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During our discussion of the FemTechNet Difference video dialogue on Sept. 16, I mentioned I would post the link to this article. Fudge, R. (2006). Everything you always wanted to know about feminism but were afraid to ask. Bitch, 31, 58-67.

In Pennsylvania in 2014: Women make 77 cents for every dollar a man makes in the same job. PA is the 5th worst state to have a baby in and PA has the the fewest OB/GYNs per woman in the country. In PA, a woman can still get fired for being pregnant. (from Planned Parenthood, PA)

I'd like to offer this link to an article in the Kansas City Star (9.26.14) titled "Feminism's Never Ending Struggles"-a back and forth imaginary dialogue between two women-one of whom is not a feminist. http://www.kansascity.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/midwest-voices/article2261855.html I think it captures a prevailing current belief that feminism is not only irrelevant, it is damaging.

On gender norms and science

Many of the comments debate if this is a feminist perspective or not. What is a feminist perspective? "Feminism is a movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression" quoted from bell hooks, 2000, p. 1, Feminism is for everybody. http://excoradfeminisms.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/bell_hooks-feminism_is_for_everybody.pdf

This is the last of a six part series created for Bitch Magazine. Tropes vs. Women explores the reoccurring stories, themes and representations of women in Hollywood films and TV shows. The Straw Feminist trope is a deliberately created, exaggerated caricature of a feminist that is used to undermine and ridicule feminist movements.