What if “your type” isn’t an unbiased, unalterable fact, but actually a socially acceptable way of reproducing injustice?
Director, co-writer, and producer Rachel Feldman talked to WMC about the 12-year journey behind her new film, “Lilly,” which comes to theaters across the U.S. May 9.
The news media has little love for women in the prime of their lives
We were told we were “the greatest minds in the world.” Yet, I didn’t feel like a great mind. I felt exhausted and just so out of place. And that feeling has yet to change.
After allegations surfaced that the school’s girls sports teams were significantly underfunded and undervalued, students claimed Campbell violated Title IX, which prohibits gender discrimination in public schools or any program that receives federal funding.
Our medical system does not take the pain, discomfort, or autonomy of young women seriously in so many ways, and that’s on display in full force here.
The new report, from the National Coalition for Women and Girls in Education, marking the 50th anniversary of Title IX, affirms the breadth and scope of the antidiscrimination law.
Los Angeles reported the most hate crimes of any U.S. city this century, followed by New York City.
Sanitation work in India still involves illegal manual labor, with as many as 1.3 million Indians from certain caste groups employed as 'manual scavengers,' who load waste onto baskets or metal troughs to carry off for disposal. Not only is the work detrimental to their long-term health, but it’s also a cause for inhumane discrimination, which not only affects how they’re treated out in society but also their pursuit of alternative livelihoods.
The Tour de France is the most highly anticipated, popular cycling event worldwide.
Inequality is especially worth thinking about in the summer, since it’s exacerbated in many ways during this season.
All of these cases elicit a similar feeling of Black women being treated cruelly and unfairly based on arbitrary rules.
It wasn’t until recently that I realized I have never seen the interests of young boys, such as video games or sports, treated in the same way that girls’ interests in makeup, music, or even women’s sports often are.
With aspirations as grand as mine, while identifying as a member of a deprecated community, I’m cognizant of the fact that I have to work twice as hard. But I’m willing to do so.
Ours to Explore offers a plan for how the service-based travel industry can break the cycle of exploitation and suggests strategies for travelers who want to improve the places they visit for the long haul.
The obvious, enduring inequities between men’s and women’s college basketball were spotlighted last month when a 37-second video filmed by Oregon forward Sedona Prince went viral.
Earlier this month, Wikimedia, which runs the crowdsourced database Wikipedia, put into effect a global code of conduct aimed at lessening harassment for its underrepresented contributors.
Semenya is banned from competing unless she artificially medically intervenes to modify her natural condition.
Salman’s hypocrisy has been apparent all along.
Just because a person in power is a woman does not mean the way they use their power will actually help other women.
The need for more realistic and powerful narratives about Black Australian life was a big reason why Haj decided to study film.
Cultures of institutions are almost always a product of not just their founders, but those who carry on their legacies. In the United States, the medical profession was founded by white men, and today, most physicians are privileged white men.
The America of our history books is rose-colored, simple, and false.
Rep. Abby Finkenauer, a Democratic congresswoman from Iowa, moved the House to pass an amendment that effectively doubled funding for endometriosis research.