When Girls Take the Lead on 猫咪社区: 5 Stories
They started a troop focused on girls of color, exposed a human smuggling operation, and generally stepped up when adults didn鈥檛.
Women
Real Gender Equality Includes Femininity (and the Color Pink)
As feminist parents, we tell ourselves we鈥檙e trying to break down the gender binary. But what鈥檚 wrong with skirts and baby dolls?
It鈥檚 Young Black Women鈥檚 Turn in Michigan
At 23, Myya Jones is running for state representative. She鈥檚 at the forefront of a wave of Black women running for office.
In Gaza, a Focus on Creating IT Jobs For Women
A social enterprise starts up in one of the world鈥檚 most difficult environments, but one bursting with human capacity.
Stacey Abrams Wants You to Upend the Status Quo, Too
The first Black woman candidate for governor of Georgia overcame obstacles at every turn, and laid out the road map for others to follow.
Beyond Fasting: What We Can All Learn From Ramadan
It鈥檚 a holiday intended for introspection and community, something Muslims and non-Muslims alike can benefit from.
8 Things You Should Never Say to Someone Who Has Just Given Birth
Why you shouldn鈥檛 ask about sleep, weight loss, or breastfeeding. But especially sleep.
Mothers Dying After Childbirth Is a Medical Issue鈥擝ut Cultural, Too
Even as the U.S. rate of infant mortality has decreased, the rate of maternal mortality has increased. Here鈥檚 what male-dominated medicine has to do with it.
5 Indigenous Women Asserting the Modern Matriarchy
They鈥檙e reclaiming the tradition of female leadership and turning the old, white, male-dominated perspective of history on its head.
Me Too Creator Tarana Burke Reminds Us This Is About Black and Brown Survivors
There鈥檚 another 鈥渕e too鈥� story, about a movement that began a decade before it was a hashtag.
After Erica Garner鈥檚 Death, I Can鈥檛 Breathe Through the Tears
Perhaps our grief can spark people to join the movement to end the oppression.
The Problem With 鈥淪ilence Breakers鈥� as TIME鈥檚 Person of the Year
I decided to search for two words on the article鈥檚 web page: 鈥減atriarchy鈥� or 鈥渕isogyny.鈥� Zero results.
Why Police Violence Against Women of Color Stays Hidden
Data show more Black men are killed at higher rates than women, but police-misconduct attorney Andrea Ritchie says that doesn鈥檛 tell the whole story.
What Reproductive Rights Advocates Can Learn From Texas (Yes, Texas)
How folks in conservative states are responding鈥攁nd have been responding for years鈥攖o infringements on their civil rights.
A Woman in Trump鈥檚 America: 5 Simple Ways to Support Your Sisters
Here鈥檚 how to show other women you have their backs.
What to Do When Domestic Abuse Is Financial, Too
Millions of people suffer domestic violence, which can often involve economic abuse. But there are ways to break out of those relationships.
3 Maps Show Where Legal Abortions Are Hardest to Get鈥攁nd Who Lives There
1 in 3 women will have an abortion by age 45.
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