More Than A Magazine, A Movement
“I’m Not Dying with You Tonight” is a novel about two young women trying to survive the night as race riots rip through their city. Inspired by an incident that occurred during the 2015 Baltimore riots, Kimberly Jones and Gilly Segal decided to write a novel about teens dealing with a similar ordeal.
Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation is a compilation of stories about women’s representation in politics, on boards, in sports and entertainment, in judicial offices and in the private sector in the U.S. and around the world—with a little gardening and goodwill mixed in for refreshment!
This International Women’s Day, as the world talks about women’s contributions and big brands claim to be empowering women by turning packaging pink for the day, I have to ask: Where’s the money?
“We owe it to every woman and girl in America to fight for this. I urge all of you who agree with me to pay attention, elect leaders who are not afraid to fight for what is right—and buckle up, as we are all in this together,” writes Ellen Rosenblum, Oregon Attorney General.
Our culture has been informed by the anti-abortion movement’s stigmatizing rhetoric and ignores the real experiences of people who actually seek abortions. The truth is clear: abortion is lifesaving, compassionate care—but abortion stigma is profoundly dangerous and harmful.
The Supreme Court is about to hear arguments in the first major abortion-related case since Brett Kavanaugh ascended to the bench.
It’s simple: When you come for our freedom, we will come for your seats.
Mexico’s Congress approved an increase in prison sentences for gender-based killings and sexual abuse of minors. While the bill is a welcome step to curb the rising tide of gender-based killings in Mexico and Latin America, governments must do more to fulfill their obligations under international law.
“It was clear that we were meant to perform a part, a role that was somewhere between the consummate hostess and the pert niece. All I could do was smile and gently deflect from offensive, sexist or cruel comments—then hate myself for smiling when what I wanted most was to scream.”
Students of with Berkeley United School District have grown frustrated by the district’s alleged lack of focus, insufficient investment and extremely limited capacity to handle incidents of student-on-student sexual misconduct. Now, they are demanding the district change its approach.
Historians Jeanne Theoharis, Keisha N. Blain, and Ashley Farmer on the exclusion of women scholars (and activists) in the six-hour series on Malcolm X.