AS OF June 7th’s presidential primaries, Hillary Clinton is now actually the inevitable Democratic presidential nominee. That this is historic is not debatable; she’s the…
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A RECENT STUDY of tweets sent in the UK found that half of the abusive tweets with the words “slut” or “whore” in them were…
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A SLEW OF RECENT BILLS have proposed making it illegal for people to use bathrooms that don’t align with the gender they were assigned at…
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SAN FRANCISCO made headlines in the beginning of April for mandating six weeks of paid leave to new parents at 100% of their salary. The…
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DYSTOPIAN FICTION: What life for women might be like if these GOP candidates won the presidency (and got their way). *Trigger Warning: mentions sexual and…
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LAST MONDAY, MARCH 7TH marked the third anniversary of the 2013 re-authorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). This landmark legislation, first passed in…
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MARCH IS A BIG MONTH FOR WOMEN IN THE SUPREME COURT, as the Justices hear arguments for two major cases of consequence for women’s reproductive…
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I AM, AND HAVE LONG BEEN, KEENLY AWARE of the fact that, had I been born in another time or in certain parts of the world,…
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BARBIE SALES have been plummeting for years, likely because of a more prominent national conversation about body image and a progressive shift toward more gender-neutral…
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IN JANUARY, news broke that South African mayor Dudu Mazibuko has implemented the “Maiden’s Bursary Award,” an educational scholarship given to girls who pass a…
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THIS MONTH SAW TWO BIG ENDORSEMENTS FOR THE CLINTON campaign, and two big disappointments for the Sanders campaign. Planned Parenthood is endorsing a candidate in…
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FROM SUGGESTING THAT nobody would want to vote for Carly Fiorina because of her face to his recent disgust at Hillary Clinton’s extended bathroom break,…
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