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January 12, 2014 | Hannah | Education, Feminism, International, Media, Race/Ethnicity
Feminism Has Changed Me: Claiming My Black Latina Identity
Throughout the last few weeks, I have been introduced to a powerful movement called feminism. I have never been as inspired and motivated to use my voice than I am right now. The more that I have been...
WMC FBomb
December 13, 2013 | Julie Zeilinger | Feminism, Media, Misogyny, Race/Ethnicity
Saturday Vids: Feminist Consciousness in Islamabad
Jennifer Lee interviewed three women in Islamabad about how they feel the western media depicts Pakistani women. A fuller version of the interview can be found on the Broad Side, but Rubia, one of the...
WMC FBomb
December 06, 2013 | Julie Zeilinger | Feminism, Media, Race/Ethnicity
Saturday Vids: Mallika Sherawat on the Status of Indian Women
This video has already gone viral, but it's worth reposting: watch the actress Mallika Sherawat defend her belief that the status of women in India needs to be improved. She speaks eloquently and pass...
WMC FBomb
November 17, 2013 | Angela B | Arts and culture, Feminism, Media, Misogyny, Race/Ethnicity
The SNL Scandal
I love Kerry Washington. She is probably one of my all time favorite actresses. Her character on Scandal is smart, intelligent and well written, a rarity for black actresses today. When I found out Wa...
WMC FBomb
November 03, 2013 | Sarah Colome | Feminism, Media, Misogyny, Race/Ethnicity
Where Are the White Women? A Response to Halloween, Blackface, and Missed Opportunities
It is always important to make sure that white folks are not taking up space in a racial justice movement whose very problem is derived from our privilege and racism: it is important to stand in solid...
WMC FBomb
October 27, 2013 | Sam H | Body image and body standards, Feminism, Media, Misogyny, Politics, Race/Ethnicity
The Black Girl Conundrum
I will never forget the noise that my mother made when she first saw it. We were navigating the streets of New York on a busy Saturday in 2011, running late for a hair appointment. She was walking so ...
WMC FBomb
October 08, 2013 | Trip E | Education, Feminism, Girls, Misogyny, Race/Ethnicity, Violence against women
When the Controversial Decision to Only Cast Women Of Color Makes Sense
Last week, Barnard College/Columbia University’s V-Day organization announced that this year's production of Eve Ensler's play The Vagina Monologues will feature a cast entirely composed of self-iden...
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October 06, 2013 | YingYing S | Body image and body standards, Feminism, Media, Race/Ethnicity
Julie Chen Didn’t Betray Me
CBS “The Talk” host Julie Chen revealed on Thursday that as a young journalist, she was pressured by racist comments from a boss to undergo surgical procedures to enlarge her eyes. “He said, ‘Let’s f...
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August 22, 2013 | Talia | Body image and body standards, Feminism, Media, Race/Ethnicity
How Stock Photos Reflect The Way We View Women
Last year, I was working on a graphic art submission to the National Organization for Women (NOW)’s Love Your Body Poster Contest. To execute my concept, I needed to find a lot of stock photos of w...
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August 16, 2013 | Julie Zeilinger | Media, Race/Ethnicity
Saturday Vids: Comics Undressed
Today is the last day to back "Comics Undressed" on Kickstarter. Here's a video about the documentary and a description below. Help them out! Comics, heralded as a white heterosexual masculine mediu...
WMC Live
July 20, 2013 | Katrina vanden Heuvel, Laura Bates, Nada Bakos | Politics, Race/Ethnicity, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #48: Katrina vanden Heuvel, Katie Goodman, Laura Bates, Nada Bakos. (Original Airdate 7/20/2013)
Robin on the Zimmerman verdict and a double standard for violence against black women; an ex-CIA agent combats trafficking; an online activist fights daily sexism; comic Katie Goodman sings funny; Katrina vanden Heuvel on headlines and punditry.
WMC FBomb
June 25, 2013 | Rachel B | Education, Feminism, Misogyny, Race/Ethnicity
Will Girls Really Rise?
I recently watched the documentary film "Girl Rising" with my high school (of about 80 students) and subsequently helped to lead a forum to discuss it. The movie artistically illustrates the stories o...
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June 16, 2013 | Camille E | Body image and body standards, Feminism, Race/Ethnicity
What If I AM Like The Feminist Stereotype?
