Talking With Fierce Feminists

#TruthInAds: A conversation with Seth Matlins

by Georgia Luckhurst and Montgomery Jones You might be wondering what Truth In  Ads is exactly.  Well, it’s a petition and a campaign to pass the Truth In Ads act, HR4341, that would get the Federal Trade Commission in the USA to review and regulate the way that human bodies are altered in advertising, in order…

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Make room to feel it all: an interview with Andrea Gibson

by Maya Brown Andrea Gibson is a feminist spoken word artist and activist. Her poems explore gender norms and identity, bullying, war, class, race, and other subjects. I first head about Andrea Gibson when we watched one of her poems in my high school’s Gay Straight Trans Alliance, and I’ve been a huge fan of…

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Redefining Realness: an interview with Janet Mock

by Alice Wilder If you know anything about Janet Mock, you’re already 99% sure that her new memoir, Redefining Realness, is phenomenal. You might know her from her appearances on the Melissa Harris-Perry show, from her awesome Twitter presence, or her landmark piece in Marie Claire. You may have heard of her Storygiving campaign, which…

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'All We've Gotta Do Is Make Some Noise': An Interview with Lena Waithe

by Joneka Percentie If you follow Dear White People or TWENTIES, you’ll know why I was so excited to talk with writer, producer, and creator Lena Waithe about her current projects and her thoughts on the representation of Black women in television. Waithe is making noise in the film and television industry and and isn’t…

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On the Body, On the Screen: An Interview with Tchaiko Omawale

by Joneka Percentie After my first blog on SPARK, I’ve given much thought to the roles of women of color, specifically black women, in the production process in film and television, and how it affects their representation on the screen. So much of our everyday perceptions are shaped by what we see. Positive and honest…

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Makeup "Like a Feminist": an Interview with Taylor Adele Smith

by Katy Ma If you’re in the feminist blogger community, chances are you’ve seen Taylor Adele Smith’s “Feminist Makeup Tutorial” video. And even if you’re not, with over half a million views (so far), you may have seen it floating around on different social networks. In this parody video, she uses satire to highlight common…

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Role Model: An interview with Jennie Runk

by Georgia Luckhurst There are many issues facing the fashion industry today – especially the fact that it often inspires negative body image in girls across the world, who don’t feel thin enough, white enough, tanned enough, tall enough, big-breasted enough or even just good enough.  Lately though, a long-overdue emerging trend has been storming…

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Indoor Kid: an Interview with Emily Gordon

by Alice Wilder Emily Gordon is a writer, comedy producer, and former family and couples’ therapist, and listening to her podcasts feels a little like free therapy. For me as a teenager, Emily is this reassurance that everything is going to be okay. I mean, she dated a cult member in high school and is…

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