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Lessons in intersectionality: Gender warrior Leslie Feinberg arrested while...
“My life has been a constant roller-coaster ride, with all its loops and deep dives. But I refuse to let these rides make me feel that I have to back away from my own pursuit of happiness.” — Cece...
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A March to End Rape Culture and Gender Inequality in Boston this past Saturday
Ed. note: This post is part of the second round of the Feministing “So You Think You Can Blog” contributor contest (background here). Stay tuned all week as our six finalists take turns turns covering...
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New Favorite Tumblr: Radical Women’s History Project
On this day in 1431, Joan of Arc was handed over to be tried for heresy; in 1793, abolitionist and feminist Lucretia Mott was born; and in 1987, Aretha Franklin became the first female artist to be...
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Elsewhere on the Interwebs
Chelsea Brown’s updated Rosie the Riveter poster (above) is making a splash in cyberspace; check out her feminist (and Lady Gaga) art at her Tumblr. Corporations are people–except in the carpool lane?...
View ArticleTrans allyship within GLAAD
Ed. note: I’m off this week. The wonderful Tobias Rodriguez is filling in for me. Tobias originally hails from Texas and now lives in New York where he works in social media at a reproductive health...
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Our intersectional struggles as seen through a queer Seder
Ed. note: I’m off this week. The wonderful Tobias Rodriguez is filling in for me. Tobias originally hails from Texas and now lives in New York where he works in social media at a reproductive health...
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Weekly Feminist Reader: Mother’s Day Edition
“Very important group selfie with my SLR (no iphone baby!) – My mom, my sis and me.” — Syreeta Happy Mother’s Day! A Mother’s Day letter by Gloria Malone: “The problem with being a teen mom is that I...
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Patrick Stewart answers a fan’s unexpected question. Sex workers engage in democratic political processes. Duh. It’s not just Facebook that has an online hate speech problem. Donate to Transgender...
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How to deal with rude people and command respect starring FLOTUS in GIFs
So by now you’ve heard that First Lady Michelle Obama has a somewhat different strategy for dealing with hecklers than President Obama. This week at a DNC fundraiser in D.C., Ellen Sturtz of GetEqual...
View ArticleQuick Hit: Juanita Diaz-Cotto on women of color and the prison-industrial...
Check out this great interview with academic-activist Juanita Diaz-Cotto at Guernica. Juanita Diaz-Cotto knows she’s seen as radical. The activist academic blurs the lines that often delineate two...
View ArticleWhat we don’t talk about when we talk about Mommy Wars
I should begin by saying that I’m not a mother. I was raised by a single black mother; and our narrative isn’t unlike the stories of working class single mothers nationwide. One of struggle,...
View Article“A respect for humanity says that you respect women”
On Sunday’s show, Melissa Harris-Perry perfectly contextualizes the climate where we are witnessing state by state assaults on women bodies, privacy, and reproductive freedom protected under the 14th...
View ArticleWhy can’t I be both?: Questions on binaries, privilege and activism
“Where are you from?” I turn to the man at the bus station. Wearing mismatched army pants and an African Kufi hat, he looks like some of the other lost souls that usually try to talk to me. I sigh, and...
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“It’s like saying the word ‘feminism’ is like saying that ‘all men should die.’”
Um, no. It’s actually not. We’ve all encountered this argument against the “F word” before. But let us celebrate how deftly writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie shuts down this tired claim while...
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Not Oprah’s Book Club: College 101: A Girl’s Guide to Freshman Year
Julie Zeilinger’s College 101: A Girl’s Guide to Freshman Year is the book I wish I read four years ago when I started college. The guide advises incoming freshman on how to navigate the confusing new...
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The Population of Loss: What patriarchy does to us all
Image courtesy of Dr. Jill McDevitt In writing about the frightening Isla Vista shooting this week, I focused on what the shooting dredged up online—a cavalcade of opinions and rants that show the...
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“Tomorrow’s world is yours to build.”
Japanese-American activist Yuri Kochiyama died yesterday at age 93. Kochiyama’s long life of intersectional social justice activism began when her family was interned during World War II. After the...
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Infographic of the day: why the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a feminist issue
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict isn’t just a human rights issue. It’s a feminist one. Here’s why. Monday, I posted about the #JewsAndArabsRefuseToBeEnemies social media campaign. But why does a post...
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The Kids Were Always Alright: Breaking the Spell of Ageless Ageism
Pictured: Twitter. (Actual photo credit, still from the film Spirited Away) The belief that the world is bad and getting worse is one of the most venerable motifs of human civilization, appearing as...
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Through The Gate: What’s next for geeky feminism after GamerGate
Discourse aplenty has resulted from GamerGate; a campaign meant to silence women and critics has, in some cases at least, succeeded in having exactly the opposite effect. The cyber commons of Twitter...
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