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Author: Carmiya Baskin

Carmiya Baskin is a former editorial intern at Ms. and a third-year Feminist Studies major at UC Santa Barbara. Her work has appeared in The Bottom Line, a student-run newspaper at UCSB, and EqualTalk, a feminist blog she co-founded through a women empowerment and teen leadership organization, Girls Give Back. She is passionate about all things related to intersectional feminism, Harry Potter and Disney, and she enjoys eating peanut butter right out of the jar while binge-watching The Office.
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  • National

Warning Communities About Fake Clinics, One Sidewalk at a Time

Carmiya Baskin

Armed with chalk, Southwestern Law School students like Haley Pollock are drawing attention to the dangers of crisis pregnancy centers in their community—literally.

  • National
  • Voices

We Heart: The Girl Scouts Anthem Inspiring Young Feminists to Shine On

Carmiya Baskin

The Girl Scouts and Breakthrough Music have released a new anthem for young feminists everywhere: “Watch Me Shine,” written by two-time Grammy winner Liz Rose and chart-topping songwriter Emily Shackelton.

  • Arts & Entertainment

We Heart: Ariana Grande’s Feminist Anthem “God is a Woman”

Carmiya Baskin

In the subversive video for her song “God is a Woman,” the pop artist denounces patriarchy, celebrates female solidarity and revels in female sexuality.

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Campaigning While Black: Janelle Bynum Speaks Out on Police Violence and Being a Better Neighbor

Carmiya Baskin

State Rep. Janelle Bynum was campaigning in a neighborhood in her district when a resident called the police on her—because she thought Bynum, a black woman, was “spending a lot of time at homes and appearing to be casing the neighborhood while on her phone.”

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We Heart: Serena Williams, “The One to Beat”

Carmiya Baskin

At a Wimbledon press conference on Friday, The Telegraph’s Jamie Johnson asked legendary tennis player and Olympic medalist Serena Williams how she handles being “the one to beat” on the court. In […]

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Declaring Support for the #OneinFour Women Who Have Abortions

Carmiya Baskin

A new social media campaign smashes abortion stigma—and demonstrates the passion and power of the majority of voters who support safe, legal abortion access.

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  • Sports

Fighting for an End to Sex Testing in Sports

Carmiya Baskin

Olympic medalist Caster Semenya is fighting a new policy requiring sex testing of female athletes—and women’s rights organizations from around the world are standing with her in solidarity.

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Rallying for Migrant Families

Eleanor Salsbury and Carmiya Baskin

Across the United States, more than 750 rallies, some with tens of thousands of attendees, streamed through streets, crossed over bridges and surrounded federal buildings to demand justice for migrant families at the U.S. / Mexico border as part of the #FamiliesBelongTogether National Day of Action. 

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Reproductive Rights Activists Aren’t Backing Down After NIFLA

Carmiya Baskin

Activists took to the streets Tuesday in protest of the Supreme Court’s ruling in NIFLA v. Becerra, which effectively gave the often religiously-affiliated anti-abortion fake clinics permission to continue manipulating and deceiving patients.

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