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WMC FBomb
April 09, 2021 | Sophie Hayssen | Race/Ethnicity
On Using Influencers for Political Means

One Minneapolis city council member, Andrea Jenkins, told USA Today that the city’s plan was not to spread propaganda, but to establish a more direct line of communication between the government and city residents.

WMC News & Features
April 09, 2021 | Susan Buttenwieser | Immigration
Will Biden Create More Humane Immigration Policies?

Activists are pushing the Biden administration to do more than “undo the damage” caused by Trump.

WMC FBomb
April 06, 2021 | Lakshmi Gandhi | Feminism
A Nonbinary Teen Stands Up For Their Rights in ‘Can’t Take That Away’

The book tells the story of Carey Parker, a nonbinary teen who loves pop culture, musicals, and singing.

WMC FBomb
April 05, 2021 | Lakshmi Gandhi | Disability, Feminism, WMC Loreen Arbus Journalism Program
Author Lizzy Mason Explores Coming of Age and Mental Illness in "Between the Bliss and Me"

The FBomb talked to Mason about her sophomore novel, family secrets, and why it is important to have honest conversations about topics many people want to avoid.

WMC Women Under Siege
April 02, 2021 | Gaelle Legrand | Gender-based violence, International, Misogyny, Violence against women
‘Enough is enough’: The Murder of Sarah Everard and Confronting Male Violence Against Women in the UK

Everard’s case shook the nation as an outraged public demanded more safety for women against pervasive male violence. And while a serving Metropolitan police officer remains in custody for her kidnapping and murder, the question of law enforcement's role in ensuring that safety provokes national conversation.

WMC Climate
April 01, 2021 | Jeanne Bryer | Environment
How a Young Woman Becomes an Environmental Activist in a War-Torn Country

When Zohra Sansa, 21, returned to Kabul, Afghanistan, after nine years in Iran as a refugee, she witnessed some of climate change’s catastrophic effects in crowded internally displaced persons camps filled with homeless, rural families.

WMC News & Features
April 01, 2021 | Kendall Hunter | Economy, International
Women Artisans Finding Ways to Thrive

At a time when millions have experienced disruptions in their ways of working, traditional artisans — the original remote workers — offer lessons on the future of work.

WMC FBomb
March 31, 2021 | Lola Miller | Violence against women
If The Walk Home Is A Battlefield, Our Relationships Are Minefields

There is a danger even in the framing that rape and assault and kidnap and battery are things that happen to women rather than acts of violence that men commit.

WMC FBomb
March 30, 2021 | Anmol Irfan | Feminism
A Year of Being Grounded Taught Me Why Traveling Is So Important

I’ve realized that I love traveling because the moments I’ve felt closest to being my full self have come when I’m as far as possible from the places I know well.

WMC FBomb
March 29, 2021 | Lakshmi Gandhi | Arts and culture
This Poet Compiled The Collection She Needed as a Teen Girl

The anthology, which is being released on March 30 by Workman Publishing, is divided into chapters that center on themes that include “Seeking,” “Attitude,” “Longing” and “Shame.”

WMC Live
March 28, 2021 | Helen Zia, Robin Morgan | Politics, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #343: Another Original Sin. (Original Airdate 3/28/2021)
Robin's Fighting Words expose centuries of anti-Asian American hate before the Georgia terrorism against AAPI women. Guests: legendary activist Helen Zia; Sung Yeon Choimorrow, Executive Director of the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum.
WMC IDAR/E
March 26, 2021 | Monica Muñoz Martinez, Michelle Garcia, Maria Hinojosa | Media, Race/Ethnicity
The Legacy of Jovita Idar: Video of WMC IDAR/E Panel Discussion

A recent WMC-hosted panel on the legacy of U.S. violence is a deep resource for all those covering and writing about the southern border and immigration policy.

WMC FBomb
March 26, 2021 | Nicole Fallert | Body image and body standards, Feminism
This Book Explores The Contradictions In Feminist Media

Everybody (Else) Is Perfect: How I Survived Hypocrisy, Beauty, Clicks, and Likes is an exploration of how Korn survived an imperfect industry stilted by itself.

