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Who Is Stephanie McKellop? The Teaching Assistant Is Under Fire For Supporting Black Women In Their Classes
Fight move: Progressive Stacking
"She was generally conceded to be the worst-tempered woman in the Nonviolent Movement," Michaels said. "But she was also an organizer whom others followed to the ends of the earth."
"We are a rare community, we need to let our tribal officials know that we're here and we need their respect."
"Fingernails scratch down the chalkboard of my mind when I'm trying to decide how to respond to someone calling me a lady an hour after another person has mistaken me for a man and grabbed me by the collar of my coat to pull me out of the women's restroom."
"Men need to step up and accept our central role in combating the sexism and harassment that stand in the way of true women's equality."
If you're going to mourn one, make sure it's the right one. If you're not sure which one to mourn, mourn them both.
"They suppress our anger for a reason. Let's prove them right."
"The trouble is if no one does it, things fall apart and you end up having to step in after the bill hasn't been paid, the kid's had cold pizza for lunch every day, the car didn't get registered and mold grew on piles of wet towels."
Before Danica Roem, Althea Garrison was the First Trans Woman Elected to a State Legislature in 1992
"This is a friendly reminder to keep an accurate account of our history. Black and trans people are often overlooked and actively erased from the history books. Let's do our part to actively combat that."
It's hard to be what you don't see...but now there are stock photos to highlight realities for women in STEM!
Actively seek to counter this evidence - call on women for their ideas and give due credit!
And many of these workers are women...
"Now, not only does Johnson share a cover with black female superhero, she also serves as a real-life superhero for young people of color interested in comics, gaming, and all things geek culture."
Will someone write a song about this so it's easy to remember? (646) 926-6614
The Women's Convention may be over, but the work is just beginning.
"This election made me feel like obviously anyone can hold elected office, literally anyone!"
"Students say there needs to be a fundamental shift in admitting that teachers and administrators come in with their own set of biases, which they may bring to creating and enforcing school rules."
"One new rule offers an exemption to any employer or insurer that objects to covering contraceptive services 'based on its sincerely held religious beliefs.' Another regulation offers a new exemption to employers that have 'moral convictions' against covering contraceptives."
"Their bodies – abundantly curvaceous – are familiar, yet wildly underrepresented. And the level of chill they have achieved is a glimpse into the radical self love many of the artist's fans desire for themselves."
"We see body image positivity everywhere we turn, but who really gains from the movement, and what's really at stake?"
Auto Journalist Jacalyn Trop on her career, sexism in the auto industry, and how Tesla owners mansplain to her the most.
See others how they see themselves.
"Ultimately, Hefner never set out to create a true sexual revolution. He set out to create a sexual revolution that would benefit him."
"Kate can embody a character and bring it to life and make it funny. But there's also always something empathetic about her characters. And although the writing might not be kind, she is. That's her genius. You can't make the audience fall in love with a character you don't like."
"Presenting female writers as sexualized and frivolous diminishes their intellectual credentials, tarnishes their work as slight, not to be taken seriously."
The era of Cardi B is here.
"I don't think it's a coincidence whose pain has been taken seriously. Whose pain we have showed historically and continued to show. Whose pain is tolerable and whose pain is intolerable. And whose pain needs to be addressed now."
"Every act of witnessing and documenting becomes important."
Children are our future and we should nurture their abilities to surpass us.
Achieving Change Through Values-Based Behavior aims to teach abusers to respond differently to their thoughts.
Don't sell yourself short by mislabeling your labor emotional labor. Call it was it is - it may not be emotional labor, but it's still LABOR.
"Weinstein could ensure that these women would never work again if they humiliated him. That's not just artistic or emotional exile—that's also economic exile."
"If you read this and think, "This just doesn't go on in my department," you are wrong."
"Black women are being widely credited for saving the day in Alabama, and that credit is one small step in the right direction. But we don't need thanks — we need you to get out of the way and follow our lead."
"The recent outpouring of complaints from women about mistreatment in the workplace has included numerous accounts of being ignored, stymied or retaliated against by human resources units — accounts that portray them as part of the problem, not the solution."
A quick message for men to work through their pain.
"Harassment is enabled by a system: the boss, the human resources department (if there is one), a workplace culture of disregard. Harassment is at its most effective in such an enabling environment."
"Rather than focus on whether individual men are misogynists or feel deep hatred for women, we would do well to spend more time wrestling with the power structures that not only allow for endless sympathy and space for men's poor behavior, but also—most crucially—help teach men that women are supposed to behave in certain ways."
"To actually prevent harassment, companies need to create a culture in which women are treated as equals and employees treat one another with respect." Here are some strategies to intervene and support others!
"When Mexico was devastated by an earthquake, La Brigada Feminista was there to help, whether men wanted them to or not."
"Give because Black women show up to save the country time and again."
Look back at the major stories that shaped the our misperceptions about eating disorders through interviews and archival footage.
"What IS being asked of you is to acknowledge that white privilege DOES exist and not only to treat people of races that differ from yours "with respect and humor," but also to stand up for fair treatment and justice..."
"But it's not enough that predators realize they need to watch their words. They also need to consider their deeds — or be hit with more than a slap on the wrist. I certainly hope that's what the future holds. I'd hate to think students must wait another 45 years to see real change."
"Wilson-Beattie is determined to challenge mainstream ideas around what it means to be desirable. She believes that embracing your body—for both able-bodied people and those with disabilities—is key to feeling sexy."
"Teach your child that their body is their body and it belongs to them."
"The reckoning appears to have sprung up overnight. But it has actually been simmering for years, decades, centuries."
"We don't see the career opportunities women lose because of sexual harassment or the intense stress it causes a woman dealing with it when she comes to work each day."
"A new power. Can there be one for men, free of humiliation, shame and violent assault against women? Women who are their wives, daughters, mothers and friends sitting next to them on couches? And what would it take to achieve it? That's the question for men and their text chains right now, not the question of how soon they can…
"How often are we manipulated into prioritizing the abuser over the abused? How often are we being suckered into a side of a debate that we shouldn't even be having?"
"Some might argue that the general evolution of discrimination from obvious to subtle may be evidence of social progress. Unfortunately, however, our research shows that the new kinds of bias can be even worse than the older kinds."
A Black teenage girl has a 1 in 18 chance of going to prison in her lifetime, while it's a 1 in 111 chance for her white counterpart.
A long list of free and critical readings about intersectionality, privilege, and identity politics!
"A 36-time Vogue cover girl is an unlikely candidate to launch a charity that has taught more than 500 young women how to code. But the 25-year-old has leveraged her giant social audience--some 12.6 million followers across platforms--to grow a burgeoning nonprofit that aims to balance the scales of software engineering's gender disparity."
"The facts show that domestic violence is a very clear warning sign that people outside of the family might also be hurt in the future."
"We already know how to reduce sexual harassment at work, and the answer is actually pretty simple: Hire and promote more women."
There are many ways to move forward other than defaulting to the systems we've inherited.
"There are so many things going wrong in our world right now, when we're given the chance to do something right ― to treat another person the way they want to be treated so that they can be, even if just for a moment, happy and whole ― we should do it. End of story."
"Native women suffer the highest rates of violence of any racial group in the US."
"I feel the weight of something much greater when I'm out in public, even when the only thing a stranger has laid on me are his eyes."
"Bee and Silverman did something that no one else has: They straight up acknowledged that they're a part of the community that has traditionally fostered men like C.K. and Franken."
"It was precisely because of where he worked that Stiller felt certain he was witnessing a widening social — and medical — movement. Even here, a stream of transgender patients was coming into his waiting room, asking for help."
"The performative theory of gender that I proposed then accepted that we are all born into social norms and conventions that define our genders, but that we can also craft our genders within that scene of constraint."
"Stay here, in this difficult place. Stay here actively. Breathe through the discomfort and pay attention to what it's telling you. Listen to women. Believe women. There will be a lot to learn, and a lot more to unlearn."
