social justice
Bitch Media Writing Fellows
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.
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Let Monarchy Reign: “We Are the Radical Monarchs” Shows How High Girls of Color Can Soar
“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.”
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Set Yourself Free: How Generations of Black Women Have Fought Incarceration
Black women have historically fought constraint and oppression.
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Inside Job: Can We Achieve Social Justice on a Platform Built to Exploit?
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.
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Feminista Jones Wants Black Women to Reclaim Their Space
Reclaiming Our Space is a reminder that Black feminists have been using Twitter and Facebook to build offline movements.
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Flagged Down: “America First” Feminism Is Not the Future
Feminist resistance must be equally resolute in rejecting assaults on women’s rights wherever they occur.
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What Happens When Men’s Careers Are “Ruined” by Sexual Misconduct Allegations
As we now know, Aziz Ansari, like so many other predatory men in Hollywood, is doing just fine.
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American Pain: Remembering Erica Garner’s Short Life and Everlasting Activism
Erica Garner died on December 30, 2017, at age 27.
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Kin in the Game: Social Change Can’t Just Be For “Families”
Journalists, aid organizations, and politicians rarely ask us to sympathize with people not categorized as “families.”
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7 Congressional Races That Could Reshape the Country
Here’s the latest on seven key races to pay attention to today.
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