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WMC FBomb
May 12, 2022 | Dharmi Desai | Feminism
How Are We Still Legislating Women’s Bodies?

According to a leaked initial draft majority opinion written by Justice Alito, the Supreme Court has voted to strike down Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that protects a pregnant person's liberty to choose to have an abortion without excessive government restriction.

WMC FBomb
May 10, 2022 | Karly Michon | Feminism
Sex Sells, So Why Doesn’t Sex Education?

Treating sex as taboo isn’t helping anyone.

WMC FBomb
May 09, 2022
Knowledge (of Bodily and Sexual Health) Is Power

I implore you to look into what kind of high school health education your home state provides or doesn’t provide.

WMC Live
May 08, 2022 | Cherríe Moraga, Robin Morgan | Politics, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #378: The Past is Never Dead. (Original Airdate: 5/8/2022)
Robin on the leaked Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade. Special guest for an in-depth discussion on the Court's decision: multiply awarded lesbian-feminist Chicana writer and activist Cherríe Moraga.
WMC Climate
May 06, 2022 | Lauren Wolfe | Environment
India and Pakistan Welcome You to the Very, Very Hot Future

The future of climate change is here. Or at least it’s here if you’re in India. Or Pakistan.

WMC IDAR/E
May 06, 2022 | Dr. Sharon Navarro |
A Progressive Tejana May Topple the King of Laredo. The Rest of the Nation Should Pay Attention.
Jessica Cisneros first entered the political scene in 2020 when she decided to run for Texas’ 28th congressional district. She ran against Rep. Henry Cuellar, a 15-year incumbent and arguably the most...
WMC Women Under Siege
May 04, 2022 | Ninotchka Rosca | Feminism, International, Misogyny, Online harassment, Politics
Phenomenally Pink: Robredo’s Campaign for the Presidency Bucks Gender Terrorism in the Philippines

The competition for the presidency, between the only son of a “strongman” and a widow, resonates with the enduring friction between a woman-centered native culture and the infrastructure of patriarchal political dynasties bred by colonialism in the Philippines.

WMC IDAR/E
May 04, 2022 | Camille Rivera | Health
The Supreme Court is Marching Poor Women to Their Deaths

In New York State, Roe v. Wade is codified into law. This is what Democrats must move to do federally.

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May 03, 2022 | Lakshmi Gandhi | Arts and culture
Author Harini Nagendra Explores a Young Bride’s Emerging Feminism in 1920s India in “The Bangalore Detectives Club”

We had the chance to ask Nagendra over email about her debut novel, the changing role of women in India in the 1920s, and how she worked to include a discussion of colonialism and feminism in her work of crime fiction.

WMC Live
May 01, 2022 | Robin Morgan | Politics, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #377: Native Women Artists. (Original Airdate: 5/1/2022)
Robin explores visual art done by Native American and Indigenous women. Special Guests: Nora Naranjo Morse (Santa Clara Pueblo), Theresa Secord (Penobscot Nation), and Marie Watt (Turtle Clan, Seneca).
WMC News & Features
April 29, 2022 | Kelly Baden | Health
Where States Are Winning the Abortion Rights Battle

There’s no question abortion rights are in a crisis in the U.S. This year alone, 42 states have introduced at least 536 abortion restrictions, with dozens becoming law. And that’s on top of last year’s devastating record of antiabortion laws passed, including the news-making Texas abortion ban that allows anyone — literally anyone — to sue someone who helps a patient receive an abortion, from the provider to an abortion fund to an Uber driver.

WMC FBomb
April 29, 2022 | Sophie Hayssen | Education
The Status of Women’s Education in Afghanistan

At the end of March, the Taliban reversed its decision to open up education to girls above the sixth grade. Students reacted to the news with devastation.

WMC FBomb
April 28, 2022 | Kadin Burnett | Politics
The Treatment of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson

Despite an undeniable record, she was still subjected to transparent provocation.

