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Goal Tending: The NBA Dropped the Ball with Two of Its New Head Coaches

by Britni de la Cretaz
July 28, 2021 at 1:50pm
Instead of a woman coach, the league hired two alleged abusers.
four Indigenous children at the Carlisle Indian School sit beside each other, showing how they were assimilated into European culture

Cruel Days: America Faces the Ugly Legacy of Residential Schools

by Amanda Gokee
July 22, 2021 at 10:25am
The history of forced assimilation has been intentionally erased. Read more »
a collage of Israeli women in the IDF posing together, smiling, and touching each other's faces

Pretty Hurts: Israel Is Still Putting a Feminine Face On Its Violent Operation

by Isobel van Hagen
July 12, 2021 at 3:08pm
Their gendered advertising is seemingly created to sanitize the violence they inflict on Palestinians. Read more »

#FreeBritney: In the United States, Eugenics Is Still Legal

by Samantha Chavarria
July 9, 2021 at 1:08pm
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. Read more »
an illustration of Cori Bush, a brownskinned Black woman with long, black hair, sitting at a desk and surrounded by light blue rays

Gestational Mortality Isn’t Just a Cisgender Issue

by Sloane Jett
July 1, 2021 at 11:00am
When we’re considering marginalized people’s bodily autonomy, we must question how we perceive who is allowed to safely make a family. Read more »
a Muslim woman wearing a black hijab and glasses is photographed in profile as she looks at the sky

Hungry and Holy: Navigating Ramadan With an Eating Disorder Is No Easy Feat

by Padideh Aghanoury
May 20, 2021 at 9:58am
Even for those fasting for reasons outside of faith, the link between God and fasting feels inescapable. Read more »
an Indian woman wearing a hijab leans her head back as a swab is stuck in her nostril

In India’s COVID-19 Crisis, Social Media Does What Government Won’t

by Agnee Ghosh
May 19, 2021 at 12:18pm
Social media has emerged as a COVID-19 helpline full of flood of requests for ICU beds, oxygen, and antiviral drugs like Remdesivir. Read more »
a white gender-nonconforming child wearing a blue shirt and colorful makeup around their eyes looks confidently up at the sky

Trans Girls Are the Real Target of Anti-Trans Bills

by s.e. smith
May 3, 2021 at 9:00am
Trans women and girls, along with femme trans people who were mistakenly assigned male at birth, are subject to a uniquely intensified hatred thanks to their hypervisibility. Read more »
L.A. County Sheriff Alex Villanueva, a Latinx man in a brown uniform, poses alongside two women officers in brown uniforms as they all hold pink handcuffs

Policing, But Make It Girlboss

by Andréa Becker
April 30, 2021 at 12:54pm
If we want to protect women and their health, abolition is key. Read more »
Blue gloved hand holding vial of Covid-19 vaccine

There Will Be No Herd Immunity without Vaccine Equity

by s.e. smith
April 29, 2021 at 12:38pm
The stakes of the vaccine rollout have been huge for the disabled community. Read more »
U.S. Congressman Matt Gaetz in a blue suit and yellow tie posing in front of an American flag

Moral Panic: Matt Gaetz Embodies the Evangelical Movement’s Skewed Obsession with Sex Trafficking

by Cathy Reisenwitz
April 26, 2021 at 12:04pm
It’s somewhat ironic to see Gaetz caught up in his own culture’s favorite moral panic. Read more »

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Valuable Resources: The Ableist Fight Over Plastic Straws

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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 »

Films and TV Portray Abortion as More Dangerous Than It Is

by Erica Thomas
February 19, 2014 at 3:47pm
Films and television shows tend to present a skewed portrayal of abortion—when fictional movies and TV shows include a plotline about abortion... Read more »

Sojourner Truth, Unveiled

by Deesha Philyaw
April 29, 2009 at 2:58pm

The leaders of the [women's suffrage] movement trembled on seeing a tall, gaunt black woman in a gray dress and white turban,...

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In a Bizarre 1976 Comic Book, Spider-Man Fought the Villain of Misleading Sex Education

by Sarah Mirk
April 23, 2014 at 3:52pm
Last week, I came across a very strange comic book: in 1976, Planned Parenthood teamed up with Marvel to publish a one-off comic in which... Read more »