feminism

feminism

herstory in our pants

lgbt history

Rebel Girls: Meet (Some Of) the Gal Pals of the Suffrage Movement

We’ve broadly written off intense and deep relationships between these fearless suffrage leaders as “friendships” for years, but it’s worth considering what we’re erasing when we do.

Carmen —

May 13, 2015

feminism

LGBT history

lgbt history

Rebel Girls: 7 Suffragists You Probably Didn’t Learn About in School

I wanted to take today’s lesson as an opportunity to totally school you on the suffrage comrades they didn’t teach you about in school, but there’s a ton, so I…

Carmen —

Apr 29, 2015

feminism

Internet Activism

geekery

For Us, By Us: These Apps Are What Happens When Girls #HackForGirlsRights

Girl coders from around the world accepted a challenge in February to design websites or apps that increase girls’ access to safe spaces online and in their physical communities. Here’s…

Carmen —

Apr 24, 2015

autostraddle live

event

community

You Should Go: Come Talk About Queer and Feminist Media With Us at UW Madison!

Next Tuesday, any of y’all who live in or around Madison, Wisconsin are in for a real treat.

Carmen —

Apr 23, 2015

feminism

harlem renaissance

book lists

Rebel Girls: Consider This Your Women’s Herstory Month Syllabus

I want us to embark on some serious herstorical journeys through time, but I simply cannot condense herstory into one post, so I’m gonna condense everyone else’s pieces, books, movies,…

Carmen —

Mar 4, 2015

feminism

people of color

geekery

Women of Color in STEM Face Double Jeopardy, New Study Finds

The current body of social psychological work on gender bias in STEM has disappointingly (but not unsurprisingly) focused almost exclusively on the experiences of white women. This study does better.

Laura Mandanas —

Jan 29, 2015

broad city

Daily Fix

book lists

Sleater-Kinney and Broad City Compare “Vag Badges,” Tell You What to Read, Watch and Listen To

Seriously Carrie Brownstein could tell me to buy her dinner and I’d be like “No problem Carrie Brownstein. I’m a little tight for cash right now but you get that…

Hannah Hodson —

Jan 21, 2015

feminism

gender identity

gender

Rebel Girls: Waiter, There’s Some Theory in My Gender

SPOILER ALERT: Gender is (sort of) a myth.

Carmen —

Jan 7, 2015

beyonce

country music

music

2015 Grammy Awards: Beyoncé, St. Vincent, Tegan and Sara Nominated

Beyoncé is officially the most-nominated female artist ever, Malala Yousafzai (sort of) and Elizabeth Warren can add “Grammy Nominee” to their resumé and lesbian country singer Brandy Clark earns two…

Mey —

Dec 6, 2014

feminism

personal essay

health

Sober in the City: A Feminist Walks into AA

“If a group I was attending was still printing, distributing, and teaching from a book that was blatantly racist or homophobic, I would get up and leave and/or advocate for…

Ginger Hale —

Dec 4, 2014

feminism

rebel girls

lgbt history

Rebel Girls: 5 Bad Theories on Gender and Sex From Way Back When That Still Impact us Today

Not everything science has given us has made our lives better.

Carmen —

Nov 12, 2014

Daily Fix

feminism

politics + activism

Why The Anti-Street Harassment Movement Needs to Involve More Women of Color

While men of all colors perpetrate street harassment, addressing it in communities of color calls for specific intra-community solutions rather than broad condemnations of male privilege.

Hannah Hodson —

Nov 5, 2014