"I love Louis. But Louis did these things. Both of those statements are true, so I just keep asking myself, 'Can you love someone who did bad things? Can you still love them?' I can mull that over later, certainly, because the only people that matter right now are the victims."
From victim blaming to a lack of support, there are many reasons victims of sexual violence do not come forward.
"Portraying his subjects with exuberance and a hint of kitsch, Wiley embraces queerness as a lens, challenging the shallow assumptions that often beset young black men."
"Tiffany Haddish praise-danced and joked her way through her debut on SNL Saturday night, becoming the first black woman standup comedian to ever host the legendary show in 43 seasons."
"Following multiple sexual misconduct and harassment allegations against producer Brett Ratner, Gadot has reportedly said that she will not return to the franchise if Ratner will continue to profit off of it. "
Don't be like Jan.
Are there any listed that were new to you that you will share with men in your life?
Oh, such subtle lies.
"The way that saviors are doing the work, and the way it's supported by activists seeking a savior, only serves to perpetuate inequity and sow discord. And that has a lasting, if not permanent, effect on marginalized people involved in movement work, who are already less visible."
"If this is a moment of historical social change, it is worth looking at what led us here."
There's a very strong pattern here.
The very last line of this piece is so disturbing.
"I doubt I'm at the top of any of these women's lists. And I'm not the kid I was in high school. But I also know those aren't the only times I've made a woman feel uncomfortable, vulnerable, or nervous."
In case you missed this clip about some kid heroes. We see you too, Batman.
Celebrate your local heroes!
If you can talk about uteruses together, you should also be able to talk about race together.
"The drama looks at the juxtaposition of several segments of life and society in 1980s New York: the rise of the luxury Trump-era universe, the downtown social and literary scene and the ball culture world."
To men, from a man. Share with men in your life because a woman didn't have to write this one.
"I kept thinking about how this damage wouldn't have been done if doctors had taken me seriously earlier."
"If you want to support Black women in comedy — as controversial as it sounds — don't just watch Black women in comedy. Watch Southeast Asian women in comedy, watch queer people in comedy, watch disabled people in comedy. The more you support diversity, like, across the board, the more diversity there will be."
Many white women are working "for free" for the rest of the year, while most women of color have already been working "for free" for much longer.
"Professionally ambitious women really only have two options when it comes to their personal partners — a super-supportive partner or no partner at all. Anything in between ends up being a morale- and career-sapping morass."
Meet Tarana Burke, the founder of the #MeToo movement.
"If we can accept this fact, we can finally implicate all of us in much broader, more entangled systems of violence—and grapple with much more comprehensive and desperately needed questions around accountability..."
It's easy to start here.
The internet can be a very scary place for women.
"Hill's testimony also electrified women in the United States, who for the first time saw someone publicly calling out what so many of them endured in the workplace. She sparked a political movement that led to an increase in the number of women serving in Congress."
For real though. Let's talk about skill, talent, and how we (don't equitably) recognize it (in women).
Parents and Scout leaders have had mixed reactions to the announcement.
"The threat of harassment can stop women in their tracks."
"Patients of female surgeons were 4% less likely to die, be readmitted or experience complications 30 days after their surgery compared to patients of male surgeons."
"Even in an industry in which sexual harassment has long persisted, Mr. Weinstein stands out, according to the actresses and current and former employees..."
Willenbring writes that her goal is to prevent "another young, female student bearing the brunt of his misogyny."
"The Supreme Court's landmark decision on Wednesday closed a legal loophole that has historically allowed perpetrators of rape to escape punishment."
And ESPN suspended her.
Jennifer Brea Documented her Chronic Fatigue Syndrome on an iPhone so Doctors Would Believe Other Women
Unrest follows the lives of Brea and other women as they navigate their chronic fatigue syndrome, and the stigmatization of their illness by their doctors.
Big news! Excited to see how this will inform our cultural discourse.
And more of these professors are women.
"When you turn and look back down the years, you glimpse the ghosts of other lives you might have led. All your houses are haunted by the person you might have been."
Did you know about his history with Marilyn Monroe? It's not good.
"There is nothing she would rather do than teach. But after supplementing her career with tutoring and proofreading, the university lecturer decided to go to remarkable lengths to make her career financially viable."
"If the government doesn't know how many LGBTQ people live in a community, how can it do its job to ensure we're getting fair and adequate access to the rights, protections and services we need?"
Stand up for the trans community...because this administration seems intent on doing the exact opposite.
"There's an obvious link between angry young men and social unrest, and history points to a connection between frustrated marital aspirations and upheaval, such as the tension caused by the demonization of poor unmarried men by the Qing dynasty ruling class."
"Mansplaining" to the core. And this level can only be deliberate.
"The U.S. infant mortality rate among African Americans is more than twice as high as it is for white babies." Cities like Baltimore are working to change that.
Talking about the health of our communities (and understanding their needs) is a very important thing to do!
"That cake tho..." Just no.
"I believe women are smart enough, wise enough, and strong enough to make their own choices about their bodies and lives."
"Not all trans and gender-nonconforming people feel "trapped" in the bodies they were born into. So why is that still the dominant way to think about trans experience and identity? Maybe it doesn't have to be."
"Getty Images will no longer accept images with models whose bodies have been digitally augmented to look larger or smaller."
A note from Melinda Gates.
"Cruz worked nearly nonstop on the ground — walking the capital's streets and doing what she could for those she met."
We have some serious problems.
"Our experience of gender is so influenced by language. When you're writing you're creating all this new language around something. The listener gets to experience gender in a new way."
Read to the very end for the mic drop.
Dressing emotional abuse up as "girl drama" or "dyke drama" magnifies the problem by masking the seriousness of the situation and turning emotional abuse into a normal part of how girls and women are supposed to relate to each other.
One of the greatest!
Follow up on the follow up.
The kids are alright.
Hepeated: When a woman suggests an idea and it's ignored, but then a guy says same thing and everyone loves it.
"80% of nominations for top jobs in the Trump administration have gone to men – putting Donald Trump on track to assemble the most male-dominated federal government in nearly a quarter-century."
Old news by now though, right? How many studies does it take to start looking into the most effective ways to correct for bias?
"No, all is not well. Black women are rising up and saying that this nation is sick and the sickness is contagious. Positioning centrism as radicalism when contrasted with white nationalism is sick."
Immigrant women are often the first to be exposed to the abuses of unfair labor practices. Meet the women fighting to change that.
"The idea that emasculated men try to reassert their masculinity through non-environmentally-friendly choices suggests that in addition to littering, wasting water, or using too much electricity, one could harm the environment merely by making men feel feminine."
As a parent, what's it like raising a transgender child? And what about the child — do they feel loved and supported throughout their transition?
"That our focus has been so preponderantly on the sending, not requesting, of sexts underscores the exact problem we need to address. We accept and perpetuate the boys-play-offense and girls-play-defense framework because it is so atmospheric as to be almost invisible."
Share your shine (and your platforms) with those who deserve it!
Bugs are for girls, too. This is such a cool story!
The enormity of violence against women is not new. It may be new to some people who are just now starting to listen and pay attention, but as always when it come to those who articulate their experiences oppression, elements of shock and surprise called "newness" are more revealing of one's own privilege and complicity than a supposed increase in…
There are a lot of systems in place that prevent people from speaking up.
Know the history of Black feminists who have moved the movement.
Nice guys don't wear down women's boundaries to "get the girl."
"As someone who has had both male and female partners, she believes that emotional labor doesn't need to be a gendered issue. Rather, it comes down to some serious constructive communication."
"The only Native American lawmaker currently serving in the Idaho Statehouse announced Thursday she's running for governor in 2018."
"The misogyny might look different than you would have expected it to in the 1950s, but it was still there, it was still ingrained."
How about men boycott Twitter? How about men strike for International Women's Day? How about men take on the economic and social burdens of calling out toxic patterns of gendered socialization?
