Hello Feminists!!!!!

Hello Feminists! My name is Laura Robles and this summer I will be a Choices Campus Intern for the Feminist Majority Foundation in Los Angeles! I am a senior at UCLA (will graduate this fall 2010) majoring in Political Science with a minor in Women's Studies, so the personal is very political for me! I am super excited to be here!

I grew up around strong super-women my whole life and I believe that women can change the world! I have a strong interest in protecting women's reproductive rights (specifically abortion) which are under attack at this present moment with the implementation of many restrictive policies and federal funding for CPCs (Crisis Pregnancy Centers). Women should have the protected right and access to safe and legal abortions.

I am a Chicana Feminist (see here and here) and I love to study women of color feminism! I analyze people and situations in regards to the concept of "Intersectionality" paying close attention to a person's race, gender, class, sexuality and how these factors intertwine. I am excited to be here this summer and contribute to this Blog (I have never Blogged before!!!)

Introducing a New FMF Summer Intern!

Hey everybody!My name is Jennifer Halberstadter (but I go by Jen). I am so excited to be interning at the Feminist Majority Foundation in Los Angeles. Not only is this the first blog I've written for FMF, but this is the first blog I've written... ever! Don't worry, this definitely will not be the last. So you all can get to know me a little better, here are some fun facts about me:

1. I will be a senior in high school this fall (so I'm quite a bit younger than the other interns around here).
2. I hope my blogs will provide a fresh perspective from a "younger" point of view and reach out to younger feminists who haven't had as much of an opportunity to study these topics in school yet.
3. My favorite color is purple! It has been for as long as I can remember and I ALWAYS have something purple with me. (As a matter of fact, my bag is purple right now)
4. I love to cook but, more importantly, I love to eat!
5. I was born and raised right here in LA. As much as I love the sunny weather, I can't stay out too long in the sun because I burn easily (it's hard being so fair-skinned in Los Angeles!)
6. I have a passion for photography. I love digital, but I much prefer film. To me, there's nothing quite like taking pictures, processing your own film, and making the prints in a darkroom.
7. I have a tendency to make very bad puns (and find them funny).
8. I look forward to summer every year for my birthday, the beach, and nice weather, but mostly for all the yummy summer fruits (peaches are my favorites).
9. I traveled to Spain last year for a foreign exchange trip and it was amazing. I've always wanted to go to Italy so hopefully that will happen in the not to distant future.
10. Although I haven't had the opportunity to study many feminist issues in school, I am very interested by them and I hope this internship will further educate me so that when I go to college I can study women's issues more in depth.

I look forward to more blogging!
--Jen

Day 2 of Feminist Summer Camp

Hello! My name is Emily Kunstler and as one of the brand new Feminist Majority Foundation Choices Campus interns. I am extremely excited to spend the summer at "Feminist Summer Camp." I am a queer feminist who loves reading, sports (surfing, swimming, running, basketball and horseback riding), the ocean, and activism.

A Gender and Queer Studies major, I currently attend Santa Monica College. This summer, I am particularly interested in working on the Reproductive Health, Rights & Justice, Women's Health Care, and Civil Rights for the LGBTQ community.

A few of my favorite books are Female Masculinity by J. Halberstam, Whipping Girl by Julia Serano, Feminism and Pop Culture by Andi Zeisler, The Body Project by Joan Jacobs Brumberg, Nobody Passes by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism by bell hooks, Backlash by Susan Faludi and Queers in History by Keith Stern.

This is What a Feminist Looks Like

FemNews! Meet the newest FMF interns!

We hope you enjoyed the last edition of FemNews! This week we're starting off with some more introductions. Five new, talented and charming women have joined us in the FMF office in DC today. We wanted to make sure that they got a chance to tell you a little about themselves, and to make them feel at home. And really, nothing says "Welcome to our office!" like introducing yourself to hundreds of people on camera. We're hoping to get another video out this week, so make sure to check back! Enjoy!

FemNews: Unbiased, Unprejudiced, and Better than Fox News

Welcome to the very first edition of FemNews, an awesome video blog from the Feminist Majority Foundation interns! Throughout the summer, we will be cataloging our adventures in DC as interns and highlighting important feminist issues.

Be sure to check in every week to see what we've been up to, and check out what social justice issues people are talking about in DC. Our first entry gives you a glimpse of a few of the new FMF summer interns! Yes, we know, we are really awkward. Don't judge. Enjoy!