The Spirit Aligned Leadership Program (SALP)—the only Indigenous elder women-run nonprofit program in existence—aims to pair Native women elders with younger mentees with the goal of passing on knowledge for the continued improvement of their tribes and larger communities.
Author: Khira Hickbottom
Khira Hickbottom is an editorial fellow with Ms. magazine and a rising junior student at Tulane University studying English and Africana Studies. Additionally, she is also presently interning at Birthmark Doula Collective doing research surrounding emergency preparedness for infant feeding. Khira loves roller skating, dill pickle chips, and bad reality television.
War on Women Report: Adding Women to the Draft Is the New Culture War; Report Finds Gov. Cuomo Harassed 11 Women; U.S. Fencer at Olympics Despite Assault Allegations
The War on Women was in full force under the Trump administration. While the battle may look different today, we are staying vigilant in our goals to dismantle patriarchy at every turn. The fight is far from over. We are watching.
This week: a new congressional provision could require women to sign up for the draft; U.S. Olympic fencer Alan Hadzic will compete in the Games this summer, despite multiple sexual assault claims; New York AG Letitia James’s bombshell report on Cuomo released; and more.
Olympics Nearing Gender Parity for the First Time in History
The 2020 Tokyo Olympics are shaping up to be the most women-centered in history, with equal numbers of events for men and women and women making up nearly 49 percent of the total Olympians.
“‘The Olympics is definitely a place where women in sports can shine this year.”
10 Pieces of Much-Needed Good News About Birth Control, Contraception Access, Periods and More
Dr. Sophia Yen, M.D., M.P.H., CEO and co-founder of Pandia Health, recently sat down with Ms. to discuss contraception access in an age of women’s health defined by the precarity of Roe v. Wade. Here are 10 pieces of crucial information Yen shared about pregnancy prevention, emergency contraception and periods.
War on Women Report: Women Athletes Must Play in Bikinis?; Black Women Legislators Arrested in Name of Voting Rights; The Mistreatment of Black Scholars
The War on Women was in full force under the Trump administration. But despite a transition of administration, the War on Women is still seeping into federal, state and local legislation and attempting to reverse important progressive policies. While the battle may look different, we are staying vigilant in our goals to dismantle patriarchy at every turn. The fight is far from over. We are watching.
Every Voice Coalition Amplifies Student Survivor Experiences
Every Voice Coalition, founded in December 2016, is a college student-run organization with goals to implement preventative and legislative measures to eliminate sexual violence on college campuses. In order to empower students to tackle policy-related issues, they stress that the legislation is student-written to center the needs of those most directly affected.
War on Women Report: The Instability of ‘Roe’; How Low Vaccination Rates Affect Women; Marijuana and the Olympics
The War on Women was in full force under the Trump administration. But despite a transition of administration, the War on Women is still seeping into federal, state and local legislation and attempting to reverse important progressive policies. While the battle may look different, we are staying vigilant in our goals to dismantle patriarchy at every turn. The fight is far from over. We are watching.
Bill Cosby’s Overturned Conviction Shakes Feminists and Allies: “Justice Is Still Very Elusive for Survivors of Sexual Assault”
In the aftermath of Bill Cosby’s release from prison, many survivors and feminists are left questioning their faith in the justice system.
When You’re a Black Woman, You’ve Been Queer Your Whole Life
My lack of identity adjustment upon realizing that I was gay was not a personal confliction, but a social phenomenon existent across the expanse of all othered peoples. When you are queer your whole life, queerness based on sexual orientation is merely a predictable byproduct—a foreseeable outcome which places you only slightly further outside the circle you were already discluded from.
Protections for LGBTQI Individuals Go Global
On Wednesday, June 9, U.S. Rep. Dina Titus (D-Nev.) reintroduced the GLOBE Act to the House of Representatives, alongside Sens. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), who presented companion legislation in the Senate.
The GLOBE Act—short for Greater Leadership Overseas for the Benefit of Equality—aims to establish protections for LBGTQI individuals as a key facet of U.S. diplomacy by incorporating these efforts beneath the umbrella of human rights.