Unlike almost every other period tracking app, Euki does not store any user data in the cloud.
The Equal Division Rule: Making the Case for Political Gender Quotas in the U.S.
American political parties have the legal right to include and enforce gender quotas for candidate recruitment and ballot inclusion—and they have a history and precedent of enforcing affirmative action rules when it comes to appointed and elected party positions. Yet the U.S. remains one of the few countries where some form of gender quotas do not exist.
Today in Feminist History: Margaret Chase Smith is Running for President!
January 27, 1964: It hasn’t happened since 1888, has never happened before in a major political party, and it almost didn’t happen today—but a woman is now making a serious, full-fledged run for the Presidency.
Today in Feminist History: Contraception Advocate Ethel Byrne’s Prison Hunger Strike Goes On
January 26, 1917: Ethel Byrne’s condition continued to weaken this morning as she passed the 96-hour mark of her fast.
Today in Feminist History: Shirley Chisholm is Running for President!
January 25, 1972: What up until now has been a traditional “Old White Boys Club” of candidates seeking this year’s Presidential nomination had to make room for a Black woman member today as Representative Shirley Chisholm (D-NY), the first Black women ever elected to Congress, officially announced that she was running for the Democratic nomination for President.
Watching the Courts During the Trump Impeachment
A president who is under the cloud of impeachment for abusing the power of his office and assaulting the legitimacy of our elections cannot be trusted to appoint judges who hold the duty of preserving and protecting our most fundamental rights, including our elections and the right to vote.
Feminists Talked Back During Trump’s March for Life Speech
Donald Trump made history today as the first president to ever address the March for Life. And feminists from across the country talked back.
Memo to the March for Life: Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric is More Dangerous Than Abortion
At the March for Life today, so-called “pro-life” activists will undoubtedly celebrate the strides that have been made by the Trump administration on behalf of their anti-abortion cause. But if the movement is truly driven by the value of respecting the dignity of and preserving human life, they should reconsider celebrating Trump as their champion.
Today in Feminist History: Ethel Byrne is Providing Birth Control Information to Her Fellow Prisoners
January 24, 1917: Tonight, Ethel Byrne is in Cell 139, next to the prison hospital in the Workhouse on Blackwell’s Island, New York—and she gave out information on family planning to two fellow prisoners on the ferry boat to the island this morning.
New Anti-Immigrant Policies, Same Old Sexism
Consular officials now have the authority to deny a visitor visa to any pregnant women if they have reason to believe that she intends to travel to the U.S. for the “primary purpose” of giving birth.