During my early college years, I became a feminist out of necessity. On a foundation of pain wrought by those teenage years of girlhood, I was ready to believe that something else was possible. To make sense of the world… Read More ›
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Links We Love
The Atlantic provides insight on how paternity leave has the potential to benefit fathers, children, and mothers. Ms.Magazine Blog lists 2013’s feminists heroes. Researchers from the University of California, San Diego, discover the myth of a gender-specific tone of voice. See The New York… Read More ›
Quote of the Day
Measures of gender inequality that rely on income as a proxy for economic empowerment fail to recognize that a woman’s contribution to the household can’t always be measured in monetary terms, and that a woman’s income is meaningless if she… Read More ›
Saudi Arabia: Lifting the Veil on Domestic Violence
I’m always a fan of powerful, thought-provoking ads (except those that are all rape-y). The first ad of the King Khalid Foundation’s No More Abuse campaign in Saudi Arabia is a great example. The ad (pictured above) features a visibly… Read More ›
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