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Let's Talk About Men Wearing Make-Up

Model Media post by Yoonj Kim on April 3, 2013 - 4:51pm; tagged cosmetics, makeup, men, Walking Dead, Zac Efron.

Men wearing make up

Television and magazine audiences are well aware that the beautiful female faces we are enhanced with a slew of cosmetics. What audiences don't seem to take into account is is that the men's faces are also dolled up—the guys just often don’t talk about it or sign ad deals with Revlon.

This creates the impression—that's both incorrect and damaging—that male celebrities and models don't undergo the rigorous beauty routines of their female colleagues. How utterly false.

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RuPaul's Drag Race Comic Recap: The Six Best Moments from Episode Nine

TV post by Carolyn Main on April 3, 2013 - 4:33pm; tagged comics, RuPaul's Drag Race.

The cartoon whimsy of Drag Race continues, as does our illustrated coveradge. This week our queens are challenged with Telenova style skits and thier ability to fake tears and orgasms. Coco's cat fight creshendos, and the wrong queen is sent packing. The competion is whittled down to a fiece five, and 100 grand is on the line.

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The Baby Poop Overshare: Q&A with the Author of STFU Parents

Books post by Andi Zeisler on April 3, 2013 - 11:35am; tagged kids, Parenting.

STFU Parents book cover

If you’ve ever scanned your Facebook feed and wondered what possessed your old college suitemate to post a full-color photo of her fresh, glistening placenta, well, Blair Koenig feels your pain. We interview Koenig about her popular blog STFU Parents, which is launched in book form today.

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What if Cinderella Wasn't Straight and White?

Girls of Color in Dystopia post by Victoria Law on April 3, 2013 - 10:47am; tagged Chinese, Cinderella, dystopian, Ethnicity, fantasy, LGBT, Race, YA fiction.

The cover of Cinder

In Cinder, the familiar glass slipper story is set in a dystopian future Beijing 126 years after World War IV has ended. Cinder’s author, Marissa Meyer, is white. Meanwhile, Chinese-American author Malinda Lo award-winning 2010 retelling of Cinderella, Ash, takes place in a kingdom that resembles a fairy tale Europe.

What do these choices say about each author? How do their ethnic backgrounds affect their retellings?

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On Our Radar: Today's Feminist News Roundup

Bitch HQ post by Emilly Prado on April 3, 2013 - 8:44am; tagged Cesar Chavez, Clueless, intersex, lgbtq rights, Mexico, Parenting, Saudi Arabia.

Here's what we've been reading on this lovely Wednesday morning.

With only 38 days left to go and a little more than $20,000 left to raise, this Kickstarter campaign to fund a feature-length documentary called Gaming in Color about queer and LGBTQ presence in gaming needs your support! [Kickstarter]
Unsure of how to raise your child in a feminst way? Here's a 21-step how-to guide for starters. [Natural Parents Network]
Woo! A popular slur was deemed homophobic and thus hate speech in a Mexican supreme court this week during a case of moral damage/defamation. Read up on its implications at Racialicious. [Racialicious]
I don't know about you, but I definitely rewatch Clueless at least once per year. Here's a celebration of the Amy Heckerling film and all things way existential. [Bitch Flicks]
In light of the recent injustice against Henry Enuta, this is article is in defense of him and of intersex individuals around the world. [Crunk Feminist Collective]
With all this talk about climate change, poor people of color are being left out of the conversation even though the affects of global warming disproportionately change their lives. [Colorlines]
This past Sunday was Easter. It was also the birthday of César Chávez. So when Google honored Chávez on his birthday instead of Easter, religious conservatives flipped out despite his own religiousness. [Racialicious]
Any progress is good, no matter how "small." Here are just a few ways Saudi Arabia is on its way towards women's rights. [Ms. Magazine]

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Why Are There So Few Female College Presidents?

Lady in the Ivory Tower post by Lakshmi Sarah on April 2, 2013 - 4:27pm; tagged academia, college, feminism, presidents, university, women.

A crowd of mostly male college presidents

Women make up a majority of college students, but at the top of the academic ladder, the percentage of women wanes: only 26 percent of college presidents are female. Why is this?

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Reading the Classics: Hester Prynne is a Puritan Super Babe.

Books post by Molly McArdle on April 2, 2013 - 11:41am;

Lillian Gosh as Hester Prynne

Puritans, assigned reading, high school: it’s a recipe for literary disaster. But The Scarlet Letter is stronger than that, hardier (like Hawthorne’s grim Puritan forbearers), and a hell of a lot more interesting. I recently read the classic and am here to tell you one thing: Hester Prynne is a babe. Hester Prynne is a super babe.

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