To truly achieve liberation, we must interrogate how we do this work—and what power structures we are upholding in our efforts to create change.
Month: August 2018
Bold Moves to End Sexual Violence: A Not-So-Live-Blog of the 2018 National Sexual Assault Conference
Ms. is the proud media sponsor of this year’s National Sexual Assault Conference—which is why I’ll be spending the next three days handing out a million free magazines, streaming sessions and sitting down for a marathon of live-streamed conversations with experts and advocates on-site. (And blogging all about it! Right here.)
Bold Moves to End Sexual Violence: Three Tips for Talking About Prevention
RALIANCE teamed up with the Berkeley Media Studies Group to release a new report to guide individuals on how to talk about prevention. Here are some key takeaways on messaging and getting the conversation started.
Mapping the Male Supremacy Movement: Men’s Rights Activists, Pick Up Artists and Rape Culture
Across the spectrum of male supremacy movements, one concerning belief is commonplace: that date rape is not only defensible, but is a skill that can and should be taught.
Bold Moves to End Sexual Violence: Separating Hook-Up Culture from Rape Culture
Stigma doesn’t just reap shame for sexual beings—it makes it more difficult to call out rape culture when we see it.
Family Court and the Catholic Church: Shattering the Last Taboos for Institutions That Fail our Children
One in 10 children will be sexually abused before their eighteenth birthday; survivors can attest to the pain and trauma that lasts them a lifetime. The health cost to our society is in the billions of dollars annually. Yet the most egregious injustices against child sex abuse survivors happen each day in family courts.
#SummersDeceive: Protesting the Toxic Unknown of Summer’s Eve Products
Over 15,000 women are protesting Summer’s Eve—claiming its products promote manipulative marketing, include toxic products and have poor ingredient disclosure.
Losing Our Way: Congressional Attacks on LGBT Parents Hurt Foster Kids, Too
The Aderholt Amendment would give adoption agencies a license to discriminate against LGBTQ parents—and hurt thousands of children in foster care.
The Ms. Q&A: Sateria Venable Wants to Show the World the #FaceOfFibroids
The only thing more startling about rising uterine fibroid (UF) diagnosis rates—1 in 3 women will experience UF in their lifetime—may be the global silence about this women’s health crisis. Sateria Venable founded The Fibroid Foundation to break that silence.
What Ranked Choice Voting Means for Feminist Candidates
Ranked choice voting provides an opportunity for a wider variety of candidates—and voters—to make the political victories they want to see in their communities possible.