WMC FBomb
May 03, 2015 | Stephanie L |
Feminism
When Exactly Do You Become A Woman?
When exactly do you become a woman? I've received a few different answers to this question that I think are worth exploring.
My elementary school nurse told me in fifth grade I would become a woman w...
WMC Live
WMC Live #124: Jane Fonda, Brenda Feigen, Susan Ades Stone. (Original Airdate 5/2/2015)
Robin connects spam and world politics. Guests: Jane Fonda's account of the White House Correspondents' Dinner; Brenda Feigen's exclusive report inside the Supreme Court's marriage equality hearing; Susan Stone's "Women on 20s" currency campaign.
WMC FBomb
April 30, 2015 | Ines R |
Feminism
Can Anyone Be The ‘Perfect’ Feminist?
Do you ever feel like you owe something to second wave feminists? I do and often think of these women who changed the world before I act. I wonder if someone who lived through some of the most revolut...
WMC News & Features
April 29, 2015 | Shazia Z. Rafi |
New UN report says women still far from pay equity
While women still lag behind men by almost any economic measure, Shazia Rafi reports that all over the world, advocates are building momentum to bring us closer to equality.
WMC FBomb
Where Are The Jewish and Queer Students at Hogwarts?
I’m a huge fan of Harry Potter. I grew up reading the books, have seen each film countless times, and dressed up as Hermione for many Halloweens. But while I’ll always love the series, I also recogniz...
WMC FBomb
April 26, 2015 | Marina Arcuschin de Oliveira |
Body image and body standards,
Economy,
Feminism,
Media,
Misogyny,
Science and tech
#SpreadFeminisim: Should Feminism Go Viral?
A friend of mine recently shared #SpreadFeminism, a challenge campaign encouraging fellow feminists to post a video, picture, poem, or anything else related to feminism on their Facebook page for five...
WMC Live
WMC Live #123: Yael Marom, Vanessa K. De Luca, Jessica Greer Morris. (Original Airdate 4/25/2015)
Robin on questions to candidates, the Pulitzers and ending fossil fuels. Guests: Vanessa K. De Luca on Essence's "Black Women at Work" survey; Jessica Greer Morris' Girl Be Heard Theater; Yael Marom on a new media push for peace in Israel-Palestine.
WMC FBomb
April 23, 2015 | Karaleigh S |
Arts and culture
call me a Woman
I am not just pretty.
I am Ethereal.
I am Lethal.
My Eyes are Sharp-Cut Stones
and
My Smile spreads like Hot Butter
I am
Everything
and
I am
Nothing
I have Galaxies of Freckles
that
would...
WMC Women Under Siege
Few care services available for women, raped and pregnant, escaping ISIS captivity
Last week, Human Rights Watch released a report on the campaign of rape being waged in Iraq by the Islamic State (ISIS) and called for medical and psychological help for the survivors. The organization interviewed 20 women and girls in the Iraqi town of Dohuk who escaped captivity by the militant group, and also spoke to medical workers who are doing their best to help the survivors.
WMC FBomb
April 21, 2015 | Sabrina N |
Education,
Feminism,
Gender-based violence,
Health,
Violence against women
The First Convicted Case of American Feticide Proves America Still Treats Women Like Vessels
On March 30th, 33-year-old Purvi Patel was sentenced to 20 years in prison. She is the first woman in the United States convicted of feticide. But there is far more to this case than that fact alone r...
WMC News & Features
April 21, 2015 | Anuradha Sengupta |
Arts and culture
Viral Video on Women's Choices Is Stirring Up Controversy in India
A Vogue India video with a message of women’s empowerment has people asking, Is it a feminist campaign or a PR stunt?
WMC FBomb
April 19, 2015 | Sonja S. |
Feminism
Why Are Your Needs More Important than Mine?
Merriam-Webster dictionary defines double standards as “a set of principles that applies differently and usually more rigorously to one group of people or circumstances than to another; especially: a ...
