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Nancy is unapologetically Nerd and Plus Size, and she has created a community around those 2 stigmatised things for women. And she shouts about them, celebrate them and use them as a superpower, one that also elevates everyone else!
 
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We still need to celebrate International Women's Day with passion. We need to make all the angry demands, but also all the celebratory acts around it. We need to shine light on the problems, and sometimes it's not only about demanding but about highlighting, sometimes it is about giving a voice and the stage to women and letting them have a fair share of applause of their own. It is the combination of all the above, the demands, the positive discrimination, the safe spaces, the marches, the strikes... that will amplify the effect of the message.

Virginia is co-founder of The Feminist Shop - read her interview here and find out what makes her tick (aka what pisses her off). Learn a bit more about why she started the brand and why she wants to keep starting so many more conversations around feminism!
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We couldn't keep going with the interviews without properly introducing ourselves and give the same insight that we ask others to give!
 
So here you can find Chris' interview and a bit more of his feminism, journey and vision for The Feminist Shop. 
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We are days away from International Women's Day, marches and demonstrations are now in the calendar and it is just a matter to start doing your placards and preparing your singing for the day! Here you can find our 30 favourite quotes for the day
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Today interview is with Sophia Khalid, the founder of "Girls Group Holiday" a project that wowed me from the minute I first heard her speak about it. She uses travelling as a way to grow, to build a community and to share with like-minded people. Focused on women of ethnic minorities every travel gets together a new group and new amazing experiences and bonds for each of them
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From Feminist hates men to Feminism is a VIP club we analyse the most common myths, trues and misunderstandings around feminism because if we spent all the time invested in explaining and justifying why feminism is ok in actually proactively supporting feminist measures we will be way ahead of the game.
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Today we are interviewing Hazel, blogger and Instagrammer, podcast host, mum of twins and passionate intersectional feminist. Internet is this amazing place where you are giving the possibility to find gems like her! 
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Feminism is about choices. It is about informed choices. It is about socially respected and supported decisions made by women.

Breastfeeding is a personal decision. It's something that a woman decides to do, or not to do, with her body. But how to nourish your baby is a decision that is not informed enough, not respected enough and not supported enough. 

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Jennie Wallace is the Co-founder of Breastival, the Movement that wants to change the way breastfeeding is perceived in Northern Ireland and support mums in their experience. Insight of her vision and her feminist thoughts.
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We need to talk about periods the same we talk about any other reality of our natural bodies, from farting to headaches, from brushing our teeth to having to pee badly. Although that also highlights the problem that firstly women have to be portrayed as humans with all the needs and the bodily functions and yet can't if they want to be perceived as sexy - which we all know is the *only* goal of our existence.

Christmas is officially here, and it is a extrange period in which people tend to suddenly travel back in time and with the excuse of "tradition" allow things to happen that they would never allow otherwise.

It is a bit of a trap, but here are our 10  tips to add feminism to the festivities!

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