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July 05, 2018 | Jenny Warburg | Immigration
Families Belong Together March in Washington—a photo essay

In around 700 demonstrations across the country, people took to the streets on Saturday, June 30 to protest against President Trump's zero-tolerance immigration policy that separates immigrant children from their families. Below are photos taken by photojournalist Jenny Warburg during the Families Belong Together March in Washington, where an estimated 35,000 people gathered.

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July 03, 2018 | Aviva Stahl | Immigration, International
Efforts to ‘assimilate’ Muslims are rising in global North; this time, in Denmark

Denmark has passed a series of laws that that subjects certain families—namely, those who live in the heavily Muslim neighborhoods the government has classified as “ghettos”—to new rules and restrictions intended to compel “assimilation” into Danish society.

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July 02, 2018 | Julie Graves | Arts and culture, Feminism
The Tale: An accurate representation of what survivors of sexual abuse really go through

The Tale is based on the real Jennifer Fox’s life, specifically focusing on the sexual abuse she endured as a child from her riding coach (Elizabeth Debicki) and her running coach (Jason Ritter). The film is an exploration of memories, and how these memories intersect with the truth.

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June 29, 2018 | Anush Avetisyan | Gender-based violence, International
How Russia oppresses women

Russia's decriminalization of domestic violence in 2017 is just one example of the many ways the country's leadership undermines and endangers women.

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June 28, 2018 | Aviva Stahl | Gender-based violence, Health, International, Violence against women
India ranked most dangerous country for women; U.S. makes top 10

India is the most dangerous country in the world for women, according to a nee survey of experts. The results come amid a worsening climate of sexual and communal violence in India, including the January rape and murder of an 8-year-old Muslim girl.

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June 27, 2018 | Montana Bass | Feminism, Gender-based violence, Violence against women
When 'the freeze' hits

Our society has failed to recognize many manifestations of sexual violence as serious threats, engaging instead in a long history of blaming victims for their inability to extricate themselves from an unwanted sexual encounter.

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June 26, 2018 | Marcie Bianco, Ph.D. | LGBTQIA, Politics
From “love and support” to “rights and equality” for LGBT people

Orrin Hatch’s Senate speech is the latest example of how conservatives appeal to our emotions to mask their longstanding political inaction.

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June 25, 2018 | Kadin Burnett | Media
The problem with this season of 'The Bachelorette'

Closure is one thing, but concocting an entire series based on the constant reminder — and, in the aforementioned case, physical destruction — of one’s past partner directly places this past relationship, and inherent to that, her past partner, as the cornerstone of Becca’s journey to find love is disempowering to Becca as a multidimensional person.

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June 22, 2018 | Akila Radhakrishnan, Michelle Onello, Esq. | Gender-based violence, International, Violence against women
Attorney General Sessions violates international law

In yet another example of the Trump administration’s callous treatment of women, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a decision last week that all but eliminates the possibility of asylum in the U.S. for victims of domestic violence.

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June 22, 2018 | Julie Zeilinger | Feminism
Author Allison Yarrow on her book, 90s Bitch

Feminist writer Allison Yarrow seeks to answer that very question in her new book 90s Bitch. Yarrow talked to the FBomb about how and why this “bitchification occurred,” as well as its implications for current and future generations of feminists.

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June 21, 2018 | Aviva Stahl | Immigration, International, Violence against women
How immigration coverage excludes women’s voices

Unlike recent coverage at the border, the vast majority of immigration reporting excludes women's issues and voices, a new study finds.

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June 19, 2018 | Gabriel Leão | International, Violence against women
This film is taking on femicide in Juarez, Mexico

An average of more than 2500 people were murdered per year between 2008 and 2011 in Juarez, and female residents of the city have particularly been the targets of femicide, or killing women because of their gender. Yet experts estimate that only one out of every four cases of murdered women in Juarez are even investigated by authorities, and criminal charges were only filed in 2 percent of those cases.

