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		<title>No Girls Allowed: File Sharing Culture and BitTorrent</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Created for and originally posted at Bitch Magazine&#8217;s Mad World Virtual Symposium Every time I go to download files from a BitTorrent tracker site I am constantly bombarded with ads for sex/dating sites or straight up pornography and I&#8217;m sick of it.  Women and people of colour are engaging in online technologies as well and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.feministfrequency.com/2010/07/no-girls-allowed-file-sharing-culture-and-bittorrent/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Women and Pop Culture&#8221; Class Visit at SMC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this year, Melanie Klein of Feminist Fatale invited me to speak to her Women and Popular Culture class at Santa Monica College in California.  I spent the hour talking about how powerful Political Remix Video and Vidding are for critiquing media messages and fostering a talk back culture.  We also discussed the legal ramifications [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.feministfrequency.com/2010/07/women-and-pop-culture-class-visit/</link>
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		<title>“I’ll Make a Man Out of You”: Strong Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy Television</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After many months (and years of watching TV) I have finally completed my thesis, bringing to a close my master&#8217;s degree.  The submitted document is available for download in PDF format for those who are interested in reading it. Download PDF (756KB) Heroic women in science fiction and fantasy television shows have done much to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.feministfrequency.com/2010/07/i%e2%80%99ll-make-a-man-out-of-you-strong-women-in-science-fiction-and-fantasy-television/</link>
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		<title>Interview: Jennifer Berger on About Face and American Apparel</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently I sat down with Jennifer Berger, the executive director of About Face, a media literacy organization, helping girls and women resist harmful media messages. They currently have a campaign against American Apparel&#8217;s advertising. Related Links and Articles: About Face and visit American Apparel in their Gallery of Offenders. Views photos from an action About [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.feministfrequency.com/2010/06/interview-jennifer-berger-on-about-face-and-american-apparel/</link>
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		<title>What Liquor Ads Teach Us About Guys</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Created for and originally posted at Bitch Magazine&#8217;s Mad World Virtual Symposium Liquor ads capitalize on some of the worst (socialized) masculine traits, glamorize them, and sell these behaviours back to us &#8211; encouraging and promoting sexism. Related Links and Articles: Can&#8217;t Buy My Love: How Advertising Changes the Way We Think and Feel by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.feministfrequency.com/2010/06/what-liquor-ads-teach-us-about-guys/</link>
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		<title>Bayonetta: Innovative Advertising or Sexual Harassment Training?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Created for and originally posted at Bitch Magazine&#8217;s Mad World Virtual Symposium The widely popular video game Bayonetta has had an advertising campaign that matches the on screen sexism of the game itself.  In Tokyo a large billboard in the subway invited passersby to literally strip off  flyers to reveal Bayonetta naked underneath.  The campaign [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.feministfrequency.com/2010/05/bayonetta-innovative-advertising-or-sexual-harassment-training/</link>
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		<title>The First Canadian Video Game Awards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday may have been the first Canadian Video Game Awards but I doubt they are the first instance of overt sexism in the Canadian video game industry. Last night I attended the first Canadian video game awards and minus the bad dialogue, the sexist jokes and the glorified &#8220;booth babes&#8221; as stage candy it wasn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.feministfrequency.com/2010/05/the-first-canadian-video-game-awards/</link>
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		<title>Vote for Buffy vs Edward in the 2010 Webby Awards!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Did you get a chance to see &#8220;Buffy vs Edward: Twilight remixed&#8220;? It was recently nominated for a Webby! And it might be the only feminist anything that is nominated at all this year, which is why I think it&#8217;s so important that it wins the people&#8217;s choice award for best remix/mashup video! Currently it&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.feministfrequency.com/2010/04/vote-for-buffy-vs-edward-in-the-2010-webby-awards/</link>
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		<title>Mad World: Fembots, Advertising and Male Fantasy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Created for and originally posted at Bitch Magazine&#8217;s Mad World Virtual Symposium. Advertisers are tapping into some of the most misogynistic male fantasies when they use futuristic fembots to convince men to buy their products.  They are selling a fantasy of control by turning women into obedient, mute, homemaking, sex slaves. Articles referenced in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.feministfrequency.com/2010/04/mad-world-fembots-advertising-and-male-fantasy/</link>
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		<title>WAM! 2010 Video and Playlist</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had such a fantastic time presenting at Women, Action and Media (WAM) in Los Angeles on March 25th, 2010.  I curated a show of online videos including remixes, vlogs, vids and short documentaries made by women.  Staying true with WAM&#8216;s mission, these videos represent women taking action through media to talk about issues important [...]]]></description>
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