WMC Climate
March 25, 2021 | Elizabeth Heath | Environment
Can Panama’s Guna People Survive Climate Migration?

The little boys are having a blast, and their giggles are infectious. Clad only in shorts, they’re rolling in the sand, which coats them like sugar on a powdered donut. When they reach the water’s edge, they roll in and rinse off. Roll. Rinse. Repeat. It’s a good game.

WMC FBomb
March 25, 2021 | Grace Ouyang | Race/Ethnicity
What We Can Learn About Cancel Culture from The Mahjong Line Controversy

The Mahjong Line — a company that produces tiles for mahjong, a tile game with major Chinese cultural and historical significance — was recently “canceled” by thousands of social media users for cultural appropriation.

WMC Women Under Siege
March 24, 2021 | Sanskrita Bharadwaj | Health, International
In Assam’s Tea Gardens, Low-Wage Women Workers Struggle to Access Maternity Care

Pregnant workers in the tea gardens of Assam, a northeastern state in India, lack access to basic health care facilities, much less to the comprehensive maternity care they need to ensure healthy pregnancies. And the confluence of poverty, lack of access, and lack of awareness speak to why the state's maternal mortality ratio is double that of India's average and the highest in the country.

WMC News & Features
March 24, 2021 | Carla Hay | Arts and culture, Media
Prominent Actresses Making Their Directorial Debuts Behind the Camera

Well known for their work on screen, actresses including Halle Berry, Robin Wright, and Taraji P. Henson are now directing feature films.

WMC FBomb
March 23, 2021 | Kadin Burnett | Gender-based violence
The Biden Administration Is Making Progress On Restoring Students’ Title IX Rights

On March 8, The Biden administration took an important step toward changing how schools will handle sexual assault, harassment, and misconduct cases.

WMC FBomb
March 22, 2021 | Regiane Folter | Feminism, International
Latin American Women Experienced Backlash on International Women’s Day

On March 9, images from Mexico City showed how IWD protests turned violent between women and police officers

WMC Live
March 21, 2021 | Robin Morgan | Politics, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #342: The Pandemic Anniversary. (Original Airdate 3/21/2021)
Robin on “The Year That Was,” where we are now, and the future; plus a special report on women and the vaccine(s). Guest: Linda Goler Blount, President & CEO of Black Women's Health Imperative.
WMC Women Under Siege
March 19, 2021 | Elena Gagovska | Feminism, Gender-based violence, International, Misogyny, Online harassment, Violence against women
Macedonian Feminists Demand Justice for 'Public Room' Victims of Online Sexual Harassment

When a Telegram group called “Public Room” was discovered sharing private images and contact information of countless women and girls from across North Macedonia without their consent, the outrage was swift, but authorities' lackluster response to online crimes against women signals a critical need for more protections — and better enforcement.

WMC News & Features
March 19, 2021 | Susan Buttenwieser | LGBTQIA, Politics
Undoing Trump’s Four-Year Assault on LGBTQ Rights: Biden Provides a “Sea Change”

The Biden administration's early actions to promote LGBTQ equality are getting high marks from rights groups.

WMC Climate
March 17, 2021 | Raihana Maqbool | Environment
Massive Snowfall Brings ‘Nothing More Than Miseries’ to Women in Kashmir

At 20 degrees Fahrenheit, Misra Begum, 35, a mother of three, sits beside a small lake in the northern Indian village of Naranag and washes a bucket of clothes in the freezing water. Two of her children are beside her.

WMC Women Under Siege
March 16, 2021 | Ann Deslandes | Feminism, Gender-based violence, Girls, International, Misogyny, Violence against women
International Women’s Day Protesters in Mexico Take Over Central Plaza to Honor Victims of Femicide

The Mexico City government erected barricades around the National Palace of Government as a "wall of peace" intended to protect the historic building ahead of the 8M International Women’s Day protest on March 8, 2021. It did not go well.

WMC FBomb
March 15, 2021 | Lakshmi Gandhi | Arts and culture
Loan Le Celebrates Family, Food and First Love in ‘A Phở Love Story’

A Phở Love Story centers on two teens whose families own rival phở restaurants in the Little Saigon section of their hometown.

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