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October 30, 2017 | Tharwa Boulifi | International
What I’ve learned about virginity growing up in Tunisia

How I realized that “virginity” is a crucial element of a broader sexist culture that aims to oppress women through their bodies.

WMC Live
October 29, 2017 Politics, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #226: Polly Rodriguez, Angela Dodson. (Original Airdate 10/29/2017)

Robin on what really happens when women legislate, unmasking Trump's Generals, and one fine sheriff. Guests: Polly Rodriguez on “make love, not porn”—Women of Sex Tech; Angela Dodson on her book of ALL the suffragists—including women of color.

WMC News & Features
October 27, 2017 | Rebecca McCray | Feminism, Free Speech, Gender-based violence, Gloria Steinem, Jane Fonda, Media, Misogyny, Politics
A night at the Women's Media Awards: Leading the way for women after an oppressive year

A confluence of normalized misogyny and devaluing of women made Thursday’s Women’s Media Awards all the more uplifting, emphasizing the power of sisterhood and the voices of women in media.

WMC News & Features
October 27, 2017 Media
The 2017 Women's Media Awards in pictures

Five hundred guests attended the Women’s Media Awards on October 26 at Capitale in New York City.

MSNBC analyst and senior policy adviser to the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign Maya Harris hosted. Honorees were Hillary Rodham Clinton, Maria Hinojosa, Ashley Judd, April Ryan, María Elena Salinas, and Gail Tifford. And we celebrated the landmark 80th birthday of our co-founder Jane Fonda.

WMC News & Features
October 25, 2017 | Kit Gruelle | Gender-based violence, Violence against women
Listening to victims can reduce domestic violence deaths

A new study confirms that three women are killed each day in the United States by an intimate partner. As Domestic Violence Awareness Month draws to a close, the author, an advocate and activist, looks at ways some communities are reducing those numbers.

WMC News & Features
October 24, 2017 | Rebecca McCray | Health, Politics
Trump administration sneaks three words into health doc that undermine reproductive rights

Tweaking just a few words in a sentence can change its meaning entirely. The Trump administration recently did just that—and the tiny edit may have drastic repercussions for women.

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October 24, 2017 | Julie Zeilinger | Economy
Meet the woman advocating for more female firefighters

United Women Firefighters is an affinity group of women firefighters working in the Fire Department of New York (FDNY).

WMC Women Under Siege
October 23, 2017 | Lauren Wolfe | Gender-based violence, International, Politics, Violence against women
In latest publicity stunt—and humanitarian nightmare—Trump sends Haley to Africa

U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley is going to Africa. South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Ethiopia, specifically. She says in an October 22 CNN op-ed that President Trump is sending her “to get a first-hand picture of what can be done.”

WMC Women Under Siege
October 23, 2017 | Tendai Marima | Gender-based violence, International, Violence against women
Renewed hope for Rwanda’s aging genocide widows

Unlike many other post-conflict African nations, Rwanda is working to support women widowed by the country’s 1994 genocide. With the establishment of care homes and other initiatives, the country’s elderly widows can finally find peace.

WMC Live
October 22, 2017 | Judaline Cassidy, Shaughnessy Naughton | Politics, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #225: Judaline Cassidy, Shaughnessy Naughton. (Original Airdate 10/22/2017)

Robin on Trump vs. mourning military families, and the kilonova in the Hydra constellation. Guests: Shaughnessy Naughton on a new push to get scientists into political office; Judaline Cassidy discusses her passion for plumbing and for mentoring.

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October 20, 2017 | Farha Khalidi | Immigration
We need to keep fighting for DACA

The Department of Homeland Security is halting the acceptance of new DACA applications, and the thousands who have already received DACA status are at risk of deportation.

WMC Women Under Siege
October 19, 2017 | Gabriel Leão | Feminism, Gender-based violence, International, Misogyny, Online harassment, Violence against women
In Brazil, one woman challenges a system ‘made by men for men’

When in August Brazilian writer and feminist activist Clara Averbuck refused the advances of an Uber driver, he physically threw her out of his car, leaving her bruised and with a black eye. He then sexually assaulted her as she lay on the ground.

