This year, the most talked about films did more than just spotlight the remarkable stories of fictional and real-life social justice agitators, instigators, and truth-tellers—they raised consciousness and actively challenged widely-held attitudes about race, sexuality, and gender.
Year: 2016
No Justice: When Abuse and Incarceration Intersect
Women don’t just face the prison industrial complex. They face a prison abuse complex—and their untreated victimization puts them at higher risk for incarceration.
Not Going Back: Education Equity and Title IX
Republicans are determined to reverse the Obama administration’s use of Title IX to hold schools accountable for addressing campus sexual assault.
8 Feminist Art Exhibitions Open in the New Year
Why not start off the new year by getting inspired by dynamic women artists?
Striking—and Fighting—for Abortion and an End to Violence in Latin America
It was October 19, 2016—the day of the first women’s strike in Argentina. It was the day 80,000 people took the streets of Santiago to proclaim: “Not One Less.”
Never the Ingénue: A Tribute to Carrie Fisher
I wanted to be Marie, not Sally. Who wants to be the ingénue when you can live an interesting life, battle your demons and, at the end of the day, be remembered for always being different?
Not Going Back: Economic Equality
We must fight for workers’ rights and protecting social security despite Republican opposition.
Looking Back, Moving Forward
Molly Murphy MacGregor was a 26-year-old high school history teacher in 1972 when a male student asked her a question that would change the course of her life: “What is the women’s movement?”
The Top 10 Feminist Moments in Pop Culture from 2016
Despite the setback of the 2016 election, pop culture this year was crowded with messages of gender equity, racial justice and social liberation.
Not Going Back: The Affordable Care Act and Medicaid
Though Trump has backtracked slightly on the issue since the election, we still expect an all-out effort by Republicans to repeal the Affordable Care Act.