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WMC Climate
May 05, 2023 | Lauren Wolfe | Environment
A Landmark Day for Environmental Justice

Yesterday was a landmark day for environmental justice in the United States. Advocates for the environment have long highlighted that communities of color experience a disproportionate amount of suffering from the climate crisis yet receive the least help from the government.

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May 04, 2023 | Natalie Olofsson | Feminism
Period Products Are Free in Scotland — Will They Ever Be in the US?

Despite great endorsement and public support in the country, other nations, including the United States, have yet to follow suit.

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May 03, 2023 | Natalie Bergenstein | Body image and body standards
Ozempic and Examining the Roots of the Thin Ideal

Those keeping up with celebrity news are likely aware of the speculation about stars using Ozempic, a drug approved by the FDA in 2017 as a treatment for diabetes, but which is currently often used as a weight loss drug.

WMC News & Features
May 01, 2023 | Treva Lindsey | Education, Free Speech, Politics
Fighting Back Against Anti-“Woke” Censorship

On Wednesday, May 3, the Freedom to Learn National Day of Action will mobilize people to defend the right of students to learn about systemic injustice, as well as ideas that form the basis of social justice movements.

WMC Live
April 30, 2023 | Maria Teresa Kumar, Robin Morgan | Politics, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #408: Comes with the Territory. (Original Airdate: 4/30/2023)

Robin on the firings of Fox News' Tucker Carlson and CNN’s Don Lemon, and on youth activism. Special Guest: Maria Teresa Kumar, founding President/CEO of Voto Latino.

WMC News & Features
April 28, 2023 | Carla Hay | Arts and culture, Media
Why So Many Actresses Are Becoming TV Series Executive Producers

Women who are starring in TV series are taking more creative control in their shows.

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April 24, 2023 | Alexandra Leal | Media
Why We Shouldn’t Ban TikTok

As a Gen-Z woman of color from a low-income family with limited opportunities, TikTok has exposed me to a world of possibilities because information is so accessible on the platform.

WMC Live
April 23, 2023 | Gloria Steinem, Robin Morgan | Politics, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #407: Sylvia Plath Symposium Keynote, PART 2. (Original Airdate: 4/23/2023)
Robin and Gloria Steinem continue last week's live-audience conversation at Hunter College (CUNY) on Sylvia Plath's influence.
WMC Climate
April 21, 2023 | Christina Lowery |
A Climate Solution Hiding in Plain Sight

The climate crisis is destroying lives, homes, and livelihoods, but its impacts are unequal, harming some populations and regions with far greater severity than others. Shockingly, 80 percent of people displaced by climate change are women and girls, according to UN Environment.

WMC News & Features
April 20, 2023 | Niamh Ní Hoireabhaird | Disability, WMC Loreen Arbus Journalism Program
Women Designers Transforming Fashion for People With Disabilities

The global adaptive clothing market is projected to be worth $348.81 billion by 2024, and women designers are among those leading the way.

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April 18, 2023 | Neha Madhira | International
Mass Poisoning of Schoolgirls and Nationwide Protests Continue in Iran

Up to 7,000 Iranian schoolgirls have been poisoned in organized campus attacks in at least 28 of 31 of the country’s provinces, as reported by the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA).

WMC Live
April 16, 2023 | Gloria Steinem | Politics, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #406: Sylvia Plath Symposium Keynote, PART 1. (Original Airdate 4/16/2023)
Part 1 of a 2-part podcast from Hunter College (CUNY)! Robin is joined by friend Gloria Steinem for a live-audience keynote on Sylvia Plath.
WMC Climate
April 14, 2023 | Lauren Wolfe | Environment
What Is Ecofeminism and Why Does It Matter?

Ecofeminism is defined by academics as a mix of political activism and intellectual critique that takes on traditionally harmful systems within both gender dynamics and the environment. It sounds complex, and it is. But its core principles are clear.

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April 13, 2023 | Kadin Burnett | Sports
Women's College Basketball Is In Its Best Position Ever

Women’s college basketball didn’t only breathe comfortably this year; it was triumphant.

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April 11, 2023 | Marsha Phoebe | Feminism
Why the ‘Pick Me’ Trend Is Problematic

Many argue that this “pick me girl" trend exemplifies internalized misogyny because she tends to bring other girls down to establish her superiority over them to gain male validation.

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April 10, 2023 | Sumayyah Rose Abuelmaatti | Feminism
The Problem With Florida House Bill 1069

Everyone I have told about this proposed bill has looked at me and said, “No way,” or “I don’t think that’s right.” But this bill is very real and it’s very terrifying.

WMC Live
April 09, 2023 | Jane Manning, Robin Morgan | Politics, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #405: Eclectic Solutions to VAW. (Original Airdate 4/9/2023)
Robin's commentaries range from animal models of reverence for elders to the declining church population in the US. Guest: Jane Manning, former prosecutor on sex crimes and violence against women, and director of the Women's Equal Justice Project.
WMC Climate
April 07, 2023 | Sidney Coles | Environment
Pipeline Fight Puts Indigenous People in Canada at Risk

At the 2021 Climate Summit in Glasgow, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau declared that Canada “would take a leadership role in the fight against climate change.”

WMC News & Features
April 05, 2023 | Laura Rena Murray | Health
The Consequences of Forced Birth

Despite what reactionary judges assert, forced birth does not result in significantly more infants being adopted. For too many of these children, their future lies in foster care.

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March 30, 2023 | Cate Bikales | Violence against women
Rape Survivors And Experts On Preventing College Campus Sexual Violence

We need to give students these lessons earlier so that, when they go to college, it’s not the first time they’re hearing it.

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March 27, 2023 | Gopiga D. | Feminism
Meet the Founder of the Nation's First Menstrual Hub

Lynette Medley is the founder and CEO of No More Secrets MBS, a nonprofit organization through which she has opened up the nation’s first menstrual hub and uterine wellness center.

WMC IDAR/E
March 26, 2023 | Mariana Martínez Barba | Feminism
The Untold Story of the Latin Women’s Collective

In a sea of leftist groups often challenged by toxic masculinity, activist working-class women created their own space in New York.

WMC Live
March 26, 2023 | Debora Spar, Robin Morgan | Politics, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #404: Rethinking Thinking. (Original Airdate: 3/26/2023)

Robin takes a dive into redefinitions of concepts we think we already know—from Buddhist nuns and kung fu to time itself. Special Guest: Debora Spar, expert on technology, future societies, and women.

WMC Climate
March 24, 2023 | Lauren Wolfe | Environment
'Vampiric Overconsumption' — How Humans Are Depleting Our Water Supply

It’s not often you hear the word “vampiric” coming out of a U.N. secretary-general’s mouth. But on Wednesday, Secretary-General António Guterres said at the U.N. Water Conference in New York that countries “are draining humanity’s lifeblood through vampiric overconsumption and unsustainable use” of water. Lengthy droughts are also wreaking havoc.

WMC News & Features
March 23, 2023 | Shaistha Khan | Arts and culture, International
Artists Decolonizing Colonial Depictions of Women from the Middle East and North Africa

“The Postcard Women’s Imaginarium” is a project that uses women's artwork to offer an alternative narrative to colonial-era postcards that framed MENA women as “exotic.”

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