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Interesting Websites and Blogs About Women and Women's Center Topics
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Kentucky Commission on Women
The Kentucky Commission on Women is dedicated to elevating the status of women and girls in the Commonwealth, empowering them to overcome barriers to equity, and expanding opportunities to achieve their fullest potential.
About Face
A San Francisco-based media literacy organization that combats negative & distorted images of women in the media & challenges our culture’s overemphasis on physical appearance.
Adbusters
Discusses a number of activist approaches, such as “TV Turn-Off Week” & “Buy Nothing Day,” to combat oppressive forms of the media & to redirect commercial media culture toward ecological & social awareness.
Alternet
A collection of socially conscious news articles related to reproductive justice.
American Association of University Women
A national organization that promotes education & equity for all women & girls, which lobbies & advocates for education & equity, funds research on girls & education & community action projects, & which provides a support system for women seeking judicial redress for sex discrimination in higher education.
Amnesty International
The Women’s Human Rights Program focuses on promoting women’s human rights within Amnesty International’s mandate. Specific goals include ending rape as a weapon of war & obtaining the U.S.’s ratification of the UN Women’s Conventions.
AWARE: Arming Women Against Rape & Endangerment
A source of training, information, & support for women learning how to cope with violence. AWARE training focuses on self-defense skills that enable women to avoid, resist, & survive situations ranging from low levels of aggression to extremely violent assault.
Association for Women in Development
An international membership organization committed to gender equality & a just & sustainable development process.
Battered Women's Support Services
An organization based in Vancouver working to eliminate the abuse of women, providing education, advocacy, & support services for battered women.
Bitch Media
A feminist response to pop culture, run by the company that publishes Bitch Magazine.
Center for Reproductive Rights
A nonprofit legal & policy advocacy organization dedicated to promoting women’s reproductive rights.
Center for Women's Global Leadership
Seeks to develop an understanding of the ways in which gender affects the exercise of power & the conduct of public policy internationally.
The Crunk Feminist Collective
A blog discussion among the hip hop generation of feminists of color.
Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting
A national media watch group that offers well-documented criticism of media bias & censorship.
Feminist.com
Links visitors to activist resources, such as international feminist organizations, women’s services, news updates, & women-owned businesses.
Feministing
An active online community of feminist bloggers.
Ill Doctrine
A hip hop video blog with a definite feminist slant.
Imagining Ourselves
An online, dynamic, multilingual exhibition sponsored by the International Museum of Women exploring the question, "What Defines Your Generation of Women?"
Jezebel
Celebrity, sex, fashion for women.
Joan Williams
Joan Williams writes about gender, class, and work-family issues.
Modern Lady
Erin Gibson takes on pop culture in this series of funny videos for Current TV.
Racialicious
Race and pop culture blog with a definite feminist slant.
Target Women
The hilarious Sarah Haskins pokes fun of advertising to women in a video series for Current TV that is no longer running but is definitely worth looking at anyway.