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June 18, 2018 | Frances Kai-Hwa Wang | Arts and culture, Race/Ethnicity
Asian American playwright Young Jean Lee makes Broadway history

With Straight White Men, which opens next week, Lee will become first Asian American woman playwright on Broadway.

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June 18, 2018 | Lauren Davidson | LGBTQIA
What the Masterpiece Cakeshop case means for LGBTQ+ rights

On June 4, right at the beginning of Pride Month, SCOTUS released their decision in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission: the court sided with the baker.

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June 15, 2018 | Sinéad Kennedy | International, Politics
The Irish abortion rights victory: not a “quiet revolution”

A leader in the campaign to repeal Ireland's abortion ban reflects on how the victory was won — and the implications for other countries.

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June 13, 2018 | Aviva Stahl | International, Sports
Children being trafficked to Russia before World Cup rescued

Nigerian authorities have rescued 10 children allegedly being trafficked to Russia in what is believed to be an attempt to use the approaching World Cup as cover for the illegal activity.

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June 12, 2018 | Rebecca Nagle | Media, Race/Ethnicity
Media representation of Native women: invisibility, stereotypes, whitewashing

Netflix's Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt is just the latest in a long history of films and TV shows that have perpetuated stereotypes while failing to give opportunities to Native women.

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June 11, 2018 | Tharwa Boulifi | Gender-based violence, International, Violence against women
#JusticeForNoura

In early May, a 19-year-old girl named Noura Hussein was sentenced to death by a court in Sudan. The verdict came after Hussein killed her husband, whom she was forced to marry at 15 and who allegedly raped her.

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June 08, 2018 | Aviva Stahl | Politics
Majority of women running in primaries secure nominations

Women won big in Tuesday’s primaries, securing party nominations in at least 56 races for federal and statewide executive offices. By the end of the night, the United States moved one step closer to electing the first indigenous woman to Congress and was poised to break the glass ceiling in a variety of other races across the country.

WMC Women Under Siege
June 08, 2018 | Elizabeth Wanja Gathu | Gender-based violence, Health, International, Politics, Violence against women
Learning ways to convict rapists in Kenya—other than by checking a survivor’s hymen

A multi-pronged approach that encourages Kenyan magistrates, prosecutors, doctors, clinicians, and government chemists to work together in pursuit of justice has helped fast track sexualized violence cases and bring justice closer to survivors.

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June 08, 2018 | Julie Graves | LGBTQIA, Politics
Why Texas Gubernatorial candidate Lupe Valdez gives me hope

Lupe Valdez is a proud, lesbian Latina. Valdez’s represents other underrepresented Texan identities, too: She is the daughter of migrant workers. She is a veteran, a federal agent, and a former Dallas county sheriff. She is a gay women of color who wants to fight for LGBTQ+ rights and women’s rights.

WMC FBomb
June 06, 2018 | Quinn Gruver | Feminism, Health
Men need access to more birth control options

Currently, control over fertility via LARC (long-acting reversible contraception) is restricted to women; men have no LARC options. This is problematic for a number of reasons.

WMC News & Features
June 04, 2018 | Kristal Brent Zook | Media
What we don’t know about diversity in newsrooms

A new study finds little diversity on political news teams, but researchers are left with more questions.

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June 04, 2018 | Lindz Amer | LGBTQIA, Media
Why I make queer videos for kids

As a kid, I did not understand queerness, although I undoubtedly embodied it in many ways. I wish I’d had an educational resource to help me understand and feel comfortable about my queerness much earlier in my life. So I made one. Queer Kid Stuff is an LGBTQ+ educational YouTube series for kids ages 3+ (but really, it’s for all ages).

WMC News & Features
June 01, 2018 | Aviva Stahl | Health, International
Robots circumvent Northern Ireland's total abortion ban

On Thursday, activists drew attention to severe restrictions on the right to choose: Women in Belfast took abortion pills, which had been delivered by robot from the Netherlands, in front of the city’s main court buildings.


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