Turning 50: Writing Women into the Story of Hip-Hop, Five Decades After Its Founding
A feminist history of the past five decades of hip-hop ought to be told. Far from being secondary players, women and girls have been integral to this cultural phenomenon.
(This series is part of “Turning 50,” which recognizes the women who shaped hip-hop.)
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Fifteen Minutes of Feminism—The Trump Indictments: Unsealing the Federal Indictment
In this episode, we continue our series: The Trump Indictments, unpacking the civil and criminal charges alleging that the former president Donald Trump engaged in illegal activities. In early June 2023, for the second time in two months, Trump was indicted—this time on 37 felony counts for allegedly mishandling sensitive, classified government materials and obstruction of justice. What does this most recent indictment mean for Trump, the 2024 elections, and the future of American democracy as a whole?
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- Afghan women barred from beauty salons in latest Taliban edict: “Don’t we have the right to work or live?”
- Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has challenged traditional perceptions of gender, while also exacerbating inequalities
- Pregnant Workers Fairness Act goes into effect
- Facing Restrictions on Freedom and Rights, Afghanistan Ranks as the Unhappiest Country in the World
- Amid the health and economic crisis in Afghanistan, the Taliban refuses to help. Instead, blames the US and others.
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BANNED: Gender, Race and Sexuality Studies
A new Florida law severely restricts gender, race and sexuality studies at state-funded colleges—and eliminates diversity programs altogether. Far from just a “Florida problem,” this is one piece of an alarming right-wing strategy spreading nationwide. Gender studies advocates warn, “Thiis is about to be the entire country’s problem. Every Republican-dominated state legislature is watching closely what is happening in Florida.”
Far-right conservatives fear that younger generations will be taught to think critically about the rampant misrepresentation and sanitization of American history and the continued discrimination against women, people of color and LGBTQ+ individuals.
