Malala Yousafzai celebrates her 18th birthday by opening a school for Syrian refugees. See NBC. A federal appeals court strikes down nuns’ efforts to avoid the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive mandate. See The Atlantic. The Huffington Post provides an important perspective on society’s obsession… Read More ›
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Elle Australia challenges breastfeeding stigma by featuring a nursing model on its cover. See NY Daily News. London Kiki Chanel’s killer is charged with murder. See Advocate. Business Insider reports on Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov trying to keep women off social media to prevent… Read More ›
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Think Progress shows what women are forced to do to avoid street harassment. Olivia Wilde is not going to apologize for her breastfeeding photo. See the Huffington Post. Meryl Streep is using her own money to combat sexism and ageism… Read More ›
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Young Chinese feminists protested inequality in higher education and the indignities women face in prolonged waits in public restrooms. See the New York Times. Mic highlights the five women behind China’s first modern feminist movement. The Guardian features the women… Read More ›
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Mic highlights some of the overlooked aspects of the Brazilian breastfeeding study. Claire A. Putnam, an obstetrician and gynecologist, writes for the New York Times about pregnancy and obesity. A dad blogger explains why he is tired of having to… Read More ›
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The Grammys address domestic violence with a PSA from President Obama. See USA Today. After President Obama’s PSA on domestic violence, the Grammys welcomed Brooke Axtell who delivered a poem about her experience with abuse. See Mic. Are activist investors… Read More ›
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Boko Haram leader states that the 200 plus schoolgirls who were kidnapped in April have been “married off” to Boko Haram fighters. See Jezebel. Lawsuits were filed against Phi Kappa Tau when a member of the Georgia Tech fraternity sexually… Read More ›
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On the “Ed Sullivan Show” in 1967, Joan Rivers shut down the stereotypes of single women. See the Huffington Post. Michael Kimmel and Gloria Steinem wrote an op-ed for the New York Times emphasizing the importance of consensual sex on college… Read More ›
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Think Progress analyzes how the Mike Brown shooting is also a feminist issue. ModCloth is the first women’s retailer to take a stand against photoshopping. See Mic. Argentina imprisoned a woman for getting an abortion as well as her friends who helped… Read More ›
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An abortion clinic in Austin, Texas called Whole Women’s Health closed its doors after facing strict anti-abortion laws. See Cosmopolitan. A woman wore a hidden camera to prove how many times a day she experiences harassment. See Upworthy. Ruth Bader Ginsburg… Read More ›