Politics
Hyperfocusing on Afghan Women and Girls Isn’t the Feminist Take You Think It Is
The ongoing cultural discourse around Afghan women and girls is a haunting reminder of American warmongering that co-opted the idea of feminism to push for military intervention.
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20 Years Later, Muslim Women Reflect on Post-9/11 Islamophobia
Suspicious looks. Verbal harassment. Unshakeable fear.
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“My Body, My Choice” Doesn’t Meet the Demand of this Moment
“My body, my choice” is highly individualistic and—in the end—fails to convey the ways we’re bound up with each other.
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What Just Happened: The Texas Abortion Ban
The SCOTUS decision essentially spits on 50 years of constitutional precedent protecting abortion access.
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Surprise, Surprise, Andrew Cuomo Was Never an Advocate for Women
Abusers succeed because we’re still largely comfortable allowing men to paternalistically insert themselves into sexual misconduct accountability discourse as so-called arbiters, experts, and advocates.
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5 Feminist Organizations Fighting Planet Earth’s Climate Crisis
5 feminist responses to climate change.
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Goal Tending: The NBA Dropped the Ball with Two of Its New Head Coaches
Instead of a woman coach, the league hired two alleged abusers.
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Cruel Days: America Faces the Ugly Legacy of Residential Schools
The history of forced assimilation has been intentionally erased.
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Pretty Hurts: Israel Is Still Putting a Feminine Face On Its Violent Operation
Their gendered advertising is seemingly created to sanitize the violence they inflict on Palestinians.
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#FreeBritney: In the United States, Eugenics Is Still Legal
The history of forced sterilization of disabled communities has been hidden for too long, but stories like Britney Spears’ allow us the opportunity to educate and liberate.
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