In contrast to the hypersexualized attire donned by the majority of female characters in fantasy/action movies, Ruth E. Carter’s designs are "feminine, masculine, beautiful, and strong," and challenge the conception that femininity and strength are mutually exclusive.
Ahed Tamimi is more than an emblem of Palestinian unity or a symbol of the resistance. She is an inspiring figure for all young feminists to look up to.
Robin on what statues teach us, updating #MeToo vs. the Nobels, Chinese feminism—and the green-haired turtle. Guests: Dem. Deb Haaland, NM candidate to be the first Native American woman in Congress; Dr. Gail Dines on porn as a public-health issue.
A monument dedicated to “victims of abortion” is one step closer to being built on the grounds of the Tennessee State Capitol.
The first day of the retrial resulted in a 10.5-hour jury deliberation, but failed to result in a verdict. But on the second, Cosby was found guilty on all three counts of sexual assault. While the judge has not yet set a date to sentence Cosby, each of the counts is punishable by up to ten years in state prison.
We must be intentional about preventing the erasure of black women’s history.
It's important for desginers' clothes to be seen, but it’s just as important for those who wear clothes to feel seen by designers. And currently, many aren’t: specifically, individuals with disabilities. One brand might change that.
ABUJA, Nigeria—Masturah Musa kneads a ball of halawa with her fingers. As it begins to soften, she spreads the sticky caramel across her customer’s leg, then pulls it upward.
Ask Me About My Uterus: A Quest to Make Doctors Believe in Women’s Pain is Norman’s exploration of her own experience with pain — specifically, doctors' failure to get to the bottom of it as well as their suggestions that the pain was "all in her head."
Robin on #MeToo versus the Nobel Prize, poetry month, and women's long-term strategies in Rwanda and the Gaza Strip. Guests: Daina Ramey Berry on what enslaved persons thought—and cost; Taina Bien-Aimé on anti-sex-traffick progress. Plus a surprise!
California is one step closer to providing compensation to the living survivors of state-sponsored sterilization.
News directors say they want to connect with their communities. Hiring diverse staff is key to achieving this goal.
Operation Condor, a France and U.S.-endorsed campaign of torture in South America, is long over. But the brutality it wrought still echoes today.
By 17 years old, Brazilian swimmer Joanna Maranhão had already broken her country’s record by taking fifth place in the 400 meters at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. Four years later, memories of the sexual abuse Maranhão suffered at nine years old at the hands of a former swim coach had come back to haunt her.
For the first time, Diaz dismantles the mask he, much like Yunior, wore for years and shows New Yorker readers a surprisingly uncensored view behind it.
I always assumed that if I found myself in a situation like this I would report it and feel a sense of justice. But when forced to confront it, the reporting process seemed vengeful and futile.
Robin on Trump's "Fixer," Zuckerberg's testimony, a new organ in the human body, and snow monkeys. Guest: "Everything But the Girl" singer-songwriter Tracey Thorn opts for in-your-face feminism in her new Record.
Gabby Antonio Smashes the Imperialist, White Supremacist, Capitalist Patriarchy! is a web series that challenges systems of oppression in both its production and its content.
On April 2, Lizzy Martinez, 17, was pulled from her fifth-period class at Braden River High School, in Bradenton, Florida and sent to the dean’s office—because her nipples were allegedly “distracting” other students.
The administration's funding priorities threaten programs that provide affordable contraceptive care to millions.
While conversations about the #MeToo movement’s impact on Hollywood have proliferated in the media for months, less attention has been paid to how the movement has affected other spaces, like academia.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security plans to monitor hundreds of thousands of news sources around the world and build a database that it enables it to track and search journalists, editors, and “media influencers” based on their beat and past work.
Removing the barriers to accessing safe and timely abortion is an economic justice issue.
Robin on those awesome Red State teachers; MeToo in Moscow and Wall Street; mourning the death of Winnie Mandela. Guests: Brianna Fisher, Leni Steinhardt, Zoe Gordon—high school journalists who lived through and report on the Parkland, FL tragedy.
Obituaries of Gen. Efraín Ríos Montt only tell part of the story. Here's the rest.
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