Everyone should have a happy place—ideally, a few. These days, mine is a broad stretch of concrete on the lakefront just north of Division Street beach. For most of the year, it’s little more than a breakwater lined with orange ladders that descend into the lake. But in the summertime it is the place to […]
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Chicago Young Feminist Conference Coverage in Tweets
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Young Rebelles and Superheroes: Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)
Over the summer, my parents and I participated in a Superheroes 5K in Indianapolis that raised funds and awareness for their local CASA program. I drove down from Chicago to meet my parents in Indy because I support the cause and because I wanted to see my parents dress up like superheroes. They’re pretty adorable. […]
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‘Nobody Asks Us Our Opinion as Girls’: Chicago Young Feminist Conference Gives Voice to Next Generation
Cook County Commissioner Bridget Gainer spoke to two groups of high school girls last fall and heard the same lament: No one was asking them what they thought. “’Nobody asks us our opinion as girls, it’s always the boys,’” Gainer recalls the students at Whitney M. Young Magnet High School and Lindblom Math and Science […]
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Photos/Review: L7 Performs ‘Monster’ Set at Metro in Chicago
Any night spent inside the walls of Chicago’s iconic Metro is going to be a good time, but when L7 is scheduled to headline, it is downright glorious. On Aug. 6, the quintessential grunge girl-group – comprised of Donita Sparks, Suzi Gardner, Jennifer Finch and Dee Plakas – delivered a relentless rock show full of […]
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How Do You Solve A Problem Like ‘The Donald’?
A lyric parody of “Maria” by Rodgers & Hammerstein. . . How do you solve a problem like “The Donald”? How do you catch a fraud and pin him down? How do you find a word that means “The Donald”? A throwback bigot! A misogynist! A clown! Many a thing you know you’d like […]
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Feminist Plays with All-female Casts are ‘Fefu’ and Far Between
The F-word is being redefined as Chicago’s theater scene addresses Feminism, an all-female cast, free admission and “Fefu and Her Friends,” thanks to Halcyon Theatre. Written by María Irene Fornés, an avant-garde leader of the 1960s Off-Off-Broadway movement,”Fefu and Her Friends” gets a new inventive spin in Halcyon’s production, which moves the audience from room […]
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Chicagoland Native & ‘Seinfeldia’ Author To Give Talk About the Show About Nothing
This spring Mayor Rahm Emanuel said, “I enthusiastically support the efforts to place a national writers museum in Chicago.” His statement may not be as quotable as “These pretzels are making me thirsty,” “Look to the cookie,” “No soup for you!” or the many other “Seinfeld” bon mots integrated into the American vernacular, but it’s […]
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Let Us Introduce You…
Part of the mission of Rebellious Magazine is to introduce our readers to women we think you should know. They’re artists, authors, bakers, entrepreneurs, leaders, all-around Rebelles who have inspired us in some way, and we’re eager to share their stories so they can inspire you, too. For this edition, we can’t wait for you […]
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ICYMI: Watch the full video of Hillary Clinton accepting the Democratic nomination for president.