Women were largely left with the labor of explaining why wage parity matters, and why telling diverse stories matters, and why having more women and people of color occupying positions of power in all industries in America matters.
Sounding less like an acceptance speech and more like the State of the Union for a nation desperate for hope, Winfrey's impassioned delivery underscored the raw power of the words themselves.
"Don't leave what happens to your body when you die to someone else. Making informed decisions about your death is a feminist act, and an important part of your legacy."
Not angry - she's passionate and she cares....BUT if she IS angry, it's also probably because she isn't being heard or taken seriously...
"Bev is beset on every side with misogynistic abuse — even when the filmmakers want to frame such treatment as love."
"The U.S. Department of Education has rescinded two pieces of Obama-era guidance that told colleges how they should handle issues related to campus sexual assault, and has replaced them with new interim guidance, the department announced on Friday."
Talk about herstory.
Did you see the animated video? Keep it. Save it. Refer to it!
Wow. This is some political will in action to make culture change!
"It feels counterintuitive to suggest that straight black men as a whole possess any sort of privilege—particularly the type of privilege created for and protected by whiteness. "
This is powerful - especially the comment about who is often the most qualified person in the room to deliver a new human.
"The 20th anniversary edition of The Ethical Slut, out September 15th, has been significantly updated and expanded from its humble debut, including sections to poly pioneers, black poly activism and yes, shifting attitudes towards polyamory within a new generation. They acknowledge that millennials reading the book today will not have been raised in the same context that Hardy and Easton…
"Women writers are often conflated with their narrators—as if we can't consciously construct fictional worlds from the ground up and can only write diary entries."
Reflection on how we and our cultural norms have changed is something to be encouraged!
"A white identity was constructed for me 25 years ago and now unraveling this construct – and asking some of my Irish family to unravel it with me – feels like a Sisyphean task."
"We've had a lot of intervention programmes and it's not moving the needle. We are exploring this strategy in order to try something that's better."
"These contemporary scholars, poets, activists, and filmmakers continue a long legacy of Indigenous feminist resistance. For Indigenous people and settlers/allies alike, it is crucial that we listen to these voices, honor their wisdom, and empower their work."
"A celebrity does not have to be explicitly political to become a massive celebrity. But her image must subtly suggest a solution — or, at the very least, provide a salve — to the tensions in a societal moment. And in this moment, the vast majority of white women, regardless of their personal political persuasions, serve as inflammations."
"The grass-roots movement for "menstrual equity" is being fueled by thousands of women who are intimately familiar with the anxiety and embarrassment that comes from not having a tampon or pad when they need one."
When you hear about "white tears," reflect on this...
"As Trump uses the highest office in the country to deliver xenophobic, anti-immigrant messages, we need more examples that challenge this narrative. We need more stories that delve into why people immigrate to the United States, that places the blame on the country for lacking paths to citizenship and not people for failing to do "the right way."
200,000 People Downloaded Her App Within Two Weeks, and Forbes Magazine is Calling Her "The Next Steve Jobs"
Hold the phone. This is an awesome story!
Interesting analysis on The Deuce.
"People don't survive 20 years of incarceration with any kind of grace unless they have the discipline to do their reading and writing in the chaos of that place," Ms. Jones said. "Forget Harvard. I've already graduated from the toughest school there is."
In line with our recent posts about the politics of medicine, doctors biases, and the responsibility to respond to the needs of women, this is good.
Firsts: The Women Who are Changing the World features Ava DuVernay, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Ilhan Omar, Oprah Winfrey, Serena Williams, and more!
"Ms. Windsor had originally gone to court simply to obtain a tax refund. But for thousands struggling for gender equality, the stakes went far beyond tax advantages available to married heterosexuals, including Social Security, health care and veterans' benefits; protection in immigration and bankruptcy cases; and keeping a home after a spouse had died."
"Juchitan plays a special role in Mexico. The city of 100,000 is home to the country's indigenous Zapotec people, who run a matriarchal society."
How gender impacts access to - and service around - healthcare is a very important personal and political issue.
In Major Supreme Court Case, Justice Dept. Sides with Baker who Refused to Make Wedding Cake for Gay Couple
"The DOJ's decision to support Phillips is the latest in a series of steps the Trump administration has taken to rescind Obama administration positions favorable to gay rights and to advance new policies on the issue."
"Even though I rushed to clean the spot with bleach and disinfectant, I was sent home. The next time I reported for work, they told me I was fired and asked for my badge. They told me I lacked high standards of cleanliness. I never heard anyone get fired for anything like that before."
We stand with our students and the Women and Gender Advocacy Center at Colorado State University. We believe survivors.
"There's so much subtlety in the sexism and racism in this industry that you either have to call it out and risk being shunned, or move past it and find your own entryway. I'm definitely in the latter category."
Cashing in on diversity is not inclusion. It's exploitation.
The American Journal of Public Health surveyed 1,355 female rape survivors from ages 16-61, and found that nearly all of them paid an average of $950 in health care costs. Some survivors accrued up to $8,900 in charges in the first month alone.
The prison system is a labor system that uses bodies. No doubt about it.
We were given a terrible blow today with the announcement to end DACA. Support undocumented immigrants in your community by sharing these ten affirmations and letting them know you stand with them!
Our national ethos wants us all to believe that opportunities come from hard work (with no cognizance of privilege), and yet economic inequality continues to strip people of opportunity no matter how hard they work.
Note: Mental gymnastics required.
This is why Teen Vogue is awesome. Because awesome women are leading it. And they believe that girls can do awesome things.
Treat yourself!
"They asked recruiters to follow up with the candidates to offer fuller responses and address other concerns. The company realized it needed to take extra time to convince women that it truly valued them."
When imaginary men are more respected than real women.
Misogyny is bad no matter who you are, and the oppressed can also be oppressors.
Some insight on how patriarchy has undercut Black Lives Matter. This is a good read.
It's polite to move for people. But the point here is that *some* people occupy the world like they are entitled to it. Exhibit A: Manslamming.
Did you know? "While Anthony and Stanton are in history books — and will soon be on the $10 bill — their failure to check what many perceive as their racism worked against Black women who were also denied access to the ballot box."
"Breathtaking, isn't it? To be so wedded to your theory of white superiority that you will bet your life on it, even in the face of clear evidence to the contrary."
#LetHerSpeak. Try this fight move this week!
"Men run everything, and it's enough already."
"Women already perform the bulk of emotional labor ― the psychological phenomenon of unpaid, often unnoticed labor that goes into keeping everyone around you comfortable and happy. But during the holidays, this work ramps up."
"Gender differences may not lie in how women act, but in how people perceive their actions." #Bias
And do they typically target women?
"Deans and chairs are often advised to protect new faculty of color and women from doing too much service and encourage them to focus on what is most important: research. What we rarely see is a call for white men to do more service."
"I was often cast as the villain — incompetent, greedy, aggressive, and cold...For a long time I didn't challenge those stories, because I wasn't ready to talk about my experience in detail. Now I am."
"Part of fighting misogyny in the current world is having a really clear sense of what the structures of thought and the structures of society are that have enabled androcentrism in different cultures, including our own."
Of course girls are funny, and the implications around who gets to be funny and why go much deeper than we often recognize. Laughter, like anger, is powerful, and it can be powerfully directed to dismantle and challenge the status quo.
Remember who did this.
"The guide advises parents to "go the extra mile to compensate for some of the less-healthy messages your daughter may be getting from other sources" by exposing them to accomplished women of all shapes and sizes."
"To describe something as being black and white means it is clearly defined. Yet when your ethnicity is black and white, the dichotomy is not that clear. In fact, it creates a grey area."
"In other words, sexual harassment may entail behaviors that on their own would be criminal — assault or rape — but the legal definition of its harm is about the systemic disadvantaging of a gender in the public and professional sphere."
"Men sexually harassed because they could. Women are talking today because, in this new era, we finally can."
"If there is support for Rose McGowan, which is great, you need to be consistent across the board. All women stand with all women."
