A White Woman’s Privilege
…being chosen were based on how middle/upper class adult white women saw teenage girls that had been prostituted: homeless, dirty, and standing on railroad tracks. Survivors were clear that that…
Feminist Petition Fighting Anti-Trans Harassment Reaches 5,000 Signatures
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, please contact: Kim Rippere, Secular Woman President: 404.669.6727 E-mail Elsa Roberts, Secular Woman Vice President: 906.281.0384 E-mail M.A. Melby, Petition Author Email A petition…
CPCs: Not a Reasonable Option
…Instead of offering support to a pregnant teen, the center pressured her to give the baby up once it was born. Katie was adamant that she wanted to raise the…
Your Point of View is not the Default. Context Matters.
…for example, how many times have we all seen a comment thread about rape instantly turned into a thread about how men are raped also (yes, we know that and…
Bias Against Feminists
… I want to briefly describe one study to illustrate (Roy et al., 2009). In this study, people read a brief description about a woman who was not chosen for…
Moving Our Community Forward
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, please contact: Kim Rippere, Secular Woman President: 404.669.6727 E-mail Elsa Roberts, Secular Woman Vice President: 906.281.0384 E-mail – See more at: http://www.secularwoman.org/Statement_of_Objection#sthash.YyE3QrNS.dpuf FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE…
An Interview with Women’s Leadership Project
…contributions, social capital, cultural knowledge, and liberation struggle of communities of color in the U.S. and beyond. For example, during our annual Denim Day outreach we don’t just address the…
“Is this some kind of post-Apocalyptic, dystopian free for all?” A Conversation With Zinnia Jones
…are welcomed––or not––in the atheist/secular community, both online and in real life? ZJ: Personally this isn’t something I’ve had much experience with, as opposed to other big-name women in the…
Kim Rippere, President
…dancing on the head of pins, instead she delved into answering the questions surrounding what it means to be a number; what do scientific findings mean for decision making and…
Six Obstacles Standing Between American Women and the Secular Movement
The following article is a condensed republication of the original piece by the American Secular Census July 31, 2012. Read the full analysis on the American Secular Census website. The…