“I just knew that if we didn’t focus on peace and security and the role that women can and should play, we would be missing opportunities that would make a big difference to ending conflict, saving lives and creating more peaceful situations that would be good for the United States.”
Tag: Hillary Clinton
Hillary Was Right: Real Talk About the Deplorables
Unless we reckon with the depth and staying power of white supremacy and toxic masculinity, we will never be able to do anything more than defend what little inclusion and democracy we have. That begins with acknowledging it.
Views from the Frontlines of a Historic Candidacy and a Feminist Uprising
After the 2016 election, I wanted to put down my camera and cry forever—but if Hillary was not going to give up, how could I? Our second chapter was just beginning, and I wanted to be there to document it.
How Can Love Trump Hate? Ask bell hooks.
bell hooks’ “All About Love” speaks to the erosion of the promise of American ideals—already apparent nearly two decades ago—and how a politics of love might reverse it.
In Praise of Difficult Women
For a woman to have the life she wants, regardless of the times, she must always be difficult.
Feminist Fix: Hillary Clinton Isn’t Going Anywhere and Dolores Huerta is Tired of Being Erased
Anti-abortion extremists are invading clinics, a county in North Carolina unanimously endorsed CEDAW, the fourth PowerPuff Girl is a woman of color, Lena Waithe better not be last, it turns out everyone wants to read “What Happened,” new studies on pay equity and more feminist links from the week!
Feminist Fix: Stop Telling Hillary Clinton to Shut Up (And Other Feminist Links)
Billie Jean King looks backward and forward, Munroe Bergdorf moves on from L’Oreal, Kirsten Gillibrand takes on Betsy DeVos, action steps for the week and more feminist news!
“What Happened” in the 2016 Election is Part of Women’s History—And Hillary Deserves to Tell It
The fact that so many are comfortable denigrating that story at this juncture of women’s history proves that there are far bigger problems than a book tour ahead. What Happened is doomed to happen again—unless, this time, we listen.
What Happened to Washington’s Women Ambassadors?
The number of women ambassadors to Washington, DC has been steadily dropping since 2013.
Feminist Fix: Remembering Ebony Morgan, Celebrating #WhiteWednesdays and Hillary Clinton’s Reading List
Mischa Barton testified in a “revenge porn” case, an all-girls robotics team from Afghanistan was denied entry into the U.S., dispatches from the National Right to Life Convention, the White House’s wage gap problem and other feminist news from the last week.