NPR features an activist promoting hygiene and body positivity for girls in low-income countries. The New York Times explores America’s evolving positive attitude towards women in politics. We finally get a peak at the upcoming Malala Yousafzai documentary. See Rolling Stone. Following the act of terror in a… Read More ›
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 ›
Marriage equality will take full effect in Alabama on February 9th. See Think Progress. Three black adoptees speak out about their sense of racial identity after growing up in white households. See The Root. Fox News is claiming reverse racism… Read More ›
A sex trafficking survivor speaks on her abuse. See KOIN News. Mel B, A.K.A. Scary Spice, wants her daughters to live in an environment where they are able to be empowered. See Girl Talk HQ. The Atlantic describes the inequalities… Read More ›
Though American culture has come a long way in challenging the traditional male-female gender binary, there is still much work to be done. Yes, our society has advanced from the 1950s trope of female/housewife and male/breadwinner, but too much deviation outside… Read More ›
In Michael Bronski’s A Queer History of the United States, he identifies two essential components contributing to queer history. First, he states that integral contributions to society have been made by those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender; and… Read More ›
For as long as I can remember, I have experienced migraines with my menstrual cycle. Like clockwork, every month I can tell when I’m getting my period because they day before, I get a migraine. I have tried every remedy… Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
The White House released guidelines to help universities to more aggressively combat sexual assaults on campus. See the New York Times. The federal government released the names of 55 colleges facing Title IX investigations. See CNN and the Huffington Post. The New York Times… Read More ›
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