How to Fix Feminism
What if the world was set up in such a way that we could really believe — not just pretend to — that having spent a period of time concentrating on raising children at the expense of future earnings would …
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Back to homeWho Gets To Be Angry?
“When women are angry, we are wanting too much or complaining or wasting time or focusing on the wrong things or we are petty or shrill or strident or unbalanced or crazy or overly emotional. Race complicates anger. Black women …
I’ve Failed, Over and Over Again
Nobody likes to fail. But women take failure particularly hard—studies have shown that women are so averse to failure that they don’t apply for jobs unless they feel 100 percent qualified. This hesitancy is understandable: When they do fail, women …
I Was Never Raped, But When I was 11…
“Rape culture systematically shrinks your world. Through movies and music videos and friendships and strangers, you learn that your comfort and safety simply comes second. If at all. I learned all of this, and I was never raped.”
Here’s The Powerful Letter The Stanford Victim Read Aloud to Her Attacker
“A former Stanford swimmer who sexually assaulted an unconscious woman was sentenced to six months in jail because a longer sentence would have “a severe impact on him,” according to a judge. At his sentencing Thursday, his victim read him …
Why Feminism Is Good For Men
“Imagine not being considered any less of man if you…”
#SayHerName: Why Kimberlé Crenshaw is Fighting for Forgotten Women
More than 70 black women have died at the hands of the police in the past three years. Professor and activist Crenshaw, who coined the term ‘intersectionality’ in the 1980s, is determined they will be remembered.
5 Things Your Activist Friend Wants You to Stop Doing (Because You’re Wearing Us Out)
Unknowingly, sometimes even well-meaning, supportive folks add to others’ exhaustion. It’s not because they’re mean-spirited, unappreciative people. In fact, it’s usually the exact opposite: They’re waking up, too, and they’re craving more information and interactions to help them grow into …
Jessica Valenti: My Life As a Sex Object
“In her teens, strangers flashed her on the subway, teachers asked for hugs and boys joked about her breasts. Should she laugh off a lifetime of objectification – or get angry?”
We Sold Feminism to the Masses, and Now It Means Nothing
These days, feminism is on fleek. Touted by everyone from Dove to Barbie to Taylor Swift, consumer capitalism has made feminism sexy, fun, cool—and remarkably easy to claim as your own. But the price tag has been the meaning of …