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January 12, 2021 | Adelaide Smith | Feminism
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s Performative Promise of Gender Equality

Salman’s hypocrisy has been apparent all along.

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January 11, 2021 | Shelby Black | Politics
How This Memphis Activist Disrupted the City’s Political Sphere

In 2013, Sawyer moved back to Memphis and threw herself into local activist organizations, including Black Votes Matter.

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January 06, 2021 | Catherine K. | Feminism
Argentina Just Legalized Abortion, But Other Latin American Countries Are Making Progress Too

On December 30, Argentina’s Senate approved legislation that not only legalized abortion until the 14th week of pregnancy, but also made the procedure free of charge.

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January 05, 2021 | Megan McGibney | Race/Ethnicity
Meet the Woman Encouraging Philanthropists to Invest in Southern, Black Women and Girls

Brown envisioned the creation of a program anchored by Black women and girls in the South that is today known as the Southern Black Girls and Women’s Consortium (SBGWC), a union of four organizations led by four Black women in the South

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January 04, 2021 | Lakshmi Gandhi | Arts and culture
How Amanda Jones Became One of the Buzziest Composers in Hollywood

The FBomb had the chance to talk to Jones about her career journey, working with other Black female creators, and why she strongly believes in advocating for diverse stories and creators.

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December 17, 2020 | Lakshmi Gandhi |
New Documentary Shines a Light on Iranian Human Rights Activist Nasrin Sotoudeh

A new documentary by filmmakers Jeff Kaufman and Marcia S. Ross provides a firsthand look into the life of Nasrin Sotoudeh, one of Iran’s leading human rights activists and lawyers.

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December 16, 2020 | Lakshmi Gandhi | Media
“All Joking Aside” Explores the Struggles and Triumphs of a Aspiring Woman Comic

The FBomb talked with All Joking Aside star Raylene Harewood about the world of comedy, unconventional friendships, and the unique pain that comes with a rocky mother-daughter relationship.

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December 15, 2020 | Kylie Cheung | Politics
What the Biden-Harris Administration Can Do On Day One for Survivors

Any plan to rein in the pandemic and its most jarring consequences requires action to support victims and survivors.

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December 14, 2020 | Kate Alexandria | Politics
This Is the Harm That Was Done to Title IX Under the Trump Administration

The new administration’s actions will be crucial to reaffirming the faith of sexual violence survivors after the damage of the Trump presidency.

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December 10, 2020 | Elianor M.A. | LGBTQIA
Elliot Page’s Announcement Reminds Us That Feminists Need To Do More for Trans Men

On December 1, Oscar-nominated actor Elliot Page came out as transgender in a heartfelt note they shared on Twitter.

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December 09, 2020 | Rose Maura Lorre | Politics
5 Women on How 2020 Turned Them Into Lifelong Activists

Ahead of Election Day, women across America turned their anxieties about the nation’s socioeconomic and racial turmoil and fears about the pandemic and the future into action by volunteering.

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December 08, 2020 | Weintana Abraha | Politics
What This Former Congressional Candidate Learned From Running for Office

Frances Yasmeen Motiwalla’s path to running for Congress as a Democratic candidate was not a linear one.

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December 07, 2020 | Olivia Golden |
Female Athletes Are Making History, But Still Face Sexism

Sarah Fuller, a goalkeeper for Vanderbilt University’s soccer team, made history on Saturday as the first woman to play in a Power 5 conference college football game

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December 04, 2020 | Sophie Hayssen | Media
What ‘Not Done: Women Remaking America’ Says About Today’s Feminist Movement

“Not Done” argues that while many seemed to believe the feminist project was complete, especially in the midst of Obama-era idealism about social progress in America, it was, as the title states, not done.

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December 03, 2020 | Kate Alexandria | Violence against women
Their Only Power Is Pretending You Don’t Have Any: How Speaking About My Secrets As a Survivor Set Me Free

I decided it was time to tell my complete story so that other survivors wouldn’t be trapped with their abusers for no other reason than that they feel alone and fear they won’t be believed.

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December 01, 2020 | Sehar Chowdhry | Environment
Meet Teen Climate Activist Ketaki Tyagi

Ketaki Tyagi has been a staunch climate change activist since the age of 14.

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November 23, 2020 | Megan McGibney |
What This Rwandan Genocide Survivor Can Teach Americans About Healing Our Country’s Divisions

After years of division, many Americans are looking to move forward and heal our country. One way to do so is to look toward other countries that have experienced, and healed from, deep divisions and learn from them.

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November 20, 2020 | Sarah Ellis | Environment
The Indigenous Woman Leading the Fight to Save the Arctic Wildlife Refuge

For Bernadette Demientieff, the Arctic was never just some far-off region portending the coming horrors of climate change.

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November 19, 2020 | Jodie Hare | Politics
Being In Power Doesn’t Automatically Make Women Feminists

Just because a person in power is a woman does not mean the way they use their power will actually help other women.

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November 10, 2020 | Lakshmi Gandhi | Immigration
Documentarian Rendah Haj Is Shining a Light on the African Australian Migrant Experience

The need for more realistic and powerful narratives about Black Australian life was a big reason why Haj decided to study film.

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November 09, 2020 | Sophie Hayssen | Violence against women
New Podcast Investigates Femicides in Juarez, Mexico

Mexican investigative journalist Lydia Cacho hosts a new podcast called The Red Note, which breaks down the multiple layers of Juárez’s government and culture that have allowed these killings to continue without justice for victims or their families.

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November 05, 2020 | Isha Gupta | Body image and body standards
How Being Body Shamed Help Me Love Myself

I was able to conduct my very own social experiment, in my mind, of how people react after they are face-to-face with part of a woman’s body they have been told is shameful.

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October 29, 2020 | Maydeen Merino | Feminism
Here’s What It Was Like to Attend One of the 2020 Women’s Marches

The Women’s March had its first historic rally in January 2017, and organized its most recent march on October 17.

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October 28, 2020 | Lakshmi Gandhi | Media
Director Mayye Zayed Explores the Lives of Egypt’s Young Female Weightlifters in “Lift Like A Girl”

Zayed’s documentary, Lift Like a Girl, is set to make its U.S. premiere at the DOC NYC film festival on November 11.

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October 23, 2020 | Ashley Andreou | Health
Unpacking Toxic Masculinity in The Medical Field

Cultures of institutions are almost always a product of not just their founders, but those who carry on their legacies. In the United States, the medical profession was founded by white men, and today, most physicians are privileged white men.


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