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• #20PercentCounts: A Nation Comes Together in Support of Equal Pay

  

  #20PercentCounts Three months and four days. This is how much longer, on average, women in the United States had to work to make what their male counterparts di... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2017 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Here We Are: A Q&A With Kelly Jensen, Author Of A New Intersectional...

  

  Kelly Jensen’s new anthology It’s been an interesting few years to be a young feminist. From the high of rising teen feminist celebrities and role models to... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2017 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• What Trans Individuals Need To Know About Their Rights Under Obamacare

  

  Know your health care rights. Last weekend, I felt a tiny glimmer of hope in light of the looming threat of the Trump Administration and Republican-controlled... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2017 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Manners Or Sexism?

  

  The truth about “Invitational” “Girls, you NEVER say no to a guy when he asks you to dance,” barked the instructor at the sea of awkward children, anxiously... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2017 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Words of Wisdom From Feminist Writer Ariel Levy

  

  Ariel Levy and Lena Dunham Many feminists may know Ariel Levy as the author of modern feminist classic “Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women And The Rise Of Raunch... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2017 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• This Isn’t About Leggings

  

  Women should be allowed to wear whatever they want. United Airlines was thrust into the spotlight this week after a gate agent refused to let two female... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2017 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Filmmaker Tracy Droz Tragos Puts Women First in Her New HBO Documentary on...

  

  Credit: HBO The trailer for Abortion: Stories Women Tell, award-winning filmmaker Tracy Droz Tragos’s new documentary, opens on a hall full of people with... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2017 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• What Rihanna Revealed About Humanitarian Work

  

  Rihanna accepting her award On February 28, 2017, Rihanna walked up the creaky wooden steps of one of Cambridge’s storied halls to accept the Harvard... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2017 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• AMAZE and the Importance of Sex Education for Tweens

  

  AMAZE I grew up in a religious and conservative family, in the very religious and conservative country of Saudi Arabia. My parents never talked to me about sex... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2017 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Being LGBT In The Middle East

  

  For the most part, I am a normal teenager in Amman, Jordan. I wake up when I hear my alarm and get ready for school. But perhaps unlike other 15-year old-boys, ... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2017 SOCIETY

• An Interview With Hanne Larsen, The College-Aged Director Of ‘The Sex Myth’

  

  ‘The Sex Myth’ In 2015, feminist journalist Rachel Hills published The Sex Myth: The Gap Between Our Fantasies and Reality—a book that questions the sexual norm... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2017 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• The Brilliance Of ‘Get Out’

  

  ‘Get Out’ *Spoiler Alert*: This review contains details about the plot of the movie. The film Get Out opens on a single shot that, just like the film as a whole... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2017 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Addressing Gendered Online Harassment

  

  Let’s take online harassment seriously. Last summer, my friend Katie* received an Instagram message from a man who claimed to know her. Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2017 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• An Interview With Award-Winning Teen Activist Filmmaker Jordan Barger

  

  Jordan Barger Jordan Barger is a junior in high school from Houston, Texas. She also happens to be an award-winning filmmaker who has her own production company... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2017 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• The Fight Against the Single Story: ‘Speed Sisters’ Amber Fares and Rabab Haj...

  

  Speed Sisters Being the first takes courage. Putting yourself in a position of vulnerability, stepping out of your comfort zone, and risking failure can be... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2017 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• A Guide To Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

  

  ICE During his campaign, President Donald Trump made it clear he would build a wall on the country’s southern border, introduce the End Illegal Immigration... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2017 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Embracing My Blackness At Predominantly White Institutions

  

  My schools have all been predominately white I wouldn’t say that I necessarily felt white growing up, but I never felt all that black, either. Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2017 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Hands on Their Backs: How Black Girls Are Pushed Out of Schools

  

  Dr. Monique Morris on black girl “pushout” Dr. Monique Morris made me nervous. She shouldn’t have. She has soft-looking chestnut skin and gorgeous locs. Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2017 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• #DearBetsy: Protect Title IX

  

  Betsy DeVos Betsy DeVos’s appointment as the United States Secretary of Education is monumentally problematic. DeVos has no background in education: in fact, he... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2017 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• This Eating Disorder Survivor Is Making A Difference

  

  Dayna Altman “There’s beauty in everything and everyone, and that shouldn’t be decided by the media or anyone,” Dayna Altman — a 24-year-old eating disorder... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2017 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES