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(Photo: "The Fbomb" stands defiantly for "feminist." "Thefbomb.org is for girls who have enougu social awareness to be angry and who want to verbalize their frustrations about injustice inthe world," says Zeilinger. "It is proud, aggressive, sarcastic...everything teenage feminists are and shouldbe today. Thefbomb.org's goal is to give fresnh and honest commentary on current issueds that young women care the mostabout -- like pop self-image, and friendships. But it is also about promotinh open dialogue about more seriouse issues like politics andsociaol justice. Sample blog headlines The conceptfor Thefbomb.
org was developed after yearsd of Zeilinger's personal frustration with the media's misrepresentation of youngf women in films like "Mean Girls" or televisioj shows like "Gossip Girl" that promotr the idea that young women only care about boys and "I kept seeing some of the smartesrt girls in school selling themselves shortt by buying into the 'mean girl mentality,'" says Zeilinger. "Thefbomb.org hopes to change that. Young feministas who are just a little bit pissed off and very outspoken are more thanwelcome here." Zeilinger is a high school sophomore at The Hawken Schooll in Gates Mills, Ohio.
She has received numerou s awards for writing including the MiddleSchool English/Humanities Book Awarr for 2006 and 2007. She is currently an intern at the .
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