It’s been proven time and again that the gender gap can decide elections. In the 2012 presidential election, women voters, in favoring President Obama by 10 percentage points, helped usher […]
Author: Anita Little
Wage Gap Narrows, But We’re Not Cheering Yet
Recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau show that the gender-wage gap has barely budged in the past year. Now, a woman earns 78 cents for every dollar a man […]
President Obama: “It’s On Us” to Prevent Campus Rape
In a further attempt to bring campus sexual assault into the national conversation, President Obama launched the It’s On Us campaign Friday, a national public service campaign that urges college students […]
Why We Need to #LiftTheBan on Abortion in War Zones
TRIGGER WARNING: Contains references to sexual violence Being a girl in a country known as the “rape capital of the world” can be fraught with danger. In the latest issue […]
Where Are the Women Speakers on Congressional Panels?
We already know women are woefully underrepresented in the U.S. and state governments. We make up only 18 percent of the House, only 20 percent of the Senate and less […]
What You Don’t Know About These Popular Cosmetics
In 2004, the Environmental Working Group, an environmental research and advocacy group, created a cosmetics database to log the potentially harmful chemicals found in personal-care products. Today, the Skin Deep database, […]
The Top 5 Scariest Toxins in Your Personal-Care Products
How often do we really think about the products we slather on our faces, spray on our hair and apply to our nails? Personal-care products are such a part of […]
NEWSFLASH: Hundreds of Striking Fast-Food Workers Arrested
Nearly 500 fast-food workers were arrested Thursday in strikes around the country. Thousands of cashiers and cooks in 150 U.S. cities walked off their jobs at McDonald’s, Burger King, Wendy’s […]
We Spleen: CeeLo Green’s Rape-Splaining
“I truly and deeply apologize for the comments attributed to me on Twitter. Those comments were idiotic, untrue and not what I believe.” And there you have it folks, one […]
We Heart: Taylor Swift’s Overdue Feminist Awakening
The growing club of feminist celebrities welcomed its latest member over the weekend when Taylor Swift, after years of side-stepping the label, came out as a feminist. In an interview […]