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Chloé Arnold (via Video Profile: Chloé Arnold of Chloé and Maud...

Tue, 24 May 2011 13:14:00 -0400

Chloé Arnold

(via Video Profile: Chloé Arnold of Chloé and Maud Productions | Poly Republic)

“I realized that tap dancing was more than just moving your feet around and having some fun, that it really had a legacy and a history and it was one of the original American art forms, just like jazz. I also realized, that as a tap dancer, I had the ability to be a musician as a well as a dancer.” (Co-Founder of the D.C. Tap Festival)

New Website for Girl Geeks | Poly Republic “Not only does...

Tue, 08 Mar 2011 10:56:00 -0500

New Website for Girl Geeks | Poly Republic

“Not only does [The Mary Sue] talk about fanfiction on their “about” page, they also name check scientist Rosalind Franklin. But if we’re being honest, we were drawn in by the fantastic slide show of “token tomboys” from cartoons, television and film; the list includes the yellow Power Ranger, Dixie Kong, and Wonder Woman.”

(cartoon from The Mary Sue, creator unknown)

Woman of Note: Ingrid Mattson | Poly Republic Seeing Muslim...

Tue, 08 Mar 2011 10:55:12 -0500

Woman of Note: Ingrid Mattson | Poly Republic

Seeing Muslim women wearing hijabs and attempting to overthrow their governments over the past few weeks challenges a lot of preconceived notions about women in Islam. I bet it would also be news for most to learn that the President of theIslamic Society of North America (ISNA) is a woman.

vintageblackglamour: Educator Charlotte Hawkins Brown on her...

Tue, 08 Mar 2011 10:53:37 -0500

vintageblackglamour:

Educator Charlotte Hawkins Brown on her wedding day in 1912. Founder of the historic Palmer Memorial Institute in North Carolina, Ms. Brown was also one of the invaluable suffragists who worked for black women to have the same equal rights black men and white women were fighting for in the early 20th century.

She was also the great aunt of singer Natalie Cole. In fact, she raised Natalie’s mother Maria and her sisters (her brother’s children) when their mother died in childbirth. Ms. Brown died in 1961.

scandinavianlostinankara: Women’s Day celebration in Cameroon....

Tue, 08 Mar 2011 10:51:07 -0500

scandinavianlostinankara:

Women’s Day celebration in Cameroon. #IWD

Nominate a Woman Who is Doing Good in the World

Mon, 14 Feb 2011 11:52:46 -0500

Nominate a Woman Who is Doing Good in the World:

fuckyeahfeminists:

SELF is searching for inspiring women who make a positive difference in the lives of others. Three extraordinary women will be chosen to each receive $10,000 for their charity, featured in SELF and honored at an awards ceremony in New York City.Go to SELFConnected.com now to nominate yourself or someone you know!

Honestly, I would say that my greatest success would be taking...

Mon, 14 Feb 2011 11:42:00 -0500

Honestly, I would say that my greatest success would be taking the very first gig I ever did. I am a bit of a perfectionist and I like to be super-prepared, and it came up last minute and I was freaking out but I didn’t want the opportunity to pass me by. So I went and flew by the seat of my pants and it wasn’t perfect but it started me on a road that I’ve had a lot of fun with. And had I not thrown caution into the wind then and there, I might not ever have done it.

DJ Ms. NiX

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Ellen Johnson

Wed, 15 Dec 2010 10:32:20 -0500

parkjess:

President of Liberia will talk at the TEDWomen.

The first elected female president in Africa ever.

The Economist called her, “the best president the country has ever had.”

Poly Republic Round Up

Fri, 10 Dec 2010 13:20:27 -0500

Poly Republic Round Up:

*New Post* Recap of What I’ve Found and What I’ve Done in the past few weeks. Tag under women, inspiration and awesome.

Secrets of Inspiring Women – Pictory My best friend Lili held...

Fri, 10 Dec 2010 13:17:37 -0500

Secrets of Inspiring Women – Pictory

My best friend Lili held this sign for me when I ran the NYC Marathon, my first. I’d had a tough year, but Lili had lived through a nearly impossible one. She gave birth to premature twins after a month of bed rest and other complications. While the babies were in intensive care and she was recovering, she learned her husband had been unfaithful throughout her pregnancy, the birth, and recovery period. The marriage imploded, but the babies grew strong, Lili adjusted, and found a way forward.