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October 19, 2017 | Julie Graves | LGBTQIA
Why I struggled with National Coming Out Day

I have not yet come out to my family, and I began to wonder why I had to at all. Why is my identity one that has to be defined as “other” by our society?

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October 18, 2017 | Kayleigh Bolingbroke | International, Religion
What you need to know about the Rohingya refugee crisis and how to help

Rohingya Muslims are facing an ethnic cleansing in Myanmar.

WMC Live
October 15, 2017 | April Ryan | Politics, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #224: April Ryan. (Original Airdate 10/15/2017)

Robin on Trump's attacking contraception and insulting Puerto Rico, California burning, the Rohingya—and Harvey Weinstein. In-depth interview with AURN White House Correspondent April Ryan on 4 presidents—and on her own enslaved ancestors.

WMC News & Features
October 13, 2017 | Rebecca McCray | Feminism, Gender-based violence, Violence against women
From the pen of an anti-feminist president, a victory for women

No one is heralding Trump as a feminist hero. Yet on October 6, the president signed into law an act advocates say will make feminist history.

WMC Women Under Siege
October 12, 2017 | Julia Canney | Health, International, Politics, Violence against women
Illegal abortion in Ireland is coming up for a vote. A #RepealThe8th activist explains the challenges

The Irish government announced in September they would hold a referendum on the 8th Amendment in mid-2018—a long-awaited move by many in the country. The announcement followed years of campaigning by pro-choice organizations in Ireland.

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October 12, 2017 | Chloe Hallinan | Education, Free Speech
How UC Berkeley’s ‘Free Speech Week’ affected marginalized students

“Free Speech Week” has since been largely dismissed as an insignificant failure due to its poor organization and paltry audience. But our campus certainly felt the negative effects of this event anyway.

WMC News & Features
October 11, 2017 | Susan Buttenwieser | Health
Can Trump really take away contraceptive coverage?

Under the guise of religious freedom, the Trump administration is rolling back contraception coverage guaranteed under Obamacare.

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October 11, 2017 | Kalli Jackson | Race/Ethnicity, Sports
The real reason NFL players are taking a knee

Colin Kaepernick is unemployed because he decided to kneel while the national anthem played before games in protest of racial injustice, namely the string of police killings of unarmed black men, in the United States.

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October 10, 2017 | Kadin Burnett | Health, Politics
Our reproductive rights dodged a bullet with the Graham-Cassidy Bill’s defeat

While frustrating and dangerous, these constant attacks on women’s bodily autonomy provide all the more reason to support facilities like Planned Parenthood.

WMC Live
October 08, 2017 | Maria Teresa Kumar, Ann Hornaday | Politics, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #223: Maria Teresa Kumar, Ann Hornaday. (Original Airdate 10/8/2017)

Robin on Puerto Rico, Las Vegas, the fast-food industry's secret pact against women, Rosanne Cash, and female mayors. Guests: Maria Teresa Kumar on Hispanics in the crosshairs; Ann Hornaday on critics' tips for watching movies. Surrealism Corner.

WMC Women Under Siege
October 06, 2017 | Liz Olson | Gender-based violence, International, Religion, Violence against women
Atrocities against Yazidis are instrumental in understanding role of gender in genocide

Ekhlas was 14 years old when Islamic State militants attacked the northern Iraqi city of Sinjar in August 2014. Her family tried to flee to nearby Mount Sinjar, but they never made it.

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October 06, 2017 | Kadin Burnett | Education, Race/Ethnicity
School dress codes aren’t just sexist — they’re often racist, too.

The privilege of fully being oneself is harder for students with whom schools take issue — specifically black students, who are often disproportionately affected by dress code sanctions.

WMC News & Features
October 05, 2017 | Rebecca McCray | Health
Bill to ban abortion after 20 weeks sails through House

With a 237 to 189 vote, a bill that would ban abortions after 20 weeks in the U.S. was approved by the House of Representatives on Tuesday.

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