Have Curves) they did a video of Hillary, and I believe it shows how kind she is and how much she […]

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