Afro-Brazilian Filmmaker Creates new film, Baobab Flowers,
A Documentary That Explores Education Inequality in Brazil and the U.S.
Gabriela Watson Aurazo, a Brazilian filmmaker and activist based in Philadelphia, just launched a crowdfunding campaign to support her latest documentary, Baobab Flowers.
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Why would any woman want to pay for skin bleaching to lighten her skin? It is a similar mindset that would motivate someone to have surgery to make changes to their face (nose job, facial implants, lip plumping) and body (breast augmentation, liposuction, butt injections). Fake hair, fake nails, fake body,
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Defining your own path is not easy and usually it takes some time. You are an incomparable masterpiece and wonder of the world but think about how many times you have been compared to or compared yourself to someone else. If that perception made you feel less than or somehow diminished,
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I am here to tell you: the Body Positivity Movement is here to stay.
The grumblings of women, upset with the status quo about body image, has grown louder and louder throughout the last two years. I often find myself wondering if 2016 will truly be the year that we mainstream “average”
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Self-definition is empowering. When I was in my third year at Princeton University, I wrote a independent research titled, “Black Women & Self-Definition.” When I started Sisterhood Agenda at age 23, one of the first things that I did was integrate the concept of self-definition into our A Journey Toward Womanhood curriculum for teenage girls.
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Women have more in common than you may think. We are all special individuals, however, there are generalizations that we can state are likely to apply to you, no matter your economic status, race, religion, ethnicity, or geographic region.
It’s a well-kept secret that girls are more alike than they are different.
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Women gamers often have a hard time doing their thing. Women have to deal with a lot of online hate: trolling, threats, shaming, name-calling, and other abusive online behavior are far too common. Unfortunately, this type of abuse extends to when women and girls play games online as well. See our article 3 Cyber Sheroes Who Protect Women Online.
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Have you ever wondered how to find women-centered movies on Netflix? It is not as difficult as you might imagine. And, I am pretty sure, you never heard of many of these films.
Did you know that there more than 76,897 Netflix movie categories?
Finding women-centered movies on Netflix might seem like a difficult task,
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Founded by Academy Award-winning actress and advocate Geena Davis, the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media promotes education and research to raise awareness about gender issues in media, particularly television and film.
The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media has become a pivotal force in addressing systemic gender disparities in the entertainment industry.
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A+E Networks President and CEO Nancy Dubuc creates jobs for women in media. Because A+E Networks includes a lot of channels, this can make a big difference in the industry.
“We need to stop talking and start moving the needle, and one solution is to simply give women jobs.”
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