Women at the Western Wall
By Sophie Rae This summer, I spent 5 weeks in Israel with the Bronfman Youth Fellowship, studying and traveling with 25 other Jewish American teenagers. I learned about many aspects of Judaism and...
View ArticleCasting the Vote for Inclusion, Advocacy, and Alliance
By Ruthie O via Sadie Magazine A few years ago, my roommate told me about some article floating around in the gay community. This article suggested that Republicans who support same-sex marriage should...
View ArticleInterview: Tavi Gevinson
By Sophie Rae Tavi is a fashion blogger (Style Rookie) and the founder and editor-in-chief of Rookie Magazine, an online magazine for teenage girls. She is also the editor of “Rookie Yearbook One,” the...
View ArticleAnat Hoffman Arrested at the Wall
By Sophie Rae Last Tuesday, Anat Hoffman, executive director of the Israel Religious Action Center and chairwoman of Women of the Wall was arrested when she took a group of over two hundred women to...
View ArticleThe Invisible War
By Sophie Rae A few weeks ago I saw “The Invisible War” at a screening hosted by NOW-NYC and I can honestly say it is one of the best documentaries I have ever seen. The film investigates the epidemic...
View ArticlePetition to Remove Phyllis Schlafly from makers.com
By Talia bat Pessi For today’s young feminists, the name Phyllis Schlafly may be totally unfamiliar; if anything, it triggers a distant memory of a footnote in an AP US History textbook. Those...
View ArticleInterview: Supercute!
By Sophie Rae Supercute! is a band from Brooklyn, NY composed of members Rachel Trachtenburg, Julia Cumming, Olivia Ferrer, and Jacqueline Russo. Supercute! started in 2009 and have since released an...
View ArticleZines by Alanna Why
Alanna Why is a 17-year-old from Ottawa, Canada. She makes the zines “Puker Nation”, “Backwaves” (about Richard Simmons, and “Scoopin’ Times.” Check out some excerpts of her zines below! (Also check...
View ArticleThe Rise of Female Entrepreneurs
Below is a great infographic compiled by Jen Rhee. Check it out!
View ArticleRiot Grrrl Weekend Revisited, in Portuguese
By Sophie Rae In the first month of Grrrl Beat’s existence, I posted an article called “Poison Girls” as a part of the Riot Grrrl Weekend series. Today, a girl from Brazil named Carla Duarte posted a...
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