"An Indiana police force placed a female captain on paid administrative leave after she told a fellow officer that he benefited from "white male privilege."
Good news! Because you're here, you're already on your way with #1.
"It doesn't surprise me obviously because I think that most women, if not all women, have a story but it's also for me about other things. … We just need to find a way in our culture to start believing women."
Lorraine Dixon is one of a growing number of women left to take care of men recovering from years of playing football.
Ten years later, yet still as relevant as ever. "While the study found some overt discrimination in the form of harassment or explicitly sexist remarks, many of the concerns involved more subtle "deeply entrenched inequities."'
The Quiet Crisis Among African Americans: Pregnancy and Childbirth are Killing Women at Inexplicable Rates
"This is a crisis." In May, the center published its first report: "We Can't Watch Black Women Die."
In the spirit of the week of remembering and honoring our trans community members, keep your L's in check. You can do it!
"We can do so much together if we take a step back and reflect on the fears that may drive our discomfort, the assumptions that may cause us to exclude."
"Muslim women - like all women - have every right to a commanding voice in this moment of opportunity to expose patriarchy's crimes."
Research shows that even 'progressive' child care is shared unequally between heterosexual spouses.
State Senator Gayle Goldin: Why Speaking Out Against Sexual Harassment Backfires for Women in Office
"Sadly, for many women in office, if you start speaking truth to power, power talks back—by killing your bills, changing your committee assignments, and smearing your reputation."
"When it comes to corporate ambition, women of color are far more likely than white women to say they aspire to a top executive role...Yet black, Latina and Asian women still hold only 3% of C-suite roles, compared with 16.7% of entry-level roles."
A must read. "Tell your story. Let us never again be silenced."
"Are you a man who wants to genuinely move past the wrong you've done?" There is a path forward - and here are some first steps you can take.
"We shouldn't create narrower beauty standards in the name of body positivity. True body positivity means being inclusive of every size, whether a person presents as hyper feminine, androgynous or butch."
"Promoting abstinence until marriage as the only legitimate option for young people 'violates medical ethics and harms young people' because such programs generally withhold information about pregnancy and STD prevention and overstate the risk of contraceptive failure."
This is pretty awesome. Don't forget that people like to have fun!
This is a huge loss. Gender is a likely factor here in the sort of stories Wall would write, as well as the unequal risks women face (from men, most likely) while freelancing.
This is (un)surprisingly consistent across so many disciplines.
"In the field of art history, the white Western male viewpoint, unconsciously accepted as the viewpoint of the art historian, may—and does—prove to be inadequate not merely on moral and ethical grounds, or because it is elitist, but on purely intellectual ones."
"We have come to accept, as in so many areas of life, a vision of freedom whereby the illusion of choice is a modesty slip for unspeakable everyday violence."
Here's another super simple list of to-do's to make it extra easy to change basic actions and behaviors.
Before you don a sexy Day of the Dead Halloween costume, know this: you might offend someone.
"Many educators and students noted that the goal is not just teaching kids to be accepting of trans or gender nonconforming people. Instead, it's about loosening up the whole idea of gender, for every kid."
"This is just objectifying myself for someone else's sexuality..." And women can do differently!
"Studies are crystal clear about the benefits of access to no-copay contraception. For every $1 spent on contraception, $7 are saved."
"Men will be fined for lecherous, aggressive behavior or anything deemed harassment under the policy."
"These girls are magical in their own way. Like the photo of the women rubbing honey on her belly—where does that honey come from?"
Violence against women is tied to definitions of manhood.
"Their aim is to not only help women take charge of their sexual health, but also promote philanthropic causes that support women's rights that feel under siege."
"The whole reason I abstained from boycotting was the fact that I could not get behind the insulting transparency of taking up arms for Rose McGowan but leaving black women like Jemele Hill and Leslie Jones to be devoured by the wolves."
"It's beyond a hashtag. It's the start of a larger conversation and a movement for radical community healing."
In case it really does require more explanation...
This is crucial reading material on something very few people know how to do.
Imagine how different things would be if we believed those who know their own oppression.
No. No. No. Say it loud so you never have to defend that you never learned how.
"Protestors are marching against 'the propagation of state-violence and the widespread incarceration of Black women and girls, rape and all sexualized violence, the murders and brutalization of trans women and the disappearances of our girls from our streets, our schools and our homes.'"
If we are committed to addressing threats of violence to the people in our country, we need to be addressing the deadly violence of white men.
Those leading Silicon Valley's gender equality push said they were astonished that just as the movement was having an impact, it opened up an even more radical men's rights perspective.
Mornings Are Dark, And I Lie In Bed, Wrapped In Fatigue. I Cry Often – Chimamanda Adichie On Her Struggle With Depression
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie writes about her struggle with depression, her denial, as well as acceptance of an illness that is common among creative people.
"In every single place, girls are given the message that they are weak, that they are vulnerable. That their bodies are a target."
"So, while these medications are not risk-free, Yonkers says "it should be reassuring that we're not seeing a huge magnitude of an effect here."
Looks like a great way to be in community!
"The high number of such actions show that the abusers themselves were not aware of or did not recognize their actions as dating abuse."
Donate if you can to help with relief!
Prediction: Girls are going to change STEM.
"The researchers devised a way to neutralize this amplification phenomenon—effectively forcing learning software to reflect its training data. But it requires a researcher to be looking for bias in the first place, and to specify what he or she wants to correct. And the corrected software still reflects the gender biases baked into the original data."
There is something here about time, equity, privilege, and labor.
Clever. Effective. On Point.
Did you know Colorado State University just launched a pilot program offering free period products in nearly 40 of our all gender restrooms? It's true!
Life is messy and so is Issa and that's why we love her.
Get out your notepads and take some notes. This is a boss way to hold your space.
Taking YouTube tutorials to another level with super #smartgirls representation!
One of the best articulations of white privilege because there are so many names and links!
Equity Tip: Don't rationalize the gaps. Support efforts to close them.
Now arriving at Gilead.
Art as memorial for a better present and future, not reverence for a violent and dark past.
If you are ever tempted to simplify social, economic, and political disparities down to biological differences, this piece explains why it's inappropriate to explain them away.
Solnit has given us much more than the ever-useful term, "mansplaining."
Blaming victims for their experiences doesn't change the world into what we want to believe it is - a just place where seemingly "normal" folks don't do bad things.
Dolls ride dinosaurs into battle, dump trucks haul colorful bracelets, and fire-breathing dragons loom over wooden train stations. This is what an average day looks like on the playroom floor at Egalia, a kindergarten in Stockholm, Sweden.
The TV documentary Fabulous Fashionistas stars six women who explain the evolution of their personal style, resist the little old lady stereotype, and embrace their lives with enthusiasm and wisdom.
What does solidarity look like? Solidarity work is about building power with communities. It's about stepping back and opening space for marginalized voices. It's a hundred thousand silent and unrecognized acts of bravery against injustice.
"Gender identity under whiteness is a tool, not an end. How do we get to that end, that world in which all of our genders or lack thereof aren't used as the basis for our inhuman treatment? That is the question."
Women from 13 cities across Europe talk about what it's like to walk alone. Some experiences do span country and culture.
Today is #BlackWomensEqualPay Day. July 31st.
"Intimate Partners" murder women. But this article didn't even mention the gender of those most likely to be murderous intimate partners. It's men. Almost half of the women murdered will be killed by the men they "do life" with.
"The best person to assess an abuser's future dangerousness, as well as the lethality of the situation, is the victim."
Postpartum anxiety is common, crippling and under-recognized.
"We're truly inspired by Hadid's ability to overstep traditional gender norms by wearing her boyfriend's sweater when it's waaay too chilly in here!"
"Nonbinary survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault are asked to find safety in seemingly impossible places—the home and the body. As people in the galaxy between the binaries of man and woman, we are often not treated as "real" or believable"
Take Away: Raising Kids Is Hard. Moms Need Support. Period.
These parents are teaching their transgender children that they are loved, confident, and so much more.
