Feminism is hard. Any sane woman believes in female empowerment, but putting those beliefs into practice in everyday life can prove nebulous at best, disheartening at worst. The idea of “living your feminism” can conjure images of refusing to shave and swearing off men. The Sexy Feminist (formerly SirensMag.com) offers practical ways to work toward the good of all womankind while having a little fun along the way. It makes that age-old concept of “women’s lib” doable, cool—and, yes, even sexy—for smart young women navigating the complicated waters of modern life. Miniskirts, lipgloss, and waxing all permitted. You can read more about our philosophy in 2013, when Houghton Mifflin Harcourt publishes our book, The Feminist Bombshell.
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ABOUT THE SEXY FEMINISTS (if we do say so ourselves):
Jennifer Armstrong is the co-founder of sexyfeminist.com and a pop culture writer. She spent nearly a decade as senior writer for Entertainment Weekly and is currently at work on a book about The Mary Tyler Moore Show‘s cultural impact. Her first book Why? Because We Still Like You, a history of the original Mickey Mouse Club, was published by Grand Central in 2010. She has provided pop culture commentary for CNN, VH1, Fox News Channel, and ABC, and her writing has been featured in Salon, MTV.com, Glamour, Budget Travel, and the Chicago Sun-Times. Her essays have appeared in the anthologies Altared: Bridezillas, Bewilderment, Big Love, Breakups, What Women Really Think About Contemporary Weddings, and Coffee at Luke’s: An Unauthorized Gilmore Girls Gabfest. She lives in Park Slope, Brooklyn. You can reach her at jennifer.armstrong (at) sexy feminist (dot) com, or visit her website.
Heather Wood Rudúlph is the co-founder of sexyfeminist.com and a lifestyle writer and editor. She has spent 12 years covering entertainment and pop culture for outlets such as the LA Daily News, AOL, Movies.com and Rollingstone.com, and editing lifestyle content for the likes of the Huffington Post and DAYSPA magazine. She specializes in writing about feminism, pop culture and relationships and teaches writing for the Gotham Writers’ Workshop. She lives in Sacramento with her husband and son. You can reach her at heather.wood.rudulph (at) sexyfeminist (dot) com.