social justice

A Dogma in the Fight: Why Hillary Clinton’s Half-Assed Take on Trans Identity Matters

Hillary Clinton and Chelsea Clinton, two white women with blond hair, wave at a crowd during a book tour
by Heron Greenesmith
November 6, 2019 at 11:50am
A clumsy answer on trans identity was the perfect opportunity for right-wing media to hit two prized targets at once.

Backtalk: So Burning Books is Back?

by Amy Lam
October 17, 2019 at 6:00pm
This week, Dahlia and Amy get into the recent campus conflict when white students with hurt feelings thought it’d be a good idea to burn books written by a visiting author. Read more »
A photo of Lucy Flores. Flores, a Latina woman with dark hair, stands at a podium with a small smile.

Little Wins: Lucy Flores on Remaining Hopeful and Critical through the 2020 Election

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
September 12, 2019 at 4:22pm
“As people of color, as immigrants and descendants of immigrants, it feels like we’re screwed. But we’re really not.” Read more »

Backtalk: Back to School

by Amy Lam
September 6, 2019 at 2:00pm
This week, Dahlia and Amy get into the back-to-school season. Read more »

Backtalk: The Power of the People

by Amy Lam
August 22, 2019 at 2:00pm
This week, Dahlia and Amy dig into the mass protest movements across the globe. From Puerto Rico to Portland, Oregon, people are showing up to have their voices heard en masse, demonstrating that the power of people to bring down oppressive systems is inspiring and necessary.  Read more »
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Bitch Media Fellowships for Writers

by Bitch HQ
June 3, 2019 at 5:21pm
We’re pleased to announce that the Bitch Media Fellowships for Writers applications are now open!  A series of three-month intensive writing fellowships, the goal is to develop, support, and amplify emerging, diverse voices in feminist, activist, and pop-culture media. All fellows will... Read more »

Bitch Media Writing Fellows

by Bitch HQ
May 31, 2019 at 8:32pm
Bitch Media’s Fellowships for Writers program offers a series of three-month intensive writing fellowships whose goal is to develop, support, and amplify emerging, diverse voices in feminist, activist, and pop-culture media. The program is directed by Bitch cofounder Andi Zeisler.  We... Read more »

Let Monarchy Reign: “We Are the Radical Monarchs” Shows How High Girls of Color Can Soar

by Dahlia Balcazar
April 30, 2019 at 8:00am
“I began to imagine what a radical young girl’s social justice troop looked like; a group that centered and affirmed her experiences as a beautiful and brilliant Brown girl against so many societal pressures to conform to mainstream ideals of girlhood.” Read more »
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Set Yourself Free: How Generations of Black Women Have Fought Incarceration

by Joshunda Sanders
February 11, 2019 at 10:12am
Black women have historically fought constraint and oppression. Read more »
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Inside Job: Can We Achieve Social Justice on a Platform Built to Exploit?

by Adwoa Afful
February 5, 2019 at 2:22pm
The business models that have made Facebook such an effective community-building tool are fundamentally at odds with the ethics of many of the communities it helps build. Read more »
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Feminista Jones Wants Black Women to Reclaim Their Space

by Joshunda Sanders
January 29, 2019 at 9:36am
Reclaiming Our Space is a reminder that Black feminists have been using Twitter and Facebook to build offline movements. Read more »

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Trans Women Are Women. Why Do We Have to Keep Saying This?

by Leela Ginelle
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Rewriting the Future: Using Science Fiction to Re-Envision Justice

by Walidah Imarisha
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Our justice movements desperately need science fiction. Read more »

A Conversation About Transgender Representation in Pop Culture

by Sarah Mirk
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Janet Mock, on her MSNBC web show, is one of a handful of transgender people who has recently gained international visibility. Recently, we... Read more »