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WMC News & Features
February 04, 2021 | Julianne McShane | Media, Sports
Documentary Turns a ‘Feminist Gaze’ on NFL Cheerleaders’ Fight for Pay Equity

Ahead of the Super Bowl, the new film offers a unique view of the devaluing of “women's work.”

WMC Climate
February 03, 2021 | Nyasha Bhobo | Environment
Zimbabwe’s Women Are Baking Bread. Environmentalists Are Not Happy.

Household hunger in Zimbabwe used to be confined to rural districts, but in 2019, as the economy faltered, hunger took root in cities as well. Enter the rural women baking collectives — and the environmentalists who oppose them.

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February 03, 2021 | Kadin Burnett | Media
How 'Promising Young Woman' Honestly Deconstructs Rape Culture

Beneath the film's pastel coloring, neon signage, and pop music remixes lies a grim deconstruction of rape culture, and how those afflicted by it attempt to heal from it.

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February 02, 2021 | Sofia Servidio | Health, International
A Tide of Hope for Argentina, Latin America, and the World

Argentina’s new abortion law, a result of decades of feminist organizing, is spurring hope for expanded rights elsewhere in the region.

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February 02, 2021 | Sophie Hayssen | Violence against women
Iran May Soon Outlaw Sexual Violence Against Women

Iran is on the verge of passing a landmark law that will take action to outlaw sexual violence against women.

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February 01, 2021 | Lakshmi Gandhi | Feminism
Stanford Student Christina Li Makes Her Literary Debut with “Clues to the Universe”

Christina Li first got the idea for what would become her debut novel shortly after she graduated from high school.

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January 28, 2021 | Carla Hay | Arts and culture, Media
Breakthrough Women of Color Film Directors of 2020

In an extraordinary year in the film industry, more women of color directors have made an impact than ever before.

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January 27, 2021 | Kristi Eaton | Girls
30 Girls in 27 Countries Weigh In On Girlhood Today

Former CNN and Washington Post reporter Masuma Ahuja compiled the stories of 30 girls from 27 countries around the world in a scrapbook-style book.

WMC News & Features
January 26, 2021 | Dr. Martha Lauzen | Arts and culture, Media
Study Shows Uptick in Women Film Directors, But Numbers Still Low

The overall percentage of women working on top-grossing films has barely budged in over 20 years.

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January 26, 2021 | Engie Mostafa |
Justice for Loujain Al-Hathloul

After being detained for three years, al-Hathloul finally had her first day in trial under Saudi Arabia’s Specialized Criminal Court on December 10, 2020.

WMC Women Under Siege
January 25, 2021 | Sarah Ellis | Gender-based violence, Health, International
In Mozambique, Community-Based Model for Reproductive Health Care Serves Women in Sex Trade

In a country with one of the highest HIV prevalence rates in the world, a sex worker-led health care model succeeds in serving its own community.

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January 25, 2021 | Hailey Cheng | Feminism
How The Fetishization of Asian Women Leads to Violence

The ongoing sexual violence toward Asian women is undeniably linked to widespread, hypersexualized stereotypes that have stripped Asian women of their personhood and individuality.

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January 20, 2021 | Maria Milisa | Sports
Female Athletes Still Deserve Equal Pay

The lack of television coverage of female athletes creates an illusion that there is not a significant number of female athletes worthy of admiration — that they are failing — when in fact, there are many who are very successful.

WMC News & Features
January 20, 2021 | Anna Chu | Politics
A Feminist To-Do List for the Biden-Harris Administration

There is a long list of actions the new administration and Congress should take for women and girls, but we can start with six things.

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January 19, 2021 | Joy He | Science and tech
What Young Women Interested in STEM Need to Know

The stark differences between the number of women in my STEM classes in high school and in college have sobered me to the reality of pursuing STEM as a woman

WMC News & Features
January 18, 2021 | Robin Morgan | Robin Morgan
Elegy for Innocence

On December 30, 2020, Lois Diane Sasson succumbed to COVID-19.

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January 18, 2021 | Kylie Cheung | Politics
Ohio’s Fetal Burial Law is about Surveilling and Criminalizing Pregnant People

As we mark the 48th anniversary of Roe v. Wade this month, it’s crucial to recognize the landmark Supreme Court case was about more than abortion and bodily autonomy — it was also broadly about privacy and pregnancy.

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January 14, 2021 | Jane Fonda. | Environment, Feminism, Race/Ethnicity
It’s Not Just a Climate Crisis. It’s a Crisis of Empathy and Justice.

I believe there are three global crises that are related to the catastrophes of climate and the coronavirus: racial injustice, economic inequality, and a crisis of democracy.

WMC News & Features
January 13, 2021 | Emily Wilson | Arts and culture
Coalition Showcases Feminist Art

Inspired by women's resistance, curators at more than 100 art institutions nationwide are planning exhibitions promoting social change and civic engagement.

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January 13, 2021 | Anonymous | Sports
The Treatment of Caster Semenya Proves Sexism Is Alive and Well in Sports

Semenya is banned from competing unless she artificially medically intervenes to modify her natural condition.

WMC Women Under Siege
January 12, 2021 | Raphael Tsavkko Garcia | Feminism, Free Speech, Gender-based violence, International, LGBTQIA, Politics, Violence against women
Black and Trans Women Fight for Safety and Visibility in Brazil’s Far-Right Government

The growth in political representation of Black and trans women in Brazil's city governments has not gone unnoticed by right-wing parties, making them visible targets for racist and death threats and abuse.

WMC FBomb
January 12, 2021 | Adelaide Smith | Feminism
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s Performative Promise of Gender Equality

Salman’s hypocrisy has been apparent all along.

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January 11, 2021 | Shelby Black | Politics
How This Memphis Activist Disrupted the City’s Political Sphere

In 2013, Sawyer moved back to Memphis and threw herself into local activist organizations, including Black Votes Matter.

WMC News & Features
January 07, 2021 | Carmen Rios | Economy
New Family Leave Law in Colorado Could Be Model for US

The measure, the first paid leave law to pass by ballot measure, will help workers who need it the most.

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January 06, 2021 | Catherine K. | Feminism
Argentina Just Legalized Abortion, But Other Latin American Countries Are Making Progress Too

On December 30, Argentina’s Senate approved legislation that not only legalized abortion until the 14th week of pregnancy, but also made the procedure free of charge.


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