Robin celebrates Poetry Month with poets Rita Dove, Irena Klepfisz, and Toi Derricotte.
Recently, reports surfaced of an 11-year-old girl from a rural area in Argentina who got pregnant after being raped by her grandmother’s partner. Mariela Belski, Executive Director of Amnesty International Argentina, told the FBomb more about this case and how Argentinian girls and women are fighting for justice thanks to the Ni Una Menos (Not One [Woman] Less) movement.
Us not only imparts an eerie warning about the repercussions of idly living a life of privilege as people suffer beneath you, but takes the warning a step further by showing what can happen when the “outsiders” the privileged are so afraid of letting in, the people who have been pushed below and ignored, finally force their way in — and do so with a vengeance.
I recently launched the Instagram project @BeingDressCoded to create a space in which we don’t just observe individual stories about dress codes but can look for patterns and learn from a larger, collective story about sexism and sexual objectification.
Robin on Mueller’s “Report,” the imperiled ACA, The 4 B Boys, how women’s brains age differently than men’s, and a propaganda subway. Guest: Dr. Leana Wen, President of Planned Parenthood Federation of America and Planned Parenthood Action Fund.
It’s important for History.com to not only add more videos and audio that feature women who made a difference in history, but specifically to let these women use their own voices to tell their stories whenever possible.
The filmmakers hope that the documentary, a devastating portrayal of rape culture, will be used to fuel change.
The development in their case comes after a months-long saga in which the women, who said they fled to escape an abusive family and restrictive society, hid out in Hong Kong and stayed in various safe houses out of fear they could be intercepted and forced to return home.
Women now hold 102 seats in the House, the most ever. But thanks to Trump, 2018 was the political Year of the White Man.
Can a superhero movie like Captain Marvel teach us anything about the “misinformation age” in which we currently live?
Several women had reported being raped by security forces during the government crackdown on protests in January. Since then, no formal investigations have been undertaken; no formal independent complaints mechanism has been established; and the outrage has dissipated.
Ugandan Tourism Minister John Kiwanda plans to feature “curvy and sexy women” as a primary Ugandan attraction in the official literature for the nation’s tourism. The plan also includes the launch of a beauty pageant called “Miss Curvy Uganda,” the winner of which will be used in an advertising campaign.
Robin on “herstory”at NASA: the first women’s spacewalk, plus an unnerving new drug for postpartum depression, Captain Marvel trounces trolls, and exposing white supremacist “replacement theory.” Guest: Salomée Levy of GirlUp.
Last week, federal prosecutors charged 50 people in a scheme to get the children of extremely wealthy families into elite colleges across the United States. These revelations have prompted a public discussion of the many ways inequality is perpetuated in higher education.
This attack, like almost all mass shootings, was perpetrated by a man.
This month is a good time to recognize the urgency of questions about what it means to be a woman.
As the number of cases of attempted kidnappings in metro stations mount, feminist civil society is fighting to create a safe city for women, against the inefficacy of law enforcement and a city government that appear ill-equipped to address the daily reality of violence committed against them in public.
The culmination of over 70 scientists’ research, provides peer-reviewed evidence that feminist policies are extremely effective solutions to the mega-issue of climate change.
Sexual harassment and bullying of women have long been commonplace in Nigeria’s bustling markets. Now, women are leading the charge to change its culture.
Although unearthing the trauma this illness has caused has been difficult, it has also taught me a lot about what it means to stand up for myself and the countless other people who have been affected by it.
Robin on professional sportswomen taking sexism to court, high-school girl wrestlers, Meghan Markle (Duchess of Sussex) destigmatizing menstruation, and the House of Dior (wait—what?). Guest: Sherin Khankan, founder of Denmark’s women’s mosque.
The women behind "The Feminist on Cellblock Y," which chronicles a classroom of male prisoners as they wrestle with vulnerability and the confines of masculine norms, speak with WMC Women Under Siege about their process, and what the broader public can learn at this critical moment from the men of Success Stories.
Populist nationalist political leaders have been increasingly rising to power in recent years all over the world — from Bolsonaro in Brazil to the success of the Vote Leave campaign in the UK to President Trump. Now a group of female leaders has banded together to warn the world about how this growing embrace of right-wing authoritarianism undermines women’s rights across the globe.
The ninth annual event showcased stories about women leaders as well as ordinary women who rise to meet the challenges in their own lives.
A year after Rio de Janeiro city councilwoman Marielle Franco's murder, justice remains elusive, but her life and work live on with her supporters.
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