As if Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani’s struggle for freedom could get any worse—especially considering the recently aired state-produced documentary that Amnesty International proclaimed was being used to paint her as a criminal—her lawyer told the press today that the imprisoned Iranian woman was abused and sold for sex by her husband in order to fuel his […]
Author: Kyle Bachan
Kyle Bachan can dance all day. He's also a feminist from Toronto, Canada who enjoys travelling the world and meeting new people. He currently writes as a Senior Editor over at Gender Across Borders.
Excluded Workers Have Plenty to Say on Human Rights Day
The U.S. Social Forum in Detroit earlier this year saw the launch of the the Excluded Workers Congress (EWC), a coalition of workers historically left out of the labor movement: domestic workers, farm workers, taxi drivers, restaurant workers, day laborers, guest workers, workers from Southern right-to-work states, workfare workers and formerly incarcerated workers. Now, on […]
Hyein Lee: How One Feminist Devours Artistic Mediums
Looking at canvases belonging to Hyein Lee, you might just find iterations of the word fuck, products of pent-up frustration morphed into art. If you look hard enough, you might also find that other F-word, if not as literally. But who is Hyein Lee? Besides being an award-winning illustrator from the land where the deer and […]
NEWSFLASH: Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani has NOT been freed.
UPDATE: FRIDAY DECEMBER 10 2010. Earlier this morning, Iran’s state-run Press TV reported that Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani has not been freed and that any reports that were making the rounds in the international media yesterday were false. Iran has also confirmed that Ashtiani has not been released. Speculation of Ashtiani’s release was triggered when photographs […]
Look Out, It’s the Guerrilla Girls on Tour!
Masked crusaders. Feminist artists. Culture jammers. Though several groups have branched out of the famous Guerrilla Girls feminist collective that first plastered New York City with posters about art-world sexism 25 years ago, all of its offspring work to the same end–expose discrimination against women in various artistic mediums. World-traveling troupe Guerrilla Girls on Tour! […]
Shattering Glass Ceilings with the Globe’s First Woman Playwright
Four hundred years ago, a man named Shakespeare opened the famous Globe Theatre with Julius Caesar–kicking off a rich history of soon-to-be classics that inspired and encouraged men playwrights around the world to aspire to reach this particular stage. Four hundred years later, a woman playwright has finally been invited to the party. Nell Leyshon became […]
‘Women for Sale’: An Israeli Campaign Against Trafficking
If you were in Tel Aviv a couple of weeks ago, chances are you might have done a double-take as you passed by a certain shopping center storefront. Instead of using mannequins to sell clothing items, there were live models on display–perhaps a more natural way to show off the attire. But then, if you […]
Women Choosing Math: But Does the “Choose” Fit?
Women can’t do math. Women have less mathematical ability than men. Women pursue other careers because they excel verbally. It’s biological. Plain and simple. When talking about the lack of women in mathematical fields, the uninformed are likely to reference any of the above myths. However, when taking a closer look at the steps that […]