"Women who aspire to power evoke far more resistance, both overt and subtle, than they expected would be the case by now."
"It's a leadership issue, not a transgender issue."
"The most important thing we did was normalize acknowledging that everyone has biases, whether they recognize them or not..."
If you don't have to think about such things you've got more going for you than some bootstraps.
"Not all people who menstruate are women, and not all women menstruate." #BleedingWhileTrans
"Telling children the truth about sex isn't giving permission for them to have it — and this is the most important part — because when the right time comes, nobody has the right to deny them permission for sex but themselves."
"Until cis people — especially heteronormative men — are able to interrogate their own toxic masculinity and realize their own gender performance is literally killing trans women, cis men will continue to persecute trans women and blame them for their own deaths."
Make sure to say, "Thank you."
"But for black girls, home is both refuge and where your most intimate betrayals happen."
They live here! FYI.
This video is about much more than you might think! The history of science, politics of knowledge (and ignorance) production, pathologizing of sexuality, men claiming to "discover" things that women have lived with - literally - forever...
Families are made of all sorts and sizes!
"Anger itself is no more or less than the human heart rebelling against injustice, real or imagined, and often it has damn good reason."
So-called "bathroom bills" would mean these two would be #BathroomBuddies.
"Most faculty harassers are accused of physical, not verbal, harassment, and more than half of cases -- 53 percent -- involve alleged serial harassers."
"Williams describes her character in the film as "authentic to me and the women that I have in my life."
"When we, the viewing public, question the photo manipulation and objectification of women's bodies, do we acknowledge our own role in shaping the media? Do we understand that the way women's bodies are treated by the media only reflects and reinforces deep-seated cultural attitudes?"
"Although gender and sexual orientation should not matter in a political race, this year has proven that one thing does: representation."
"Black girls exist at America's most damned intersection: They are black. They are girls. And as R. Kelly abuses them, we too abuse them in our silence."
"White women have always played a role in propping up white supremacy and toxic masculinity."
Presumptions around "normalizing" surgeries for those who are born intersexed are deeply rooted in the cultural desire to maintain a clear-cut gender binary.
"Are youth experimenting with gender bending? Yes, absolutely. But they are not in distress. They are bending in solidarity with a movement to dismantle an obsolete set of gender rules, and stand in solidarity with their trans friends and the community."
"Bravery is learned. Build it into our girls' hearts, brains and bodies now and we'll raise a new generation of badass female forces."
"As young women, their very presence on stage is making waves throughout the conservative corners of their community and even Indonesia as a whole."
"Over a dozen women in their teens and early twenties gathered outside the Texas Capitol building to protest a new state law they say racially profiles the Latinx community. A big difference between their protest and others? Many of them wore ballgowns."
How three women ultimately decided the fate of the GOP's push to overturn the ACA.
Some of the suggestions at the end are as reasonable as they are radical.
The Silicon Valley entrepreneurs just launched a website offering real advice and resources for victims of sexual harassment.
Would you enjoy playing this game? Would you enjoy this being your real life?
These stories are gross, and grossly inappropriate. Share with the men in your life and remind them of their role to stop "nice guys" from being awful.
Sandra Musujusu's research focuses on a type of breast cancer that commonly affects black women.
The goal is to emphasize that Lever as a company cares about the topic of diversity and inclusion. This approach leaves people comfortable to continue the conversation, instead of feeling scared or intimidated that they might say the wrong thing.
"Blake sees strict dress codes as a way of targeting certain students without using racial language. By using certain restrictions on hairstyles and dress, school officials are enforcing the policing of black youth."
"I wish we would stop talking about racism and start talking about white supremacy."
When fashion meets capitalism meets cultural exploitation meets women's underpaid labor.
Meechy Monroe empowered black women to embrace the natural hair movement: "Being natural is much more than a look. It says, for one, that you're accepting of who you are, how you are created, and that you have the confidence to go against the norm."
"Teen parents tend to have less education and are more likely to live in poverty and have chronic medical conditions. Thirty percent of teen girls who have dropped out of high school cite pregnancy or parenthood as a reason."
"In all of this work, voices of black girls themselves should be front and center to the work... We encourage black girls to raise their voices about this issue and, of course, for adults to listen to them."
This is outrageous. And the article just keeps going....like a rape-supportive culture that looks away from celebrities, icons, and leaders who have a record of assaulting women.
India's vast disparity between rich and poor means members of a newly moneyed class are able to hire domestic help for low pay, with no contracts and few legal obligations. Take note, tensions among women are often the byproduct of oppression among women.
"White anti-racism is not a trend; it is not something to try on like a garment and take off if you don't like the fit."
Jodie Whittaker will be the first woman to play the Doctor since Doctor Who first aired in 1963.
"The 40-year-old mathematician, a professor at Stanford University, was the first Iranian woman elected to the US National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in May 2016, in recognition of her distinguished and continuing achievement in original research."
"While it should be clear to all of us that Serena Williams is a boss, one journalist's casual sexism (a.k.a, failure to acknowledge her accomplishments as a woman) suggests otherwise. Thankfully, British tennis star Andy Murray was there to remind him."
There are so many other ways to talk to one another and raise strong, empowered girls.
"Put simply, women who give birth in the US have a greater risk of dying relative to other rich countries — and the problem has been growing worse at a time when America's peers have continued to make pregnancy safer." Did you know that Texas has "the highest maternal mortality rate in the developed world"?
The 23-year-old Arizona native is leaving Colorado State University a newly minted Ph.D. in biochemistry – the youngest ever from the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Hello, Doctor! #GoRams!
"Coming outside with your best on and, like, looking really fly is subversion, is resistance, because, in spite of all of this, I'm alive. "
Swift offers strong deflections of victim blaming, and her comment about the photo is pretty on point.
"Do we really believe the men holding torches in these photographs live in some sort of single-gendered society, or that the women they interact with hold no sway in their communities?"
"We need to remember that white women are part of white supremacy, too."
Check your racism at work by considering how you treat black women at work.
Turns out that just as with the phenomenon of street harassment, the language of street harassment is pretty consistent across the country.
"But perhaps the primary tool in combating sexism in politics is each training program's network — the scores of alumnae and other women who've held office who can assist the newbies at every turn."
"By failing to alert mothers to such risks, the study found, nurses may be missing an opportunity to help reduce the maternal mortality rate in the U.S., the highest among affluent nations."
'Hatred of women' is a strong way to put it, but maybe it's necessary to start stating it if "sexism" and "misogyny" don't carry the connotation to convey how the lives, freedoms, and well-being of women have always been threatened, especially by men.
White supremacy is so deep that you may not have even known to look for it in the history that led up to your most recent visit with a gynecologist.
"Black women, regardless of marital status, were most likely to see their futures as tied to those of other women and consistently voted democratically and held progressive attitudes." And once again, most Black women consistently show up for women in ways that many other women...well, seemingly do not.
Transgender identities are nothing new.
"In the ideal, yes, academia has the potential to be a model for equity and justice; in reality, academia is more often than not a white man's world with garnishes of elevated rhetoric."
Emily Quinn explains it all!
"The typical female staffer in Trump's White House earns 63.2 cents per $1 earned by a typical male staffer." Money talks.
According to this study, companies overlook the challenges that women of color face, and women are 18% less likely to be promoted than their male peers. Read the full report to find out 6 ways companies can level the playing field.
"This has ignited a contentious debate both in and outside the trans community, with various sides accusing each other of bigotry, harassment, censorship, and damaging the fight for trans rights."
"I felt like I had to tolerate it because this is the cost of being a nonwhite female founder." The women of Silicon Valley are speaking out against sexual harassment.
"There is a lot of misinformation still out there about sexual response and what is considered "normal," driven home by patriarchal ideals about what vaginal orgasm "should" look like."
When the man who abuses you is also a cop.
Even where there's been progress, the pros don't outweigh the cons.
No amount of racism or sexism can change the FACT of Serena's absolute awesomeness.
