In 2003, I sat in my eighth grade sexual education class, listening to my teacher explain to us that abstinence was the only way to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. As one could predict, later that year one of my classmates, despite having looked terrified during the discussion of STIs, became pregnant at the [...]
**Trigger warning: This blog post discusses rape and the problems surrounding the rape kit backlog** Imagine that you have just experienced an incredibly traumatizing and horrific experience – you were raped. Now imagine that, despite feeling powerless and needing to attempt to begin to heal, you immediately go to the hospital and spend up to [...]
Two days ago, the Feminist Majority Foundation joined several other women’s nonprofits in Washington, D.C. to protest the anti-woman, pro-corporation Supreme Court decision in Dukes v. Wal-Mart. Women and men gathered at the steps of the Supreme Court for the Rally in Solidarity with the Women of Wal-Mart, a rally organized by the National Women’s [...]
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