Who says that feminism is dead? Take a look at this piece by Elizabeth Plank, which details how feminism and digital/online activism came together to produce lasting and beneficial results:

1. Lululemon’s chairman stepped down after blaming his product’s failures on fat women

Oh no he didn’t. That’s what thousands of women angrily uttered after Co-Founder and Chairman of Lululemon Chip Wilson went on national television to blame his company’s sheer fabric pant problems on fat women.

“Frankly, some women’s bodies just don’t actually work for it,” he said on Bloomberg TV, while his wife Shannon tried to interject. “They don’t work for some women’s bodies … it’s really about the rubbing through the thighs, how much pressure is there over a period of time, how much they use it.”

After outraged customers hijacked the company’s Facebook page and tweeted their disgust about his comments, Wilson was forced to step down.

Full piece here.