“You’re going to be an astronaut” is a quote from Brendan (our other best friend) who first said this to me the day after a highly unlikely success with a documentary film shoot: “Well, kid. I think you did it! I think you’re going to be an astronaut!” Really, it’s about surviving in the face of adversity, and arriving at an exceptional success because you refused to give up. And while maybe that applies to a first time marathon runner or a film shoot, it’s more applicable when I think of what Lili did that year and continues to do today.

Bold emphasis is mine. dusttracksonaroad: Cira Robinson, 24 ...

Fri, 10 Dec 2010 10:41:50 -0500

Bold emphasis is mine.

dusttracksonaroad:

Cira Robinson, 24

My school was in downtown Cincinnati. It was a good school, but in a rough neighbourhood. There were a couple of other black ballet students at the start, but over the years they all moved to contemporary dance. I was the only one left, always the darkest girl in class, so there was insecurity there. But I’ve learned to say screw it, let me show you what I can do, then you decide whether or not I should be there.

Eating disorders are always around in ballet, and I understand how it is to dance all day and not feel hungry. I know I’m small now, but it’s our workload. We dance hard, the pieces are very physical. I feel happier when I go home in the summer and gain a little bit of weight.

demons: Women firefighters try to douse the flames at Pearl...

Sun, 05 Dec 2010 17:18:53 -0500

demons:

Women firefighters try to douse the flames at Pearl Harbor, December 7 1941.

thesmithian: fuckyeahethnicwomen: The controversial Dalia...

Mon, 29 Nov 2010 11:53:51 -0500

thesmithian:

fuckyeahethnicwomen:

The controversial Dalia Mogahed

American Muslim from Egypt, scholar and scientist
Executive Director of the Gallup Center for Muslim Studies
Advisor to U.S. President Barack Obama on the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships
Co-authored the book Who speaks for Islam? What a billion Muslims really think

[meaningful glance]

<3 this advert

Thu, 18 Nov 2010 18:48:55 -0500

<3 this advert

"Apparently I’m only the third woman ever to receive this award and I’m so honored to number with..."

Tue, 16 Nov 2010 08:46:28 -0500

“Apparently I’m only the third woman ever to receive this award and I’m so honored to number with Lily Tomlin and Whoopi Goldberg. But I do hope that women are achieving at a rate these days where we can stop counting what number they are at things.”

- Tina Fey accepting the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor

(via wheresmymacandcheese)

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Thu, 11 Nov 2010 15:21:27 -0500

blackacrylic: 06.11.10 Dr. Hawa Abdi & Her Daughters: The...

Sat, 06 Nov 2010 11:55:28 -0400

blackacrylic:

06.11.10

Dr. Hawa Abdi & Her Daughters: The Saints of Somalia, Women of the Year 2010 for Glamour Magazine. Read full story here.

Such strength, courage, resillience.

Submitted by: amalhayatee

(via fyeahafrica)

I firmly believe in voting for whoever is most qualified...

Tue, 02 Nov 2010 13:58:54 -0400

I firmly believe in voting for whoever is most qualified regardless of gender, sometimes that just happens to be a woman. I don’t know much about her either but I’m hoping to learn and I hope she is a great leader for the beautiful country of Brazil.

thesmithian:

Brazil elects first woman President—Dilma Rousseff. I don’t know that much about her. But:

Speaking at a victory rally in the capital, Brasilia, Rousseff told jubilant supporters: “We cannot rest while Brazilians are going hungry, while families are living in the streets, while poor children are abandoned to their own fates and while crack and crack dens rule…The eradication of extreme poverty is a target that I assume and I humbly ask for the support of you all to help the country overcome this abyss that still separates us from being a developed nation,” she added. “This ambitious goal will not be achieved by the government alone. It is a call for the nation.”

And she “pledges gender equality.” Also? it seems she

was once one of most Brazil’s most wanted fugitives, branded by some as a “subversive Joan of Arc.”

more here on the her “mentor,” Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is stepping down.

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Tue, 02 Nov 2010 13:47:49 -0400

While her running mate, Earl Tulley, addresses the crowd, she...

Sun, 31 Oct 2010 05:51:00 -0400

While her running mate, Earl Tulley, addresses the crowd, she says she doesn’t want people to vote for her solely because she’s a woman. “I’m not running on my gender, I’m running on my capabilities and my abilities and my skills and my knowledge,” she says. (via Navajo Nation Could Elect First Female President : NPR)