Category: Feminist/Gender Theory
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A Response to ‘Women Against Feminism.’
Imagine this: The year is 2014. You are a white Western woman. You wake up in the morning in a comfortably sized house or flat. You have a full or part-time job that enables you to pay your rent or mortgage. You have been to school and maybe even college or university as well. You…
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Sparkly Vamps vs. Groggy Heroines: A possibly controversial Twilight/Hunger Games analysis.
It seems like decades has passed since I stayed up all night to read the entirety of New Moon in my room, lying on my bed on my stomach, legs crossed in the air in the manner that all teenage girls seem to read books in films. My mum came in at about 6:00am and…
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What RuPaul’s Drag Race Taught Me About Being A Woman
“In a male dominated society, dressing as a woman can seem like treason.” – RuPaul Charles My favourite reality-contest-show-thing, RuPaul’s Drag Race – in all its glorious camp and absurdity – presents a perfect case to prove the feminine mystique. Drag performed with such professionalism and aptitude in the show, that it lays bare just…
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