There is a lot of love out there for Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. One can imagine the excitement, then, when it was announced several weeks ago that the creative powerhouses would be co-hosting the 2013 Golden Globes in lieu of Ricky Gervais. This was a slam dunk for Hollywood — for the past few [...]
Sexual assault is much more than just a women’s issue. Survivors of sexual violence can be male or female, straight or gay, young or old. Anyone can be a survivor. We also know that attackers have the ability to fit a range of descriptors. Despite this reality, sexual assault is still often portrayed as something [...]
Most of us have had some time to reflect on the work done this election season, but now it is time to strategize and mobilize to fight for the changes we have worked towards. What better venue than the National Young Feminist Leadership Conference! This time the conference is the weekend of March 23-25, 2013 [...]
We did it! Our wonderful, dedicated Campus Team organizers helped Florida voters defeat Amendment 6, which would have endangered women’s lives by restricting access to abortion and would have deleted from the Florida constitution a right to privacy clause that guarantees women’s access to abortion and birth control. It could have banned health insurance from [...]
Wow, we can’t believe it’s almost here – Election Day is tomorrow! Everything we’ve been working on for months is on the line. It’s time to cast your vote and make your voice heard. With the polls this close, every vote really does count – especially young women’s votes. It’s time for us to hold [...]
Hello Feminist World! My name is Brooke Hofhenke and I am the new National Campus Organizer for the Feminist Majority Foundation’s Western States Campus Choices Leadership Program. I want to tell you a little bit about myself, how I came to FMF, and what work I am currently doing. I recently graduated from the University [...]
In a satirical response to Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s extreme anti-abortion views and strong support for the outrageous restrictions on clinics called Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers, or TRAP laws, a group of Virginia feminists created a campaign called Cooch Watch. Here’s their description: The Cooch has been keeping an eye on your vagina, [...]
Standing still, cool air passing through, a bright open blue sky, my body is covered in black and the loudest noise out of our mouths is silence. This was one of the first events I participated in as a young woman with the Third Wave Feminist Organization at California State University – Fullerton (CSUF), where [...]
Hey you! What are you doing the first weekend of October? I’ll tell you: you’ll be in Mankato at Minnesota State University soaking up waves of feminist goodness, meeting and talking with fellow Midwestern activists, finding new ways to examine gender oppression and act up, and learning awesome new skills and ideas to take back [...]
Women’s Equality Day is coming up this Sunday! Tis’ the season to mobilize for women’s rights! Women’s Equality Day commemorates the passage of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote. It is a time where many advocates for women’s rights get together to celebrate and rally to advance women’s equality. In the [...]
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