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February 18, 2019 | Farha Khalidi | Media, Politics
Five women are running for president. Let’s focus on their policy, not their likability.

Even before the media gave these women’s political visions a chance, it has largely narrowed in on evaluating whether these women possess a single quality — one that they seem to care about only when it comes to female candidates: their likability.

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February 14, 2019 | Kalli Jackson | Feminism
Netflix’s ‘Sex Education’ is the feminist show young viewers need

Rather than follow the longstanding social script that young people should feel shame about their sex lives, Sex Education normalizes the concept of teens asking questions about their bodies and relationships.

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February 13, 2019 | Garnett Achieng’ | Education, Race/Ethnicity
The racist legacy of Kenyan schools' short hair policies

It’s not uncommon for Kenyan public schools to have a “no-hair” policy, meaning both girls and boys have to shave off their tresses, policies that are the legacy of colonialism and, as such, still perpetuate racism.

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February 11, 2019 | Ngozi Cole | Education, Feminism, Girls
Building Sierra Leone's next generation of feminists

The next generation of feminists are being nurtured in Sierra Leone, and Moiyattu Banya-Keister, a Sierra Leonean educator and feminist, has created a safe space for this to happen: Girls Empowerment Sierra Leone (GESL).

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February 07, 2019 | Lauren Davidson | Education, Immigration
New York State Just Passed the DREAM Act. Here’s what that means.

On January 23, the New York State legislature passed the Jose Peralta Dream Act. This act is a significant win for immigrant rights in the realm of higher education, as it makes an estimated 146,000 DREAMers, or minors brought to the country by their undocumented parents, who attend New York public schools eligible for scholarships and financial aid that was previously unavailable to them.

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February 06, 2019 | Amelia Burns | Feminism
Social media sites shouldn't publish ads promoting sexist propaganda

Considering that dangerous ideas have already become rampant in our country, we have to be especially conscious of and actively work against the influence of media that spreads fallacies and hate speech. 

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February 04, 2019 | Julie Graves | Feminism, Health
The horrifying legacy of controlling marginalized women’s reproductive abilities

The government still controls mothers, especially those in marginalized populations, by criminalizing their bodies and the choices they make about them. 

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February 01, 2019 | Montana Bass | Health
This podcast takes on the “mysteries” of women’s bodies

“Sex Hurts” is the first episode of “Bodies,” a podcast produced by Allison Behringer that delves into some of the physiological experiences women commonly have but individually find mysterious. 

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January 30, 2019 | Gabriel Leão | Education, Science and tech
These high school girls are launching Africa’s first private satellite

In March 2019, the first private African satellite will be rocketed into space, thanks to a group of school girls based in Cape Town, South Africa.

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January 28, 2019 | Kadin Burnett | Arts and culture, Feminism
Why haven't more progressive musicians denounced Coachella?

The media rarely covers the fact that the festival’s owner, Philip Anschutz, has donated to Republican politicians, anti-gay organizations, and organizations classified as hate groups.

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January 24, 2019 | Ariana Smit | Feminism, International
This organization is addressing the dire state of LGBT rights in Nigeria

The legacy of LGBT discrimination in Nigeria is long but has become particularly invective in recent years. The Initiative for Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights Awareness (ISRHRA), a Nigerian LGBT organization first formed in 2015, is working to combat it. 

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January 23, 2019 | Rebone Masemola | Arts and culture, Race/Ethnicity
Why South African media should embrace Afro-futurism

South Africa’s entertainment industry has historically told monolithic narratives of black lives. While these narratives do reflect the reality of many black South Africans, they are not the only experiences of black South Africans and, moreover, not the only experiences black South Africans should be told are available to them.

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January 22, 2019 | Farha Khalidi | Feminism
Do the men accused of misconduct during the #MeToo movement deserve a second chance?

Louis CK’s self-redemption asks the public: What do we expect of the men accused of sexual misconduct after they face public condemnation? Can we, should we, forgive them?

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January 18, 2019 | Pooja Tewari | Health
Why young women should be able to know their risk of developing breast cancer

After my sister was diagnosed with breast cancer at 28, I wanted to get genetically tested to understand my own risk.  I soon found out that insurance companies will not cover the genetic testing that could potentially allow me to take agency over my own health.

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January 16, 2019 | Farha Khalidi | Feminism, Violence against women
Why the Indian ban on alcohol was fueled by women

The biggest advocates for prohibition were Indian women who pointed to the access of alcohol as the cause of their drunk husbands’ destructive and even violent behavior.

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January 14, 2019 | Montana Bass | Feminism
How you can help stop DeVos’ proposed Title IX regulations

In November, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos released a proposal for new rules regulating how schools respond to issues like sexual harassment and assault. We are still in the midst of a comment period which could help stop these damaging changes.

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January 10, 2019 | Amna Nasir | Feminism, International
Dalit women's fight for equality

How truly impactful has the #MeToo and other dominant feminist movements been in India, considering that they frequently leave out the most oppressed group in the country: Dalit women.

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January 09, 2019 | Farha Khalidi | Health
Why threatening Obamacare disproportionately threatens women's health

Should the ACA be overturned, it would be the latest development in a long history of discrimination against women in the health care industry.

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January 07, 2019 | Kadin Burnett | Arts and culture
'The Favourite' is a game-changer for complex female characters in film

The Favourite leans into the intentionality of the female characters’ sexuality and of their savagery, giving each character her own agency over both of these forces and, in doing so, casting their actions as morally ambiguous.ar

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January 04, 2019 | Paisley Hansen | Feminism, Religion
Being a feminist at a conservative Christian college

Attending a conservative Christian college has been a special kind of hell for me as a feminist. But my experience has also shown me how important it is to stand up for your beliefs in the face of those who oppose you.

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January 02, 2019 | Mardiya Siba Yahaya | Body image and body standards, Race/Ethnicity
How Blac Chyna is reinforcing colorism in West Africa

That an American celebrity considered it lucrative to not only market a skin lightening brand abroad, but also travel all the way to Nigeria to promote it, says a lot about the socio-economic influence skin lightening products have in West Africa.

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January 01, 2019 | Deepa Ranganathan | Feminism
The millennial performance of wokeness

The social good our generation does is undercut by a generationally unique problem: the pressure of being “woke.”

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December 20, 2018 | Precious Ozemoya | Feminism
Why financial literacy is key to gender equality

Money is a form of power, and claiming this power is necessary for women to achieve equality. Financial equality is an undeniably crucial component of achieving gender equality. 

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December 19, 2018 | Garnett Achieng’ | Feminism
The problem with “cancel culture”

While many would agree that it is necessary to call out bigotry, the prevalence of call-out culture creates toxic online spaces that are not conducive for learning. 

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December 18, 2018 | Gabriel Leão | Science and tech
These teens created an app to help those struggling with mental health

Siblings Hannah and Charlie Lucas, who are 16 and 13 respectively, decided to use technology to do something about the teen suicide epidemic: They created the notOK app, which aims to help those in need of mental health assistance by summoning family, friends, and a network of peers for users in need of support. 


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