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WMC News & Features
March 01, 2020 | Lauren Wolfe | Health, International
Scotland on track to become first country to offer free sanitary products

In the UK, toilet paper is considered a “necessity,” unlike tampons, which are taxed like a luxury item.

WMC Live
March 01, 2020 | Maysoon Zayid | Disability, Politics, Robin Morgan, WMC Loreen Arbus Journalism Program
WMC Live #310: Maysoon Zayid. (Original Airdate 3/1/2020)

Robin on the Weinstein verdict, gender and the coronavirus, a whole new calendar—and signals from space? Guest: Maysoon Zayid, a Palestinian-American feminist, stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and disability-rights activist with cerebral palsy.

WMC News & Features
February 28, 2020 | Lauren Wolfe | Health
Fail: Study gives U.S. an F on reproductive rights

When it comes to reproductive rights, the United States is flunking. A report card from the nonprofit, Washington-based Population Institute has given the U.S. an F for the first time in the eight years it has graded the country’s record.

WMC News & Features
February 27, 2020 | Marcie Bianco, Ph.D. | Arts and culture, LGBTQIA
In “Portrait of a Lady on Fire,” a feminist politics of love

The new film by Céline Sciamma places equality at the center of a love story.

WMC FBomb
February 27, 2020 | Casey Quinlan | Feminism
Men still aren’t doing traditionally women-dominated work

Plenty of research has established that there are major gender imbalances in male-dominated careers that make it hard for women to break into those fields. What is often less discussed, however, is men's underrepresentation in professions dominated by women, like healthcare, early education, and domestic (HEED) roles.

WMC FBomb
February 26, 2020 | Garnett Achieng | Feminism
This African organization is helping women data journalists

WanaData Africa is a pan-African network of almost 100 female journalists and data experts.

WMC Women Under Siege
February 26, 2020 | Sara Cincurova | Gender-based violence, International, Media, Misogyny, Online harassment, Violence against women
Women journalists face life-threatening risks in Venezuela

While Venezuela reels from its ongoing political and humanitarian crises, attacks against members of the press, and particularly women journalists, have become especially acute.

WMC FBomb
February 25, 2020 | Tharwa Boulifi | Feminism
The problem of toxic masculinity

A young Tunisian YouTuber decided to tackle this topic, which is largely taboo in the nation, in a video entitled "Mekch Rajel,” which means "you’re not a man" in the Tunisian dialect.

WMC Live
February 23, 2020 | Luvvie Ajayi | Politics, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #309: Luvvie Ajayi. (Original Airdate 02/23/2020)

Robin on what you didn’t see at the Oscars, “menstrual equity,” Southern Baptists and “transgressive” men, climate change’s impact on women, and whither the ERA now? Guest: Luvvie Ajayi on the African diaspora.

WMC News & Features
February 21, 2020 | Lauren Wolfe | Immigration, International
Post-Brexit immigration policy will hit women hardest, advocates say

Now that the UK has officially left the EU, the government has decided to overhaul its immigration system, and women are about to become the big losers in the process.

WMC FBomb
February 21, 2020 | Yvonne Wabai | Disability, Feminism, Online harassment, WMC Loreen Arbus Journalism Program
Twitter Is Silencing Women

Despite citing scientific evidence, no sooner had my tweet gone live than a legion of angry twitter users, mostly men, came baying for my blood.

WMC News & Features
February 20, 2020 | Lauren Wolfe | International
Women granted parity (minus combat) in India's military

As of Monday, women will be afforded equal rights to men who serve, in that they can finally receive equal pay and benefits, achieve command positions, and make the army their career—rather than being forced out after 10 to 14 years.

WMC News & Features
February 20, 2020 | Treva Lindsey | Race/Ethnicity, Violence against women
The urgent crisis of missing Black women and girls

Although media attention to the problem has waned, the harsh reality is that between 64,000 and 75,000 Black women and girls are currently missing in the U.S.