July 1 is a big day in Oregon!
"When women challenge Trump politically, he insults them physically."
Question: Where does sexism and racism NOT have an impact on access to opportunity?
The numbers speak for themselves.
THE GRAN VARONES is helping answer that.
The heterosexual marriage market is tough - particularly for ambitious single straight women.
When entrepreneurship responds to needs of diverse communities! Check out the video of these amazing women and their product.
Strange things happen when women agree with men's compliments of them.
All bodies - and the lifelong journeys we take with them - are transitional and valid.
"Octavia Bürgel writes about growing up with a noteworthy, Black, female, artist as her mother."
This comic shows you why...and how to work with it.
Well, the fragility of masculinity sure seems to have escalated quickly.
"Trans people deserve more from feminist and queer communities."
It's not just jilted lovers anymore.
"New study suggests female professors outperform men in terms of service -- to their possible professional detriment."
Harassment and victim-blaming? Surprise, surprise.
Bodily sovereignty isn't just sexual. And, it's everyday stuff.
It sounds ridiculous when you say it that way...
'I'm not sure this is rape, but …' What a law student found when she asked women about 'stealthing.'
Sexual assault has a new manifestation- and victims are struggling to define it.
It may not mean what you think it means.
Janet Mock Talks "Owning" Her Truth As a Young Trans Woman in This Exclusive Audio Excerpt From Her New Memoir
"Today I no longer evade or deny my truth; I own it without leaving parts of myself behind."
Transgender women of color are murdered at much higher rates than the rest of the population- and it may be worse than we think.
"Her testimony provided much-needed nourishment for those of us starved for the sight of powerful women on the public stage and thrilled to see one facing down the kind of arrogant mansplainers that are part of our everyday lives."
As Ms. Watson said, "It says something about how we perceive the human experience."
CU-Boulder study: Women, minorities penalized — and white men rewarded — for valuing diversity at work
"Women and minorities who advocate for diversity in the workplace often receive lower performance reviews, while their white male counterparts are rewarded for the same behavior."
Thordis speaks about why she went on this journey, what she learned, and what she wants people to know about sexual assault.
We're so feminist.... right?
Not all mothers are celebrated- but BLM is working to make it so.
"The American medical system has focused more on fetal and infant safety and survival than on the mother's health and well-being."
A picture is worth a thousand words.
Look who's talking.
"This is what revolutionary black love looks like."
The trans experience is not one-size-fits-all.
Do men find you threatening? No problem, get your weakness kit now!
Balance is key... but it doesn't work.
"Buck a stereotype and heal yourself."
"Why doesn't she just leave?" Frequently, leaving an abusive partner can increase the danger to the victim.
"If we look closely and deeply at women's lived experiences – relationships with men included – enduring gender inequalities and the toll they take become apparent."
For black women, anxiety and higher education often go hand-in-hand.
Intersectional feminism necessitates conversations about race outside of the black-white binary.
"Hate-watching "Girls" provided a way for me to navigate my feelings ― not just about buzzwords like "representation" and "diversity" but, quite honestly, about white girls."
White privilege is real...and measurable.
Sometimes, you just gotta pause and breathe... then do better.
"An artificial intelligence tool that has revolutionized the ability of computers to interpret everyday language has been shown to exhibit striking gender and racial biases."
Hair removal is rooted in gendered social control.
Women's platonic friendships are every bit as important - and complicated - as romantic relationships.
"Intuitively, it still makes no sense to me that my cute, smart friends couldn't find someone to be with. Yet even as I remain confident in my judgment, it's clear our Tinder experiment showed how skewed my perceptions are—that maybe the dating world isn't as kind to femmes as I thought it was."
To the moon and back! Get it!
Maybe the problem is in the one who "seeks" not the thing that "hides"...
Trans people are highly vulnerable to sexual assault. So why are they so often left out of the conversation?
Does it suck that the author's child has to constantly affirm her gender to others? Yes, sure. But that is happening because we constantly impose gender on others - not because some people have a more supportive approach to loving and affirming trans youth.
It's much more than semantics.
In many cultures, domesticity is marked as feminine - and women are exhausted.
Sexual assault can happen to anyone - regardless of gender. These men quote their attackers.
"I'm trying to study every place a black woman has been," she says. "I'm finding out it's endless. There's something before being 'black' and we're not taught that." Hence the name Moor Mother, reclaiming a pre-modern black identity.
A parent and educators guide for getting - and keeping - girls engaged in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math!
Emotional labor can take a huge toll if it's not reciprocal.
Have you ever caught yourself saying these things?
"The women at Wylder Goods had a big dream: to create the world's first online outdoor-gear retailer for women, bust into an industry overrun by bros, and save the planet. All in four not-so-easy steps."
Why we need to change how we talk about women.
"I wanted the hashtag to make the invisible visible, to challenge non-black people to stand with black women not just when this happens on television, but in the cube right next to them."
"There is nothing more important than advancing the STEM fields — and those groups who are underrepresented within them. One area in desperate need of examination is the way we teach mathematics."
"In the last 40 years, we have had 9 Muslim women heads of state."
"New data shows that women are underrepresented in the highest levels of leadership because they are being forced out by dated workplace structures."
"...even though they would help other white women in the same situation."
#ItsOnUs to intervene.
"The word - Equality - has become an empty signifier, underlying a larger definitional problem in regards to the mainstream women's movement."
"A movement of black midwives is working to stem the rates of African-American babies dying for preventable reasons."
"Periods are a bloody mess, both literally and figuratively."
'"I bet every single one of these girls has a story to tell," he observes, without leaving enough time for any sort of response."
"The roles of these characters are more profound than what meets the eye."
"But perhaps a more important distinction between the two feminists is that Davis identifies as a feminist activist, while Adichie is a novelist who identifies as a feminist."
They switched signatures for two weeks and came to a shocking-for-him, not-so-shocking for her revelation.
These aren't just films with a female lead, but films that explore various facets of women's lives — without reducing their characters to maternal stereotypes.
"Before Roe v. Wade, abortions in America were still a reality, but far more dangerous — and often deadly. Four women shared their stories of that reality."
"...the truth is black girls and women are still some of the most vulnerable members of society."
"As time went on, people were not seeing me as being Latina. They were seeing me as Arab."
"Pregnancy is no longer considered a state of confinement."
This Latina is making comic book history!
"Over the course of the past year or so, there have been a number of studies that have emerged detailing the gender bias against female instructors in student evaluations."
Let's go over the basics.
The photos depict a man who is finally at peace with his body and how the outside world views it.
"Something truly unique happened recently on the internet: A comedy website made rape jokes that were actually funny. "
"On January 21, 2017, millions of people around the world participated in The Women's March... But for many transgender people, the march was a painful reminder of the limits of the mainstream feminist movement."
Start here.
Solange Knowles is all about intersectional feminism.
Ever wondered why people are using "Latinx"? This video will explain.
"For the first time, The Associated Press now permits journalists to use "they" as a singular pronoun."
"Black women have been historically left out of feminism."
"All women are united by the fact that our labor is undervalued. A feminism of the 99 percent, and the strike which celebrates it, brings together women workers in solidarity with one another."
Care about the issues — but only those that actually affect you? Then white feminism is for you!
Meet the Argentine Women Behind Ni Una Menos, the Feminist Collective Angela Davis Cites as Inspiration
"You're seriously asking me to give Angela Davis advice?"
"Can a 3-D printed model of the organ change views on female sexuality?"
Are brands who make overtures to female empowerment with their products also going to be accountable on a systemic level? "Because the former without the latter isn't really progress, it's pandering."
"While this glossary cannot cover every possible identity a person might have, it provides definitions for some of the most common vocabulary necessary to understand the layered world of gender."
"Society has "defaults" that normalize certain identities – white, straight, male, cisgender, able-bodied, and more. When you're in a position of privilege, you might think marginalized people are just complaining about nothing."
You've heard of Afghanistan. But these numbers are staggering.
