Activism

Smashing Barriers: Mara Altman and Virgie Tovar On Body Acceptance, Fatphobia, and Imagining a New World for Women

by Bitch HQ
August 22, 2018 at 8:45am
Diet culture is just the newest form of women’s subjugation. Read more »
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Ramped Up: Navigating Through Ableist Architecture

by Margaret Andersen
August 1, 2018 at 1:52pm
Architectural restrictions contribute to the marginalization of people with disabilities. Read more »
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Electric Dirt: Queer Appalachia Is Redefining Southern Identity

by Kristina Gaddy
July 17, 2018 at 2:39pm
The collective is promoting art, activism, and culture in the South while building queer community. Read more »
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Valuable Resources: The Ableist Fight Over Plastic Straws

by s.e. smith
July 10, 2018 at 12:36pm
Straws are easy to target, but cities and companies still rely on environmentally harmful practices. Read more »

What Just Happened? : From Fake News to Real Bullets

by Bitch HQ
June 29, 2018 at 1:16pm
We all knew this would eventually happen. Read more »
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What Just Happened? : Family Separation, Government Gaslighting

by Bitch HQ
June 20, 2018 at 12:40pm
If you live in the United States, the Trump administration is carrying out these tactics in your name. Don’t let them.  Read more »
Trans activist Reina Gossett illustrated by Jessica De Jesus

Reparations as Revenge: Reina Gossett Wants Her Just Due

by Raquel Willis
June 12, 2018 at 10:11am
It takes me being in space with other Black trans people to have a collective imagination around reparations. Read more »
an illustration of six rows of prison bars with Bill Cosby, a Black man, at the end

The Prison Paradox: Ending Mass Incarceration in the Age of Cosby

by Jenn Jackson
May 24, 2018 at 12:00am
It’s time to rethink accountability. Read more »
Puja Mohindra as Geeta in Geeta's Guide To Moving On

Wobbling Toward Recovery: “Geeta’s Guide To Moving On” Subverts Self-Discovery Tropes

by Nicole Froio
April 25, 2018 at 11:18am
Geeta’s Guide to Moving On excludes whiteness from the breakup and self-discovery narrative. Read more »

Gun Violence is Gun Violence: Two Students on What’s Changed After Parkland and What Hasn’t

by Jacklynn Blanchard
April 20, 2018 at 10:36am
Of her eight classes, Kenidra Woods only feels safe in one. Read more »

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House Proud : The troubling rise of stay-at-home daughters

Winter 2010 • Confidential

“Daughters aren’t to be independent. They’re not to act outside the scope 
of their father. As long as they’re under the...

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Sister Soldiers: On Black Women, Police Brutality, and the True Meaning of Black Liberation

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by Tasha Fierce
Spring 2015 • Law & Order
Unless you’re looking for their names, you won’t find the stories of all Black women shot and killed by police officers in the past five years in the discourse surrounding police reform. Read more »

Mad Science: Deconstructing Bunk Reporting in 5 Easy Steps

Spring 2008 • Wired

British scientists have uncovered the truth behind one of modern culture's greatest mysteries: why little girls play with pink toys. Is it...

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Where My Girls At: Meet Two of Ferguson's Black Queer Activists

by Erica Cardwell
April 27, 2015 at 3:26pm
Amid national discussions of police brutality and systemic racism, Black women have been the loudest and most consistent voices demanding change. Read more »