Racial and ethnic grifting is a settler-colonial tradition that’s as American as Dutch apple pie.
Apologists for cultural poseurs make plain the cleavages festering in our movements because of anti-blackness, internalized colonization, machismo and elitism.
The author, Wells’ great-granddaughter, aims to introduce the journalist, activist, and anti-lynching leader “to a younger generation and other people who might not be as familiar with her life.”
“I wanted to write about joy and about a girl who gets to fall in love, and gets to mess up and make mistakes and be a nuanced girl who isn't perfect."
Since The Bachelor and The Bachelorette started in 2002 and 2003 respectively, only three leads have not been white.
Bridgerton deftly handles race, in much the same way Lin Manuel Miranda’s game-changing masterpiece Hamilton did.
While President Biden’s memorandum provides a welcome change to the dangerous situation established by the Trump administration, it only partly restores the status quo of four years ago. The timing, presentation, and language of the actions indicate that abortion rights advocates will have to continue to fight to make abortion rights a bigger priority for the Biden administration.
Ahead of the Super Bowl, the new film offers a unique view of the devaluing of “women's work.”
Household hunger in Zimbabwe used to be confined to rural districts, but in 2019, as the economy faltered, hunger took root in cities as well. Enter the rural women baking collectives — and the environmentalists who oppose them.
Beneath the film's pastel coloring, neon signage, and pop music remixes lies a grim deconstruction of rape culture, and how those afflicted by it attempt to heal from it.
Argentina’s new abortion law, a result of decades of feminist organizing, is spurring hope for expanded rights elsewhere in the region.
Iran is on the verge of passing a landmark law that will take action to outlaw sexual violence against women.
Christina Li first got the idea for what would become her debut novel shortly after she graduated from high school.
The Women’s Media Center celebrates our Robin Morgan on her 80th birthday, with a photo album highlighting exceptional events, media appearances, podcasts, and writing for the Women’s Media Center.
In an extraordinary year in the film industry, more women of color directors have made an impact than ever before.
Former CNN and Washington Post reporter Masuma Ahuja compiled the stories of 30 girls from 27 countries around the world in a scrapbook-style book.
The overall percentage of women working on top-grossing films has barely budged in over 20 years.
After being detained for three years, al-Hathloul finally had her first day in trial under Saudi Arabia’s Specialized Criminal Court on December 10, 2020.
In a country with one of the highest HIV prevalence rates in the world, a sex worker-led health care model succeeds in serving its own community.
The ongoing sexual violence toward Asian women is undeniably linked to widespread, hypersexualized stereotypes that have stripped Asian women of their personhood and individuality.
The lack of television coverage of female athletes creates an illusion that there is not a significant number of female athletes worthy of admiration — that they are failing — when in fact, there are many who are very successful.
There is a long list of actions the new administration and Congress should take for women and girls, but we can start with six things.
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