Am I giving feminism a bad rap by not shaving my armpits? I worry that people will take one look at my pits, label me as “one of those feminists” (the only kind they think exists), and dismiss what I ...
WMC Women Under Siege
May 09, 2013 | Kerry K. Paterson | Race/Ethnicity, Violence against women
Q&A: A fresh look at rape during the U.S. Civil War
Crystal N. Feimster is no stranger to uncomfortable narratives. A feminist scholar in the department of African-American studies at Yale University, Feimster has spent much of her academic career addressing and unpacking the often-controversial stories woven through racial and sexualized violence. She has found 450 court martial cases from the Civil War related to rape and other sexualized violence, but says that, as we still find today, the crime was “overwhelmingly underreported.”
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May 05, 2013 | Shavon M | Economy, Feminism, Girls, Media, Misogyny, Race/Ethnicity
Bright Like a Diamond, White Like a Princess
In recent years, Disney has been toying around with their “Princess” brand, making their popular films and characters even more marketable to children–namely, to young girls. This isn’t really new: Di...
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April 11, 2013 | Jasmine W | Body image and body standards, Girls, Media, Race/Ethnicity
The Straight and the Narrow
Sometimes I look at the pieces of my chemically-straightened hair that are scattered around my bathroom floor, and I wonder what it would be like if things were different. What if relaxers were never ...
WMC News & Features
April 04, 2013 | Mary C. Curtis | Arts and culture, Feminism, Politics, Race/Ethnicity
Activist Angela Davis Reaches a New Generation
In film and onstage, from the perspective of more than 50 years of activism, Angela Davis offers lessons from an organizer.
WMC News & Features
March 29, 2013 | Shazia Z. Rafi | Economy, Education, Girls, International, Politics, Race/Ethnicity, Religion, Violence against women
Pakistan—The Last Destination of the Stars
The author, fresh from a family visit, reflects on how Pakistan arrived at this moment, and what the United States can do to support women and democracy there.
WMC News & Features
March 22, 2013 | Agunda Okeyo | Arts and culture, Economy, Politics, Race/Ethnicity
"My Brooklyn"—Prejudice, Policy and Gentrification
In discussing two women who document a culturally and commercially vibrant community at risk, the author explores the racist policy and politics behind the onslaught of gentrification.
WMC News & Features
March 04, 2013 | Crissinda Ponder | Media, Race/Ethnicity
A Tale of Two Journalists
Caught in the crosshairs of social media comment, two TV journalists received very different treatment from their respective employers.
WMC FBomb
March 03, 2013 | Anya J | Feminism, Media, Misogyny, Race/Ethnicity, Violence against women
Sexism Is Not Actually "Edgy"
Seth McFarlane has been repeatedly called an ”edgy” choice for an Oscars host. The Onion brands itself as a daring, controversial form of satire, steadfastly refusing ‘to knuckle under to pressure fro...
WMC News & Features
February 21, 2013 | Emily Wilson | Media, Race/Ethnicity
Sotomayor—From the Bronx to the Bench
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor is determined to be as frank as possible in her new memoir.
WMC Live
February 16, 2013 | Johnnetta Cole, Barbara Smith, Bonnie Thornton Dill, Salamishah Tillet | Gender-based violence, Politics, Race/Ethnicity, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #26: Johnnetta Cole, Barbara Smith, Bonnie Thornton Dill, Salamishah Tillet. (Original Airdate 2/16/2013)
Robin celebrates Black History Month with Bonnie Thornton Dill on race, gender, and class; Salamishah Tillet on violence against women and girls; Barbara Smith on black feminism and gun violence; and Johnnetta Cole on the glory of African-American women.
WMC News & Features
February 13, 2013 | Agunda Okeyo | International, Politics, Race/Ethnicity
The Pot Calling the Kettle…
The author goes beneath the Western stereotypes of African politics to explain what's at stake for women and all citizens in the upcoming elections in Kenya.
WMC News & Features
January 28, 2013 | Mary C. Curtis | Feminism, Politics, Race/Ethnicity, Religion
Myrlie Evers-Williams—Making Her Own History
The inauguration moment that most moved the author, multimedia journalist Mary C. Curtis, came early in the ceremony.
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