"The woke misogynist is also harder to pin down than the garden-variety progressive man who just happens to have a blind spot when it comes to women."
"There is more than just one way of being a woman."
It's hard to argue with science.
"The military is still struggling with how to handle sexual assaults in its ranks." Apparently. This is bad.
"Yes—but it needs to be popular to become a mass movement."
Don't worry - Playboy has got you covered.
"It is the ultimate in white privilege, really, for a white woman to see that diamond, all shiny and hard and unbreakable, and pluck it for her own, like it's a gift from Tiffany's, with seemingly zero regard for the pressure, the heat, the pain it went through — that we went through — to earn that shine."
"Women supporting women is a beautiful thing."
"The truth of the matter is that pretty much anywhere in the world men tend to think that they that are much smarter than women. Yet arrogance and overconfidence are inversely related to leadership talent..."
"White feminism, white women who believe themselves to be just and 'well-meaning,' are also contributing to white supremacy."
"Thanks to space-making platforms like Tumblr and Instagram, these self-identifying brujas are connecting online to decolonize and find healing through intersectional feminism."
"Basically, Watson did not diss [sic] Beyoncé. She shared a critique, then circled back around to the point, concluding that Bey's music and image was indeed a strong, powerful, and essential voice for all feminists."
Glory Edim of Well-Read Black Girl book club has some suggestions for your 2017 shelves.
"Dr. Pauli Murray was an unheralded pioneer who argued civil rights cases, challenging discrimination based on race and gender."
Some so-called experts aren't experts at all - and their rhetoric can cause harm to women.
"This is an important Black History Month PSA"
Sex Workers get real about the industry.
Laverne Cox explains that bathroom laws are ultimately about whether trans people allowed to exist in public space.
"What powerful political woman is mocked for her clothes, is the target of pictures on Twitter depicting her as haggard and is routinely called a witch? If you guessed Hillary Clinton, you're right. But if you guessed Kellyanne Conway, you're right, too. Misogyny, it seems, remains a bipartisan exercise."
"New research has found that university professors exhibit a bias in favor of their white male students..." Surprised?
"Black transwomen are most likely killed by an acquaintance, a significant other, or pushed into a deadly circumstance created by family rejection... The family rejection, interpersonal violence, and transphobic norms are highly perpetuated by people like me - Black cisgender women."
"The teen's bad behavior helped make her a viral star, but it's also highlighted the double standard between the ways Black and White teens are treated."
"We, women, struggle every day to get our space in the workplace and the right to express ourselves. When we get there, Manterrupting reduces our participation...what's the point of having more women in a meeting room if nobody hears what they have to say?"
"56% of men believe sexism is over. Are they ever wrong."
"I don't like white women because I'm not particularly fond of the construct of whiteness or what it represents. I also don't appreciate those who are complicit in my oppression and benefit from it."
"It's going to require more than you're bargaining for. Activism will change your life."
Celebration of women filmmakers triggers heated debate among Salma Hayek, Jessica Williams, and Shirley MacLaine
"When I talk about feminism, sometimes I feel like being a black woman is cast aside."
This mastectomy survivor doesn't need nipples to feel sexy.
A Muslim-American entrepreneur saw a need in her community so she created a beautiful space for celebrating beauty.
"Do not ever shame a black woman for announcing her pregnancy." *explicit language*
"Three women from North Carolina discuss how the Trump administration is affecting their lives, and how collective resistance will move America forward."
This is what a microaggression looks like.
"If my Baba was stuck in an airport because of a Muslim ban 39 years ago, he would have never fallen in love with my mama."
"Stewart, for the first time ever, publicly used the word "gay" in reference to herself. It was a radical opportunity to challenge and change minds."
There's a lot of talk about the transgender community, but if you aren't in the know, these conversations can feel exclusive or downright confusing. Let's break down the basics of gender, gender identity, and yes, do some much-needed Transgender 101.
"Remember that your goal is helping the target, not fighting the harasser. "
Let's let this woman's story remind us: There's no wrong way to have a body.
"When you show kids the possibilities that open up when they're not trapped by the binary, they'll start to see the world as a place of far more opportunities. They'll grow to see people and gendered concepts as they truly are, and start to discover who they really are as a person."
Though a growing number of transgender Americans are coming out, it has been a long road of evolution that constitutes the transgender movement.
This is how you do intersectional feminism.
This is the rare box-office win to get excited about. It's not another reboot or sequel, nor an extension of an existing franchise. It's a story about great black women underserved by history. Hidden Figures deserves every dollar it will make — and it's going to make a ton of them.
"Trying to emulate the Ivanka model without her financial means is a precarious path...For white working-class families, where women often work out of necessity and who also believe in the importance of divergent responsibilities for men and women, that dissonance sows significant marital conflict."
This 20-minute documentary follows Abby Hansen, a stay-at-home mom turned vocal advocate for Ordain Women.
"[T]here were times I thoroughly believed that no one wanted anything to do with me. I told myself that it was all a lie, but the structural emasculation of Asian men in all forms of media became a self-fulfilling prophecy that produced an actual abhorrence to Asian men in the real world."
Dr. Alexander Guerrero and members of CSU's Standing Committee on the Status of Women Faculty discuss the implications of the lottocratic approach for promoting greater equity in faculty service assignments and for faculty governance.
Because clear communication is a prerequisite for consent...and other good things.
Until the government takes on child care as a public good, there are fortunately employer-funded models that seem to be working.
So-called "women's work" is consistently undervalued and underpaid - until white men start taking those jobs...
Studies also suggest building empathy is more effective at dismantling bigotry than calling people out.
"Approximately 32,000 fewer patients would die if male physicians could achieve the same outcomes as female physicians every year."
We've rounded up wise words and advice from famous women who have lived through dark moments and aren't afraid to talk about it.
"This year, amid growing dissent over how it handles these kinds of cases, Stanford changed its procedure in a way that victims rights advocates say favors the accused."
20 years ago, Subaru was ahead of the marketing curve and, "[l]ike nerds who grow up to confront their bullies, Subaru executives came to realize that the people opposing the acknowledgement of gays and lesbians were not as imposing as they seemed."
These ol' (inverted) gender tropes!
Who holds it all down...IN THEIR HEADS...because others often don't pick up the slack? Women do, that's who. Give their brains a rest!
Stop competing with other women. "When you meet a woman who is intimidatingly witty, stylish, beautiful, and professionally accomplished, befriend her. Surrounding yourself with the best people doesn't make you look worse by comparison. It makes you better."
"While previous research has shown that early and mid-career female academics take on more administration and "caring, supportive and collegiate" roles than men, acting as a brake on their promotion chances, the latest interviews show this trend continues when women reach more senior positions."
This article is just as good, year after year.
Despite the awfulness, stellar writing by people of color provided clarity, comfort and insight in even the darkest moments this year. Make 2017 great by learning from some crucial voices of 2016.
Many cultures have had models beyond the male/female binary and heterosexuality for centuries. In fact, views on these subjects in certain Native American traditions—as they existed before colonial disruption—might be seen as progressive by today's standards.
Serena Williams IS the greatest. And she describes her experience with things that are "blatantly wrong and blatantly unfair and blatantly racist or sexist" with gut-wrenching honesty.
Here's a solid refresher on what the gender-pay gap looks like on a global level, what contributes to the inequity, and what we can do about it.
A clinical trial of contraceptives for men was halted because of side effects—side effects that women have dealt with for decades.
From superheroes to first love and all the comedic life moments in between, here are five of the brown and Blackest, super LGBTQIA+ reppin' comics on the internet to get your self love meter all the way maxed out.
Here's how she plans to make it count - from writing to hiring to mentoring, she's doing it differently.
You'll recognize A LOT of these images. "These waters run deep."
Rendered invisible in so many accounts, they were in fact doubly brave, fighting a dual oppression—marginalized, trivialized, humiliated, and dismissed for being both black and female.
