Each year, the National Women’s History Project (NWHP), an organization dedicated to honoring and preserving women’s history, chooses a theme for Women’s History Month. The theme this March is a feminist rallying cry that dates back to last year: “Nevertheless, She Persisted.”

Formula One racing recently announced it would end decades of ceremonial tradition by abolishing “grid girls” — young “promotional models” who introduce the races and are sprayed with champagne by the winning driver.

Winfrey, who is the first black woman to receive the Cecil B. DeMille award for lifetime achievement, used this platform to highlight important issues related to both the #MeToo movement and her own experiences as a black woman.

On January 22, 1973, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in the Roe v. Wade case. That decision, made 45 years ago, gave women the legal right to have an abortion.

Meghan Markle will be the first nonwhite woman ever to marry into the British monarchy. But is this fact a point of progress, or does the frenzy surrounding Markle’s race just further reinforce harmful stereotypes surrounding beauty and colorism?

November 25 is International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and this year's theme is “leave no one behind.”

Rohingya Muslims are facing an ethnic cleansing in Myanmar.

Whedon’s behavior is not unlike many “feminist” men, which in turn points to a bigger problem: the way in which many male feminists use that identity to excuse themselves from wrongdoing.

At the end of last month, the BBC was forced to reveal its employees’ salaries, and the results upset many—specifically, the considerable wage gap between its male and female employees. Two-thirds of the presenters who earned over £150,000 were men.

Chester Bennington, the frontman of Linkin Park, was a rock legend, an important cultural icon, and a man who, like many, suffered from depression. On July 20, the 41-year-old took his own life.