WMC Women Under Siege
April 27, 2022 | Merrite Johnson | Health, International
The Science is In: Abortion Bans Are a Public Health Emergency

The WHO's new guidelines can serve as an authoritative confirmation for what American reproductive rights activists have always known: abortion is essential healthcare.

WMC Live
April 24, 2022 | Robin Morgan | Politics, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #376: The Body Snatchers. (Original Airdate 4/24/2022)

Robin explores post-Roe v. Wade realities if we lose reproductive rights, and finds a vast network of underground abortion providers and devices. Special Guest: Jessica Bruder, writer of “The Abortion Underground” in the May edition of The Atlantic.

WMC Climate
April 22, 2022 | Lauren Wolfe | Environment
Earth Day 2022: How to Avoid ‘Climate Doomism’

It’s Earth Day 2022. Since President Biden took office last year, the United States has had its first-ever climate czar in John Kerry, and an administration working to put back together the shattered pieces of the environmental Humpty Dumpty that Trump shoved off the wall.

WMC Women Under Siege
April 22, 2022 | Shoaib Mir, Parthu Venkatesh P | Gender-based violence, International, LGBTQIA
In Delhi, a Beauty Salon Acts As a Safe Haven for Trans People

Last September, as India braced itself for another deadly Covid-19 wave amid the upcoming festival season, “La Beauté & Style salon” — the country’s first-ever salon run and managed by trans men — quietly opened its doors in the heart of a bustling market in Ghaziabad, in the capital of New Delhi.

WMC Women Under Siege
April 21, 2022 | Sara Cincurova | International, Violence against women, WMC Loreen Arbus Journalism Program
‘All I Can Do Is Pray’: Elderly and Disabled Women Left Behind in Eastern Ukraine

The events following the February 24 Russian invasion of Ukraine brought despair for thousands of elderly and disabled civilians who were unable to flee. Russia has been claiming strikes on cities all around the country, and the fighting has left countless civilians injured, helpless, and desperate in a war zone.

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April 20, 2022 | Ashley Bae | Feminism
It’s Time to Make Surveys More Inclusive

Intersectionality is more than an equity-promoting framework — it’s an accuracy-promoting framework, and scholars from all fields must gain greater understandings of methodology that embraces intersectionality.

WMC IDAR/E
April 19, 2022 | Denisse Then | Race/Ethnicity
Are Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Still Buzzwords for Your Jefes?


Daisy Auger-Domínguez is determined to show that organizations that treat Latinos as the flavor of the month will be left behind.

WMC FBomb
April 18, 2022 | Sheany | Violence against women
Indonesian Parliament Passes Landmark Bill Tackling Sexual Violence

Indonesia’s fight against sexual violence welcomed a long-waited new chapter this week when its Parliament passed a landmark bill aimed at providing legal framework for victims to seek justice.

WMC Climate
April 15, 2022 | Lauren Wolfe | Environment
The Silent Victim of Russia's Invasion of Ukraine

There is perhaps no starker a picture of how incredibly environmentally reckless — or ignorant — Russian troops have been as they attack Ukraine.

WMC FBomb
April 15, 2022 | Lakshmi Gandhi | Arts and culture
A Teen Scrabble Champion Is Determined to Find Out What Happened to Her Best Friend in ‘Queen of the Tiles’

Competition, coming of age, and grief are all major themes in Queen of the Tiles, the new novel by Malaysian author Hanna Alkaf that will hit shelves on April 19.

WMC News & Features
April 12, 2022 | Elayne Clift | Arts and culture
Nellie Bly, Journalist and Changemaker, Is Honored With New York City Monument

Sculptor Amanda Matthews created the Girl Puzzle monument honoring Bly and dedicated to women whose histories are absent in public art.

WMC Women Under Siege
April 11, 2022 | Shilu Manandhar | Gender-based violence, Girls, Health, International, Violence against women
Selective Abortion Means Fewer Newborn Girls

In a culture that can see girls as a burden, many women opt to abort their female fetuses — even though it's illegal.

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