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WMC News & Features
January 19, 2022 | Treva Lindsey | Health
The Unconscionable Prospect of Forced Pregnancy

Amy Coney Barrett and other members of the Supreme Court have shown outrageous disregard for the real impact of pregnancy.

WMC Women Under Siege
January 18, 2022 | Jennifer Ugwa | Gender-based violence, Girls, International, Violence against women
Sex Traffickers Target Teenage Girls in Nigeria’s IDP Camp

Camps for internally displaced persons in conflict-rift states in Nigeria have been known to provide fertile ground for trafficking.

WMC FBomb
January 18, 2022 | Samantha Marquardt | Media
How Britney Spears’ Conservatorship Highlights the Role of Guardianship Law in Women’s Oppression

A 13-year-long nightmare finally ended for pop icon Britney Spears on November 12 when a Los Angeles court terminated the conservatorship that had controlled Ms. Spears’ life since she was 26.

WMC News & Features
January 12, 2022 | Susan Buttenwieser | Politics
As Eviction Crisis Looms, Advocates Fear an Increase in Child Removals

As federal funding for struggling renters runs low, 12 million people are at risk of losing their housing.

WMC FBomb
January 12, 2022 | Lakshmi Gandhi | Race/Ethnicity
Author J. Elle Created A Heroine for the Black Girl She Used to Be

The FBomb had the chance to chat with J. Elle over email about Ashes of Gold, creating the stories you want to read, and the reason she finds Rue so inspiring.

WMC FBomb
January 11, 2022 | Celeste Huang-Menders | Media
The Disinformation Around TikTok’s “National School Shooting Day”

Friday, December 17, was deemed “National School Shooting Day” by various anonymous TikTok accounts, which encouraged viewers to incite violence at their schools, including shootings and bombings.

WMC Women Under Siege
January 10, 2022 | Lorela U. Sandoval | International, Misogyny
Strongman Duterte Executes a Militarized Pandemic Response in the Philippines

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's "heavy-handed and punitive" — and exceedingly militarized — pandemic strategy largely accounts for why the Philippines continues to suffer nearly two years on.

WMC FBomb
January 10, 2022 | Grace Bloom | Politics
Your Guide to the Updated Title IX Rules

Know Your IX, a project of Advocates for Youth — a group that educates and empowers youth to fight against sexual violence in schools — created a guide to Title IX.

WMC Women Under Siege
January 07, 2022 | Elena Gagovska | Gender-based violence, Health, International, Race/Ethnicity, Violence against women
The Hurdles Roma People Must Clear to Access Gynecological Care in North Macedonia

Only one gynecologist serves the 8,000 to 13,000 people of reproductive age who need those services in the municipality of Shuto Orizari in North Macedonia’s capital city, the only municipality with a Roma majority in the country. And as of last month, he’s no longer on duty.

WMC FBomb
January 07, 2022 | Lakshmi Gandhi | Arts and culture
A Young Muay Thai Fighter Longs to Break the Cycle of Violence in Her Family in This New Novel

While she’s only one of a handful of girls at the gym (and is constantly told that fighting is not something nice Trinidadian girls do), the sport provides the protagonist with a much-needed outlet away from her parents’ violent and volatile relationship

WMC Climate
January 06, 2022 | Lauren Wolfe | Environment
Nothing About Us Without Us: Disability and the Climate Crisis

Everyone is affected by climate change. But some people — who are already less visible than others — are at greater risk of harm than most. People with disabilities face different and more intense challenges than non-disabled people in the face of events like extreme heat, wildfires, hurricanes, and droughts.

WMC FBomb
January 06, 2022 | Sophie Hayssen | Media
Older Women Are Finally Being Represented In Hollywood

It seems like 2021 brought a ripple of change to this double standard, and 2022 could turn that ripple into a wave.

WMC News & Features
January 05, 2022 | Christie Vogt | Economy
New Report Examines Experiences of Tradeswomen in Construction — And Why 44% Are Considering Leaving

While a record number of women are employed in construction jobs, the industry needs to do more to recruit and retain them.

WMC Women Under Siege
January 04, 2022 | Abdullah Ali | International, Violence against women
The War in Yemen Spurs Surprising Challenges to Traditional Gender Roles

With an ongoing civil war that’s worsening a dire humanitarian crisis, women in Yemen are challenging societal rules in order to provide for their families.

WMC Climate
December 23, 2021 | Anna Maria Joseph | Environment
Decolonizing Climate Activism: The Need to Recognize Indigenous Knowledge

The exclusion of indigenous people underscores white privilege within the climate movement.

WMC News & Features
December 22, 2021 | Carla Hay | Arts and culture, International, Media
2022 Oscar Watch: Breakthrough Women Directors Considered for Best International Feature Film

While still a minority of those whose movies are selected to represent their nations in the category, women filmmakers often offer a distinct, female-centered point of view.

WMC Live
December 19, 2021 | Robin Morgan | Politics, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #365: Comfort, At Least. Joy? Hmmm. (Original Airdate 12/19/2021)
Robin ranges the globe collecting traditions for the Solstice and its offspring holidays. Plus, readings from Dorothy Parker, three male poets (Eliot, Yeats, Frost), four female poets (Derricotte, Chang, Le Guin, Morgan) . . . and a Partridge?
WMC Climate
December 17, 2021 | Suchitra | Environment
Adivasi Women Lead the Fight Against Coal Mining in India

A 65-year-old woman who goes by just her first name, Mayawati, is one of the indigenous women leading a nearly 200-mile march to protest the opening of more coal mines in the forest of Hasdeo Arand, in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh.

WMC FBomb
December 17, 2021 | Siena Iwasaki Milbauer | Arts and culture
Zendaya’s Representation in Dune Shows How Privilege and Fetishization Can Go Hand in Hand

Zendaya’s treatment in Dune exemplifies aspects of colorist privilege and gendered racism.

WMC IDAR/E
December 16, 2021 | Sofia Quintero | Arts and culture
Skip the Middleman

Our community must retake its rightful place as the driving force behind what Latinx content prevails

WMC News & Features
December 15, 2021 | Carrie N. Baker, J.D., Ph.D., Carly Thomsen, Ph.D. | Health
The Anti-Abortion Movement’s Digital Strategies to Track Pregnant Women

What are crisis pregnancy centers, masquerading as medical clinics, doing with women’s confidential medical information?

WMC FBomb
December 15, 2021 | Neha Madhira | Politics
What’s Going on with the Supreme Court and Abortion Rights?

On December 1, after hearing close to two hours of debate on a Mississippi law that bans abortions after 15 weeks, the Supreme Court appeared open to upholding the state law.

WMC Women Under Siege
December 14, 2021 | Shoaib Mir, Parthu Venkatesh P | Gender-based violence, International, Violence against women
In Kashmir, a ‘Dowry-Free’ Village

For nearly four decades, Baba Wayil, a small Muslim village situated on the foothills of the snowclad Zabarwan Range in Indian-administered Kashmir, has cultivated fame for its blanket ban on dowries and lavish weddings.

WMC FBomb
December 13, 2021 | Elianor M.A. | Arts and culture
Why Do So Many Women Love True Crime?

It’s reasonable to wonder why so many women would want to watch a male-directed movie, the cast of which is majority male and the plot of which is about a male-dominated industry (fashion). The reason, perhaps, might be due to the murder that drives the plot, which was ordered by a woman.

WMC Live
December 12, 2021 | Robin Morgan | Politics, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #364: 100 Years Ago. (Original Airdate 12/12/2021)
Was it the good old days or the worst of times? Robin explores how we lived and who we were a century ago, and writes a letter to readers 100 years from now.
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