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UVA’s Hoos Network Talks To Anushay’s Point About Online Branding

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My father was always a passionate advocate for education, and this one particular belief of his that all children, regardless of gender, should be given access to the highest-quality education one could afford. Of course growing up, I found these words seriously migraine-inducing. But the mentality was revolutionary in the Bangladesh of the 1980’s where […]

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A Feminist Analysis Of Obama’s State Of The Union

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Politicos across Washington, DC were glued to their TVs as President Obama “an ambitious” State of the Union address Tuesday night. While he spoke about tax reform, a new middle class, and gas pipelines of course feminists were focusing on whether or not Obama would raise the issues that really matter, ie paid maternity leave,

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Golden Globes Prove Why Hollywood Needs Feminists

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*This post of mine was also published on Forbes Woman & The Huffington Post.* Tina Fey and Amy Poehler just may have given television its biggest feminist evening ever on Sunday. While the power partners did not disappoint, they went one step further than comedy: Fey and Poehler ushered in an evening of groundbreaking TV that

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Feminists Rocked 2014

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*This post of mine was also published on The Huffington Post & ClickIttefaq.* As the year wraps up and our social media news feeds become filled with lists ranging from the past year’s highlights to the coming year’s resolutions, my favorites catalogue just how hard 2014 rocked for feminists. “It’s clear 2014 was a historic one for feminism,”

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Beyond The Lights: How Pop Culture Exploits Women

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The new film by Gina Prince-Byethwood, acclaimed director of Love and Basketball, explores how young women are hyper-sexualized, packaged and sold by the music industry. It’s a beautiful love story that tackles heavy themes of feminism, sexism and ageism. I had the amazing honor of watching an advanced screening at the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of

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Anushay’s Point Presents At Washington Journalism Convention

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This past weekend, I experienced one of the coolest full-circle moments when I spoke at the National High School Journalism Convention, “We The Media,” in Washington. With over six thousand attendees, it was such an honor to present to such passionate young journalists about how telling our own stories helps us connect with our audience. Th

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Moms of the World: How Women Tackle the Myths of Motherhood

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How women take on motherhood, and all the challenges that come with it, has been an issue I have always been intrigued by though I did not always understand it. In my twenties, I spent much of my time lamenting about motherhood being equally imprisoning as marriage. In my thirties, being a married woman who

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Work or Babies- What is Your Poison of Choice?

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I generally try to avoid  blog posts on women lamenting about their overload of choices. Popular media loves to portray women as ungrateful and indecisive, eagerly waiting to complain no matter what option is made available to them.  It just feeds into the stereotype of women being unstable and overly emotional creatures. And it sells

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