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January 17, 2023 | Neha Madhira | International
Flooding Impacts Continue to Devastate Pakistan, Especially Its Women and Girls

The United Nations Satellite Centre imagery points towards an estimated 8 million people still exposed to flooded areas.

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January 16, 2023 | Riya Janardhan | Feminism
The Gen Z Guide to Honoring the Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

This approach is precisely how we plan to carry forward Dr. King’s legacy.

WMC Live
January 15, 2023 Politics, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #396: A Holographic Universe?! (Original Airdate 1/15/2023)
Robin's post-holidays roundup, and 2023 predictions from 100 years ago. Plus, reconciling Einstein versus Einstein with mind-boggling new theories in physics.
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January 12, 2023 | Evelyn Jenkins | Arts and culture
Netflix’s Wednesday Addams Probably Meets the Diagnostic Criteria for Autism. Here's Why That’s So Important.

Though Wednesday is not explicitly identified as autistic in the show, many fans have interpreted the character’s behavior as evidence that she is autistic.

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January 11, 2023 | Grace Catan | Feminism
Surviving Is Not a One-Time Event: Life After Sexual Violence

When thinking about the experiences of survivors, it is easy to imagine a level of finality, implying the hard part is over, and it is now time to move on. But it is not.

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January 10, 2023 | Gio Pieimonte | Media
Clean Up Your Act: Revolutionary Gender Politics in Tidying Up With Marie Kondo

Let’s take a page from Marie’s book and push men to do better and be better.

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January 09, 2023 | Su Ertekin-Taner | Media
She Said Falls Short of a Feminist Reckoning

Change in Hollywood does not materialize from a movie, especially not one that disregards existing industry threats.

WMC Climate
January 06, 2023 | Lauren Wolfe | Environment
When the Climate and Migrant Crises Collide

As the world suffered through record heat waves in 2022, the Middle East saw extreme temperatures rarely witnessed in history. Foreign laborers must withstand the oppressive heat for endless hours at a time — and with that exposure comes damage to their bodies, one type of which is now being identified as the root of a life-threatening disease.

WMC Women Under Siege
January 05, 2023 | Ruken Ahmed | Feminism, International
Commemorating 10 Years of the Women’s Revolution in Rojava

A look back on 10 years of a revolution centered on the liberation of women.

WMC News & Features
January 05, 2023 | Gloria Steinem | Feminism
We Live as Long as We Are Remembered: Gloria Steinem Remembers Dorothy Pitman Hughes

Dorothy Pitman Hughes, who died in December, is remembered as a pioneer of civil rights, early childhood education, domestic violence shelters, and feminism. Gloria Steinem considers “the power of one person to influence history.”

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January 05, 2023 | Seraiah Bruno | Feminism
Escaping Imposter Syndrome

I spent that first semester comparing myself to a misconstrued interpretation of my seemingly flawless classmates’ presentations of their academic lives on social media

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January 03, 2023 | Meena Annamalai | Politics
When Will Women Finally Be Equally Represented in American Politics?

We still have a long way to go toward reaching equality in politics.

WMC Climate
December 30, 2022 | Lauren Wolfe | Environment
Finally, an International Agreement to Bring Women to the Climate Change Table

COP27, the comprehensive U.N. conference on climate change in November, got a lot of attention. But in December, there was a lesser-known U.N. climate-related This one not only made strides toward preserving the natural world, it was also a landmark moment for women in the climate movement.

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December 29, 2022 | Catherine K. | Feminism
An Interview with the Brazilian Abortion Rights Activist Behind Miles for Women's Lives

Milhas pela Vida das Mulheres (Miles for Women’s Lives)” helps more than 200 women each month access legal abortion in Brazil in cases where the abortion is legal, and abroad in cases where it is not.

WMC Women Under Siege
December 27, 2022 | Areeb Uddin Ahmed | Gender-based violence, Health, International, Violence against women
India’s Supreme Court Decision on Abortion Rights Could Go Further in Protecting Women from Marital Rape

While India is one of the few countries yet to criminalize marital rape, the high court recently ruled that victims of marital rape are entitled to a safe and legal abortion, establishing in Indian law that non-consensual sex can and does exist among married partners.

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December 21, 2022 | Sheany | Education
‘We knew it would come’: Taliban Bans Women from University Education in Afghanistan

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have banned female students from universities in the latest edict cracking down on women’s rights and freedoms, sparking widespread despair and protest in the country.

WMC News & Features
December 21, 2022 | Susan Buttenwieser | Gender-based violence, Violence against women
Senate Report Reveals Widespread Sexual Abuse of Women in US Federal Prisons

In the wake of the Senate investigation, the Justice Department may expand compassionate release to victims and survivors of sexual abuse in federal prisons.

WMC Live
December 18, 2022
WMC Live #395: The World's First Poet. (Original Airdate 12/18/2022)
Robin devotes the final episode of the year to poets, from the first known writer in history Enheduanna (Ancient Sumer) through Mary Coleridge, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Gwendolyn Brooks, Edna St. V...
WMC Live
December 18, 2022 Politics, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #395: The World’s First Poet. (Original Airdate 12/18/2022)
Robin devotes the final episode of the year to poets, from the first known writer in history Enheduanna (Ancient Sumer) through Mary Coleridge, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Gwendolyn Brooks, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Muriel Rukeyser.
WMC Climate
December 16, 2022 | Lauren Wolfe | Environment
Too Little Too Late? An EPA Rule Delays Environmental Justice

The Environmental Protection Agency is set to solidify a ruling that will cut down on the smog produced by heavy vehicles. But those deep in the fight to save the planet say that not only does the ruling not go far enough.

WMC News & Features
December 13, 2022 | Nichola Gutgold | Politics
Reimagining the Role of First Lady

To better reflect the realities of our modern age and possibilities for the future, “first lady”—the title and the role—needs a makeover.

WMC Live
December 11, 2022 Politics, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #394: The Pleasure Key! (Original Airdate 12/11/2022)
Robin ponders why the clitoris remains such a medical mystery, to the great detriment of women. Special Guest: Dr. Rachel S. Rubin, MD, urologist and sexual medicine expert, and an associate editor of Sexual Medicine Reviews.
WMC Climate
December 09, 2022 | Lauren Wolfe | Environment
We Have a Problem: Just 7 of the 110 Leaders at COP27 were women

It’s been about a month since the United Nations climate conference began in Egypt. Called COP27, the annual forum was a chance to address an increasingly clear red alert for our planet.

WMC Women Under Siege
December 08, 2022 | Magdalena Rojo, Noel Rojo | International, Politics
In Oaxaca, Migration Drives Indigenous Women into Political Participation

As men migrate north to the United States in search of better lives for their families, the women left behind are taking on many new community responsibilities once occupied by their husbands.

WMC News & Features
December 06, 2022 | Emily Wilson | Arts and culture, Media
The Powerful Impact of Sinéad O’Connor

The documentary Nothing Compares provides a necessary reassessment of the Irish singer’s legacy.

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