Today was one of those days when my inbox piled up with exactly one topic: the new shirt being sold at JCPenney.  Maybe you’ve seen it.  In case the image is too flowery for you to read the words, they are: “I’m too pretty to do homework so my brother has to do it for me.” [...]

As a blogger for Fem2pt0, I strive to be honest. As a board member of George Washington Students Against Sexual Assault (GW SASA), I strive to lead by example. But I am also a college student.  A college student who thoroughly enjoys going to parties (which, yes, are mostly hosted by men), a college student [...]

Fem2 Community: Check out these great events being run by our friends over at FemEx.  Be sure to reach out to them for more information, and spread the word to your friends! You are invited to join us for the 6th session of FemEx– a course designed for women by women to create a safe environment where women [...]

Dear U.S. Navy: A long time ago, I dedicated my life to public service.  Having spent time in both the government and nonprofit sectors, the time will come soon for me to consider joining our armed forces.  It’s been in the back of my mind for a few years now.  I spent time on Capitol [...]

I have been lucky enough to have never had a real job. Yes I spent many a summer among six year olds, but I have never worked for a for-profit company, never stood behind a counter, never taken someone’s order.   Over the past five years I have been even luckier to almost exclusively work for [...]

Today is Women’s Equality day – a day which celebrates women’s right to vote in the United States, a right protected by the 19th amendment. In the years since August 26, 1920, women across the globe have made gains and changed their lives. Women now have the right to vote in nearly every country, approximately 139 [...]

Picture this: you’re standing on the coast looking out onto Liberty Island and you see women. Women are scaling the Statue of Liberty to hang several 40-foot banners from her crown. Not far away, more women are banning together to stop the ticker at the American Stock Exchange. More than 100,000 women are coming together [...]

They are scared, looking at the back door every ten minutes, afraid they’ll get caught talking to me. Afraid they’ll be beaten like Louvenia’s grandson, or, hell, bludgeoned in their front yard like Medgar Evers.  – Skeeter Phelan, The Help (the novel) I read The Help about a year ago.  I loved it.  It’s one [...]

“Mommy, I want to have a princess party this year for my birthday.” Suddenly the air was sucked out of the room and I waited for the oxygen masks to deploy from the ceiling as the living room nose-dived. “What?” I coughed out, wide-eyed to my 4-year-old daughter. “A princess party!” she smiled, cheekily. “And [...]

This piece was cross-posted from The Huffington Post and co-authored by Stephenie Foster and Abigail Collazo Last month, the award-winning actress, author and activist Marlo Thomas wrote a great piece on Huffington Post, “Passing the Torch… Who’s Going to Run With it?” Afterwards, Thomas was chided a bit by her friend Gloria Steinem who said that “‘passing [...]