WMC Live
WMC Live #122: Geneva Overholser, Sue Leonard. (Original Airdate 4/18/2015)
Robin on Hillary. For Poetry Month: Sue Leonard, Persimmon Tree editor; Geneva Overholser, the Academy of American Poets; Robin reads Stevie Smith, Leslie Silko, Isel Rivero, Suheir Hammad, Irena Klepfisz, Toi Derricote, and Shirley Geok–Lin Lim.
WMC FBomb
April 16, 2015 | Ines R |
Feminism
A Letter to My Mom, A Modern Day Woman
More and more I see myself thinking like you. Less like a child, and more like a woman. I used to think that a woman could either have the white picket fence with a happy family and a golden retriever...
WMC Women Under Siege
UN report on rape in war undercounts the real fallout
On Monday, a report from the UN was made public by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon that highlights sexualized violence in war. The report covers attacks conducted in 2014 and describes violence against women in 19 countries—13 conflict zones, five countries that are recovering from conflict, and one “additional situation of concern” (Nigeria).
WMC FBomb
Meet The Teens Using Intersectional Art As Feminist Activism
First I found myself through art. Then I found myself through feminism. Finally, I found myself through activism. I was confused but ambitious in high school and passionately tried to learn everything...
WMC News & Features
April 13, 2015 | Nichola Gutgold |
Politics
Can Hillary Clinton Show That Women Can Run…and Win?
Hillary Clinton is the latest of many women who have run for president. In order to inspire more women to run, we have to teach girls and young women this history.
WMC FBomb
April 12, 2015 | Sharmee S |
Body image and body standards,
Feminism,
Media,
Misogyny,
Race/Ethnicity
Why I Bought Skin Lightening Cream At 11 Years Old
I was 11 years old when I succumbed to buying my first tube of "fairness" cream. It was right after a popular boy teased me by calling out "Weh blackie" to me.
Before he teased me, I internalized mos...
WMC Live
WMC Live #121: Wu Qing, "Betty," Veronica Todaro. (Original Airdate 4/11/2015)
Robin on the rise of feminism in China. Guests: Veronica Todaro on women and Parkinson's Disease, singing trio "Betty" and their activism, Chinese feminist and scholar Wu Qing on her work for rural women's rights in China. Also: News You Can Use.
WMC FBomb
8 Things You Can Do To Empower Young People This National Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
Today is the 3rd National Youth HIV and AIDS Awareness Day — a meaningful day for us as an adolescent health educator and feminist youth worker. But we weren't always as aware or passionate about educ...
WMC News & Features
ERA? Yes! A New Push for Sex Equality
A leader of the renewed movement to pass the Equal Rights Amendment issues a call for action.
WMC FBomb
April 07, 2015 | Anonymous |
Feminism,
Race/Ethnicity
My Mixed Race Features Are Not Pieces of a Puzzle
What Are You?
I find myself being asked that question more often than I like to admit. It takes many forms, broken down and built back up again, that same old question rattling around in my head like...
WMC FBomb
I Am Proud to Throw Like a Girl
Female professional athletes in this nation do not get the recognition they deserve. As a female athlete who competes at the collegiate level, I know first hand that women's sports just do not get the...
WMC Live
WMC Live #120: Cora Weiss, Pramila Jayapal, Bonnie Dow. (Original Airdate 4/4/2015)
Robin comments on the breast-milk industry and on Angelina Jolie’s menopause. Guests: Pramila Jayapal, first South Asian American woman Washington state legislator; Bonnie Dow on the media vs. 1970’s feminism; veteran activist Cora Weiss on peace.
WMC FBomb
April 02, 2015 | Saskia G |
Arts and culture
Pheromones
The curve of you,
where the cheek meets the thigh,
is sweeter than lips strawberry
in a tinted photo
which is not your own anymore.
Instead savor
the place of skin wrapped by summer
clothes str...
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