By ANNIE ATURA
February 2, 2011
Femen is a perfect example of the way feminist protests can easily collapse into almost repulsive reiterations of normalized fetishes. Femen’s members, self-proclaimed feminist protesters, are fighting for female political representation in the Ukraine. Their method?
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By ANNIE ATURA
December 18, 2010
According to Lenadra Medine – and news outlets like The New York Times that have lauded her spin on the sartorial world – high fashion is “man-repelling.” Fashion as an art form, in Medine’s world, …
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By ANNIE ATURA
October 21, 2010
One of the take-away lessons from the DKE controversy recalls the old adage: many a true word is spoken in jest. The Yale Daily News unfortunately did not learn that lesson from their fraternity brothers …
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By ANNIE ATURA
April 29, 2010
It’s hardly surprising that George W. Bush’s tactics to de-fang Title IX failed to attract the media coverage they deserved. Bush was at the helm of a smorgasbord of treacherous projects, and those gruesome endeavors …
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By ANNIE ATURA
April 28, 2010
The following interview is unedited. It took place at seven o’clock on April 27, 2010 in the Branford College Master’s House, minutes before the Ying Yang Twins took the stage at Spring Fling. When I …
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By ANNIE ATURA
April 21, 2010
Wilma Mankiller was not unaware of the satirical possibilities of her surname. In a 1993 speech at Sweet Briar College, she quipped, “I told [my driver] it was a nickname, and I’d earned …
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By ANNIE ATURA
April 16, 2010
The premise of The Nine Rooms of Happiness, a book written by the editor of Self magazine and her psychiatrist friend, is that a woman’s mind is like a house. It needs to be tended …
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By ANNIE ATURA
April 6, 2010
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is panicking over the female suicide bombers who killed 38 and injured more than 60 on March 29. The authorities are troubled by the realization that the bombers belong to a movement: …
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By ANNIE ATURA
April 1, 2010
This past week illuminated yet another instance of the health care system’s unsavory influence on women’s health decisions: on Tuesday, the National Center for Health Statistics released a report detailing the inappropriate increase in …
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