WMC FBomb
February 19, 2020 | Tharwa Boulifi | Disability, Feminism, WMC Loreen Arbus Journalism Program
Remembering Feminist Role Model and Revolutionary, Lina Ben Mhenni

On Monday, January 27th, Tunisia lost one of its most prominent feminist activists: Lina ben Mhenni died at the age of 36 after a long battle with lupus, a chronic systemic autoimmune disease she was diagnosed with at 11 years old.

WMC News & Features
February 14, 2020 | Lauren Wolfe | Gender-based violence, International, Violence against women
Vast number of refugee women sexually abused while awaiting UK asylum

A shocking new report from Women for Refugee Women, a UK-based nonprofit, says one-third of women they interviewed who had been raped or sexually assaulted in their home countries have faced further rape or sexual abuse while destitute in the UK.

WMC FBomb
February 13, 2020 | Maddie Solomon | Feminism
Consent is about more than sex

Consent, or usually lack thereof, is probably most frequently referenced in our society in cases of sexual assault. However, we must learn how to use consent as a tool in every relationship to identify problematic behaviors in any relationship in which there are different levels of power.

WMC FBomb
February 12, 2020 | Kadin Burnett | Media, Race/Ethnicity
Crime shows depict a 'false narrative' about law enforcement

The report discovered that scripted crime television shows, which millions of viewers tune into on a regular basis, depict a false narrative about the unchecked heroism of law enforcement.

WMC News & Features
February 11, 2020 | Elayne Clift | Arts and culture
Museums offer “mea culpa” and showcase multimedia women artists

Some large art museums are starting to address the glaring underrepresentation of women artists and artists of color.

WMC FBomb
February 11, 2020 | Neha Madhira | Environment, Race/Ethnicity
AP photo cropping mistake sparks conversation about racism in climate change activism

Nakate, who is the founder of the climate action groups Youth for Future Africa and the Rise Up Movement, confronted the publication on Twitter, writing, “Why did you remove me from the photo? I was part of the group!"

WMC Women Under Siege
February 10, 2020 | Aisling Walsh | Feminism, Gender-based violence, International, Violence against women
Encuentro de Mujeres que Luchan: A meeting in the mountains for ‘women who struggle’

In a year when Latin America was swept with protests against gender-based violence from Mexico to Chile, the Encuentro de Mujeres que Luchan, organized by the Zapatista community, welcomed some 4,000 women to the Chiapaneco highlands to unite in transnational feminist solidarity and confront the global crisis of violence against women.

WMC News & Features
February 09, 2020 | Lauren Wolfe | International, Misogyny
Indian government embarrasses itself to keep ban on women in combat

India’s government said early last week it thinks women are not fit to serve in ground combat roles—citing reasons that are embarrassingly regressive.

WMC Live
February 09, 2020 | Marianne Schnall | Politics, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #308: Marianne Schnall. (Original Airdate 2/9/2020)
Robin on Mitt, Nancy, the Senate vote, and what’s next; Barbie’s diversity at age 60; Oscar nominees; women on the moon; and rock-eating parrotfish. Guest: Marianne Schnall with great quotes by women.
WMC FBomb
February 07, 2020 | Annabelle Shemer | Feminism
Toya is centering girls in gaming

While, according to a 2019 survey, 46% of American gamers are women, the games they play don’t reflect their experiences at the same rate.

WMC FBomb
February 05, 2020 | Farha Khalidi | Media, Race/Ethnicity
Actress Jo Martin will be the first black, female Doctor Who

Actress Jo Martin will be the first black Doctor, and the second woman, in the series’ history.

WMC News & Features
February 04, 2020 | Carmen Rios | Sports
It’s National Girls and Women in Sports Day: We want equal pay

The annual day to celebrate female athletes has taken on a new urgency as women in sports are rising up more than ever to demand equality — but discrimination persists.

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