How Zadie Smith Taught Her 7-Year-Old Daughter That Beauty Is A Waste Of Time
There is something here about time, equity, privilege, and labor.
Year: 2017
Back to home‘Heartbreaking’ Statues of ‘Comfort Women’ Appear on South Korean Buses
November 20, 2017
Art as memorial for a better present and future, not reverence for a violent and dark past.
Many Nurses Lack Knowledge Of Health Risks To Mothers After Childbirth
November 20, 2017
“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.”
This Statue Memorializes a Gynecologist who Experimented on Slave Women Without Anesthesia
November 20, 2017
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.
The Women Behind The ‘Alt-Right’
November 20, 2017
Now arriving at Gilead.
Woman Hatred, Fueled by Presidential Campaign, on the Rise
November 20, 2017
‘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, …
Why Street Harassers Speak The Same Language Across The U.S.
November 20, 2017
Turns out that just as with the phenomenon of street harassment, the language of street harassment is pretty consistent across the country.
8 Microaggressions Most #BlackWomenAtWork Have Experienced At Least Once
November 20, 2017
Check your racism at work by considering how you treat black women at work.
White Women Are Part Of White Supremacy. And We Need To Acknowledge That.
November 20, 2017
“We need to remember that white women are part of white supremacy, too.”
The Truth About Women and White Supremacy
November 20, 2017
“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?”