I’m A Huge Feminist. So What?
About a year-and-a-half ago, I started dating my now ex-boyfriend. Both of us lived in Boston but attended separate colleges, so our social circles hardly crossed paths and differed considerably. Like...
View ArticleNew National Abortion Ban Bill Completely Ignores Reality
This past Tuesday, we all watched and laughed as Vice President Joe Biden, in all his Biden glory, comically swore in our 114th Republican-controlled Congress. Exponentially less funny, however, was...
View Article5 Things The March For Life Doesn’t Want You to Know
Happy anniversary, Roe v. Wade! Each year on this anniversary, the anti-choice community gathers to march in opposition of abortion rights. Known as the March for Life, this Washington, D.C. event...
View ArticleHow We Treat—or Mistreat—Pregnant Workers in the U.S.
Letting a pregnant cashier sit on a stool. Allowing a pregnant worker to carry a water bottle as she stocks shelves. These things seem like common sense—but in many states, employers deny pregnant...
View ArticleWhy I Live Tweeted My IUD Insertion
Feminism 101 teaches us “the personal is political,” and nothing rang more true than the day I deed to live tweet my IUD insertion. I’d tried hormonal contraceptive methods in the past. The pill never...
View ArticleWhy Radical Consent Makes Me a Better Man
Feminism is not here to make you feel guilty for being a man. And radical consent – the idea that one should get affirmative and enthusiastic consent from their lovers – is a critical step toward...
View ArticleWhat Obama’s Tuition-Free College Proposal Could Mean for Working Women
During his State of the Union address last month, President Obama introduced a proposal to offer tuition-free community college for students who attend school at least half time, keep their grade point...
View ArticleIs This The Type of Equal Pay Progress You Expected?
April 14th is Equal Pay Day, which marks how far into 2015 women must work to earn what men earned in 2014. It’s a day we have to observe despite the fact that it’s been more than half a century since...
View ArticleSCOTUS May Take Up Abortion Restrictions in Mississippi
Last month, while many of us were attending barbecues and counting down the hours until Memorial Day weekend, the Supreme Court of the United States was discussing whether to take up Currier v. Jackson...
View Article13.5 Million Women on Medicaid Still Denied Abortion Coverage
Imani[1] is a mother of three living in Mississippi. Faced with an unplanned pregnancy and financial difficulties, Imani knew when she was six weeks pregnant that she wanted an abortion. But the costs...
View ArticleI’m An Abortion Clinic Escort. This is #MyStory.
I volunteer because the war on women’s bodies is very much alive. Battlefields are all over country, including right here in New York City – yes, even with its reputation of being modern and...
View ArticleSame-Sex Marriage: The Value of Buy-In
“Moreover, the bar for male allies has been set tremendously low. In contrast to the sacrifices, acts of bravery and daily fights women and LGBTQ people are expected to take on to achieve equality and...
View ArticleGirl on Fire: A Feminist Stop, Drop and Roll
My Dear Feminist Activist, I’m writing this article in the form of a letter to you. It feels farcical to write about self-care from the midst of a melt down that maybe is not a melt down but a regular...
View ArticleThe State-Level Court Ruling on Birth Control You Should Pay Attention To
Photo credit: Sandi Yanisko Photography On December 10, 2015, Judge John Jones III of the federal district court of the Middle District of Pennsylvania ruled that an antiabortion-rights organization...
View ArticleIs This The App That Will Keep Women Safe?
Afraid of walking home alone or being harassed—or worse, attacked—en route to your destination? Well, perhaps those days are nearing to a close. Students from the University of Michigan have created an...
View ArticleI Was Assaulted On Stage and Then Blamed For It
Saturday night, midnight: Theater doors open and a scantily clad crowed funnels one-by-one through the threshold. Friends and lovers greet each other with varying degrees of affection, and Virgins, or...
View ArticleBodily Art-onomy: The Fight for Reproductive Freedom Through Performance
Art is an engine of culture, both as a reinforcement of our ideals and as a critique of our norms. Art is intrinsically linked to our perceptions of ourselves, on an individual and societal level, of...
View ArticleWomen in Tech Are Creating The Digital World We Want
I know what it feels like to be in an environment built for women. At the all women’s college I attended, the staircases were designed for the average woman’s stride, hallways for the width of women...
View ArticleMen Can Treasure Female Heroes, Too
What is the shelf life of a hero? Three years? Maybe five? After that, are thoughts of them to be discarded like an empty box of Wheaties? I’m not aware that Venus Williams has ever appeared on a...
View Article4 Ways Male Allies Can Support Victims of Street Harassment (Plus 5 Things...
Nothing is more disappointing and hurtful than realizing people you love, care, and respect for, are actually not the allies you thought they were. Recently, I’ve had several experiences with street...
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