2013: The Year of Speaking Out
If you follow social justice movements online, you might call 2013 the Year of Speaking Out. This remarkable year saw an unprecedented level of public conversation about harassment, inclusion, intersectionality,…
If you follow social justice movements online, you might call 2013 the Year of Speaking Out. This remarkable year saw an unprecedented level of public conversation about harassment, inclusion, intersectionality,…
…“feminism is a movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression” (Hooks, 2000, p. viii) is taken as a given, and not a topic for debate. As a secular feminist…
…any god, including: health and safety, education, tax policy, discrimination, government actions, military, international, complete and total separation of church and state, scientific integrity, human rights for all, promoting peace,…
On February 8, Freethought Blogs (FtB), Skepchick, and Feminist Frequency websites were all hit simultaneously with DDoS attacks. These attacks were targeted, designed to disrupt services, and ultimately to strike…
…me tell you, at least according to the pastor, Christian men are terrible: judgmental, controlling, immature, closed-minded, comically insecure—and, less amusingly, display more than a few of the classic red…
…18-64 had been harassed by a male stranger, and over one half of them experienced “extreme” harassment, including being touched, grabbed, rubbed, brushed or followed by a strange man on…
…you know, lookie here: Companies With Female CEOs Beat The Stock Market. Covert, B., Think Progress (Jul. 2014). Female CEOs at the country’s biggest companies oversee financial results, on average,…
…of abortions, including putting employment at risk, and delaying abortions, making them potentially less safe. Legislation preventing both public health care and private health insurance from covering the cost of…
…District’s greatest needs: HIV/AIDS prevention, homelessness, poverty, women’s reproductive rights, street harassment, and more. Secular Woman Member of the Year – M.A. Melby In 2014 Marian was integral in the…
Soraya Chemaly is a feminist activist who writes about gender and culture. She appears all over the internet, in places like The Guardian, Ms. Magazine, CNN, Salon, and The Huffington…