In late July, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) issued the first policy statement regarding racism’s negative impact on children’s health. According to their statement, exposure to racism in a variety of settings — including but not limited to the home, school, and even while in the womb — can create stress.

Each week, Houston-based activist Diamond Stylz and her rotating cast of co-hosts serve up candid conversations about topics ranging from gender reveal parties to the latest installment of the television show Pose from a black, trans, and feminist perspective.

Lockey is part of Open Bionics’ arms project, which employs cutting-edge 3D printing technology to make bionic arms.

Simone de Beauvoir was 41 years old when her most famous book, The Second Sex, was published in 1949. Over 20,000 copies of the book, which explored the meaning of being a woman, were sold in a matter of days after the book’s publication, and it soon became internationally famous.

When the first Argentinian women’s soccer league launched in 1991, the athletes involved were considered amateur and not paid. Almost 30 years later, they’re still unpaid, but that might soon change:

She proved that women could pursue any career they want, and they should be able to do it without guilt weighing them down. She showed that determination and perseverance aren't just worn-out adjectives, but actual, hard-calloused traits.

The WNBA is ushering in its 23rd season, and, with it, huge changes

According to the National Sexual Violence Resource Center, two out of three girls are harassed and one in four girls are sexually assaulted by the age 18.

Can a superhero movie like Captain Marvel teach us anything about the “misinformation age” in which we currently live?

On February 20, Smollett was charged with his first felony, for filling out a false police report, and on March 8, he was indicted on 16 counts of making false statements to the police.

22 years after disbanding, the feminist punk band Bikini Kill announced that they’ll return to perform a few summer tour dates — sending Riot Grrrl fans everywhere into a frenzy. To understand the commotion this news inspired, it’s important to know just how influential Bikini Kill has been to the feminist movement.

The media rarely covers the fact that the festival’s owner, Philip Anschutz, has donated to Republican politicians, anti-gay organizations, and organizations classified as hate groups.

The legacy of LGBT discrimination in Nigeria is long but has become particularly invective in recent years. The Initiative for Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights Awareness (ISRHRA), a Nigerian LGBT organization first formed in 2015, is working to combat it.

How truly impactful has the #MeToo and other dominant feminist movements been in India, considering that they frequently leave out the most oppressed group in the country: Dalit women.

Should the ACA be overturned, it would be the latest development in a long history of discrimination against women in the health care industry.