Do Haitian Black Lives Matter to Us, by Mary Beaudoin
A look at the past history and immediate unrest in Haiti before the recent assassination of Moise.
8M: Latin American women prepare for record feminist marches
"The streets will be painted green and purple, and the shouts of “Latin America will be all feminist!” will be echoed in the main capitals of the region."
Why Fight? African Feminists Emphasize Key to Global Peace
Peace is quintessentially a woman’s issue, most clearly when the continuum of male violence against women in its private, social and structural dimensions is grasped.
Kavanaugh Hearings: Toxic Masculinity is Endemic to the Far Right, Henry Giroux
An interview of Henry Giroux on the Kavanaugh Hearings: Government run amuck and the ramifications beyond the hearings
Tomgram: Mattea Kramer, When a Voice Tells You You’ll Never Be Enough
Decent [Trump] may not be, but he does give unambiguous voice to the (usually more subtle) ways in which women are judged for their looks and often dismissed as incompetent because of them.
Tomgram: Mattea Kramer, When a Voice Tells You You'll Never Be Enough
Decent [Trump] may not be, but he does give unambiguous voice to the (usually more subtle) ways in which women are judged for their looks and often dismissed as incompetent because of them.
Rebecca Solnit Tackles the Silencing That’s Quieted So Many Women
Solnit draws on an equation that has preoccupied women writers from Virginia Woolf to Audre Lorde: that silence is a form of marginalization.
Belén Fernández | Zumba-Thons and Other Non-Solutions to Violence Against Women
In continuing to violate nations and people at will, the U.S. could very well qualify as a pandemic in its own right.
Belén Fernández | Zumba-Thons and Other Non-Solutions to Violence Against Women
In continuing to violate nations and people at will, the U.S. could very well qualify as a pandemic in its own right.
Bina Shah: Women’s Bodies Were the Ultimate Battleground of War-Torn 2014
"When there is conflict in unstable nations, the tide comes in with the strength of a tsunami to drown out the precious advances women have made there." By Bina Shah Huffington Post December 18, 2014 When we speak of international women's rights, it's tempting to think of them as a destination -- a large, glittering city More
▶ Laura Flanders: Kate Clinton and Urvashi Vaid — What Makes Revolutionaries Irresistible?
What turns us on to social movements? Is it the same intoxicating energy that draws us to our romantic partners? How do people in politics learn to laugh and what do we need to do to see meaningful change in our lifetimes? Tuesday, 24 June 2014 13:00By Laura Flanders, GRITtv | Interview truthout.org [youtube=http://youtu.be/rj7xnzNtnf0] Kate Clinton and More
Cartoon: Shooting Star (Isla Vista)
By Jen Sorensen Daily Kos June 3, 2014 To be clear, I have no problem with how the Isla Vista shootings have led to a discussion of misogynist hate groups and violence against women. That's an important conversation to have. What I'm criticizing is the folly of obsessing over details of a shooter's life and broadcasting More