Both Democrats and Republicans have remained virtually silent on the national stage in the face of the terrifyingly high rates of rape, sexual trafficking, disappearance, and murder of Native and Indigenous Women.
Aimed to inspire young girls to dream of more than being rescued or fitting into patriarchal cis-gendered dreams, the book contains 100 tales of empowered, intelligent women who have fought adversity to get where they are.
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Laurence Philomène is challenging the lack of non-binary representation by photographing her friends as their ideal selves, set against her vivid fantasy backdrops.
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When she became homeless at 15, she decided to take action.
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Recent studies highlighted in Elle magazine show millions of women are injured during childbirth. While "injury" is a nice way to put it, something more contestable is happening in the labor and delivery rooms of hospitals across the country and the world.
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Choose From Three Options
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Promotional value expires 90 days after purchase. Amount paid never expires. Not valid for clients active within the past 12 month(s). Registration required. Limit 1 per person, may buy 1 additional as gift. Limit 1 per visit. Valid only for option purchased. For class passes, must activate by expiration date on voucher; membership expires 60 days from activation date. Merchant is solely responsible to purchasers for the care and quality of the advertised goods and services.
About A Chat with Changing Gears, Inc.
What services does your business offer and what makes your business stand out from the competition?
Service!!!! From the warm greeting you receive at the door and comfortable, inviting atmosphere, to being able to reserve the actual bike you will ride via our #BookYourBike feature to data tracking, to the cool fragrance infused towels each rider receives, it's all about service and we know it.
Exercise is challenging. How do you keep clients motivated and engaged?
We have awesome instructors that use music videos, real ride footage, imagery to inspire you! We also feature data tracking on the bike via power meters and email your results to you! Yoga- we have blocks, bolsters, blankets, straps that our instructors use to help everyone find their pose.
What was the inspiration to start or run this business?
Retired from the corporate world. Wanted to build a business that put smiles on people's faces! Both me and my partner have been cycle instructors at BIG gyms that offered "one size fits all" classes. leaving Pros being under challenged, and newbies crushed. We knew we could do it better!
What do you love most about your job?
We are doing what we love and we love what do. We love all of your stories and want to create an atmosphere where you love to be here. All we really want to do is ride my bike with our friends. Really it can be that simple can't it?

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Sterling Necklace Silver Pearls Beads
This is a wonderful estate fresh necklace that is often called "silver pearls".
The beads are hand soldered.
Beads measure 3/8" in diameter. They are hollow but have thick walls so there are no dents or splits.
Strung on cable.
Weighs 39 grams.
Necklace is 25" long.
They have not been cleaned or polished to preserve the original patina and value as vintage.


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The tallest skyscrapers, the quickest automobiles, the fanciest eating places and probably the most unique resorts and golf equipment. When westerners consider Dubai, fishing is about the very last thing we think about, if we consider it in any respect. However on the coronary heart of this quick, trendy metropolis lies an incredibly intact conventional fishing tradition alongside a blooming fly angling trade. Performing because the Anthony Bourdain of this culture-and-recreation oriented movie is Colorado-based angler and movie veteran Frank Smethurst. Becoming a member of with Captain Nick Bowles and Emirati angler Mohammed Al Faour, Frank unveils acquainted and surprising sides of this iconic metropolis, within the desert and on the water.
Fishing is the activity of aiming to capture fish. Fish are typically captured in the wild. Techniques for catching fish consist of hand gathering, spearing, netting, angling and also capturing. Fishing may consist of catching water animals besides fish, such as molluscs, cephalopods, crustaceans, and also echinoderms. The term is not typically applied to catching farmed fish, or to water mammals, such as whales where the term whaling is better.
Fishing Data
According to the United Nations FAO stats, the overall number of commercial fishermen and also fish farmers is estimated to be 38 million. Fisheries and also tank farming offer straight and also indirect work to over 500 million people in developing countries. In 2005, the worldwide per head intake of fish caught from wild fisheries was 14.4 kilos, with an extra 7.4 kilos gathered from fish ranches. In addition to offering food, contemporary fishing is additionally an entertainment activity.
Fishing is an old technique that dates back to at the very least the beginning of the Upper Paleolithic period concerning 40,000 years back. Isotopic evaluation of the skeletal remains of Tianyuan guy, a 40,000-year-old contemporary human from eastern Asia, has actually shown that he frequently took in freshwater fish. Archaeology attributes such as shell middens, thrown out fish bones, and also cave paints reveal that sea foods were important for survival and also eaten in substantial quantities.
During this period, lots of people lived a hunter-gatherer way of living and also were, of need, continuously on the step. Nonetheless, where there are early examples of permanent settlements (though not always permanently inhabited) such as those at Lepenski Vir, they are generally related to fishing as a major resource of food.
Englishmen dogger was an earlier kind of sailing trawler from the 17th century, but the present day fishing trawler was developed in the 19th century, at the English fishing port of Brixham. By the early 19th century, the fishermen at Brixham needed seriously to expand their fishing area further than previously as a result of ongoing depletion of stocks that was occurring in the overfished waters of South Devon. The Brixham trawler that evolved there was of a sleek build and had a large gaff rig, which gave the vessel sufficient speed to create long-distance trips out to the fishing grounds in the ocean. They certainly were also sufficiently robust to be able to tow large trawls in deep ocean. The fantastic trawling fleet that built up at Brixham, earned the village the title of'Mother of Deep-ocean Fisheries.
This extremely models made large scale trawling in the ocean feasible for the first time, producing a massive migration of fishermen from the ports in the South of England, to villages further north, such as for example Scarborough, Hull, Grimsby, Harwich and Yarmouth, which were points of access to the big fishing place in the Atlantic deep water.
The tiny village of Grimsby grew to become the greatest fishing port in the world by the mid 19th century. An Act of Parliament was first obtained in 1796, which authorised the construction of new quays and dredging of the Haven to create it deeper. It was just in the 1846, with the tremendous expansion in the fishing industry, that the Grimsby Dock Company was formed. The building blocks stone for the Royal Dock was laid by Albert the Prince consort in 1849. The dock covered 25 acres (10 ha) and was formally opened by Queen Victoria in 1854 as the initial modern fishing port.
The amazing Brixham trawler spread across the planet, influence fishing fleets everywhere. By the finish of the 19th century, there were over 3,000 fishing trawlers in area in Britain, with merely 1,000 at Grimsby. These trawlers were sold to fishermen all over Europe, including from the Netherlands and Scandinavia. Twelve trawlers went on to create the nucleus of the German fishing fleet.
The first steam powered fishing boats first appeared in the 1870s and used the trawl system of fishing along with lines and drift nets. We were holding large boats, usually 80–90 feet (24–27 m) in total with a beam of around 20 feet (6.1 m). They weighed 40-50 tons and travelled at 9–11 knots (17–20 km/h; 10–13 mph). The first purpose built fishing vessels were designed and produced by David Allan in Leith, Scotland in March 1875, when he converted a drifter to steam power. In 1877, he built the initial screw propelled steam trawler in the world.
Steam trawlers were introduced at Grimsby and Hull in the 1880s. In 1890 it absolutely was estimated that there were 20,000 men on the North Sea. The steam drifter wasn't found in the herring fishery until 1897. The last sailing fishing trawler was built in 1925 in Grimsby. Trawler designs adapted as how they were powered changed from sail to coal-fired steam by World War I to diesel and turbines by the finish of World War II.
In 1931, the initial powered drum was developed by Laurie Jarelainen. The drum was a round device that was set to the side of the boat and would draw in the nets. Since World War II, radio navigation aids and fish finders have already been widely used. The initial trawlers fished over the side, as opposed to on the stern. The initial purpose built stern trawler was Fairtry built in 1953 at Aberdeen, Scotland. The ship was much larger than any trawlers then functioning and inaugurated the era of the'super trawler '. Because the ship pulled its nets on the stern, it may lift out a much greater haul of up to 60 tons. The ship served as a basis for the expansion of'super trawlers'around the globe in these decades.


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