Earth Day, also known as International Mother Earth Day, originated in 1970 to celebrate our planet and to promote sustainable, healthy environments in communities around the world. Today, people traditionally take part in activities to honor our Mother Earth and pledge to take action in protecting our environment. Women environmentalists have often been a driving […]
Author: Andrea Ananighian
Andrea Ananighian is a graduate in English from California State University, Channel Islands. She is currently an intern at Ms.
Celebrate International Anti-Street Harassment Week!
Amy-Louise had her first experience with street harassment at the age of 13 when a boy groped her while she was walking home from school. She, like many women, has been so traumatized by a lifetime of sexual harassment that she struggles with severe anxiety and only feels safe in public when accompanied by her […]
We Spleen: Joan Rivers Body-Shaming Lena Dunham
Dunham is sending a message to girls and women that you can be beautiful—and more importantly successful—even if your body doesn’t fit conventional beauty norms.
25 Reasons We Love Gloria Steinem on Her 80th Birthday
1. She co-founded Ms. magazine 2. She said, “A liberated woman is one who has sex before marriage and a job after.” 3. She used her skill has a journalist to explain and fight for women’s rights. 4. She went undercover as a Playboy Bunny not to write a sexy story but to expose harsh, […]