Yesterday, the United States House Judiciary Committee considered H.J. Resolution 79, legislation to remove one of the few barriers left to finally add the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution: the 1982 deadline for ratification. First proposed almost a century ago and passed by Congress in 1972, the ERA was ratified by only 35 of […]
Boots on the Ground: How Student Activism Aided the Block of an Abortion Ban in Alabama
Earlier this year, Alabama’s State House passed one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the nation: The Human Life Protection Act. This ban criminalized abortion providers, giving them 10-99 years in a state prison for performing an abortion. Masked under a “pro-life” agenda, the authors of this bill disregarded the impacts it would have […]
Climate Protests Should Become Our Normal
On Friday, September 20, millions of young people and allies around the world participated in the Global Climate Strikes. The purpose of these strikes was to tell adults across the world to get it together and do something to address climate change. This is no easy task, and will definitely require a massive overhaul of […]
Wonder Women Wednesday: Lauren Low
She is wise. She is strong. She is a warrior. Wonder Woman, one of the most iconic and powerful superheroes, serves as a role model across the world. Her character leads by example, fights for justice, and strives for peace. But Wonder Woman doesn’t just appear in films and comic books—she’s in our daily lives, […]
This Saturday is National Period Day!
Coming up this Saturday, October 19th, the first ever National Period Day will be taking place. Period chapters across the nation will be rallying to bring attention to the epidemic that is period poverty. It’s 2019, and yet, 35 US States still have a sales tax on period products considering them non-essential items. 1 in […]
California: Listen to Students! It’s Time to Pass SB 24
Hello fellow feminists! My name is Emma Warshaw and I am the co-founder and current Vice President of the Students for Reproductive Freedom (SRF) at UC Davis. I’m also a former intern with the Feminist Majority Foundation in Los Angeles, so I’m excited to be writing this post for such an iconic organization. Over the past year […]
Congressional Roundtable: Maternal Health & Mortality
Last week we went to a congressional hearing for the Committee on Energy and Commerce for HR 1897, HR 1551, HR 2902 and HR 2602, four bills that aim to address the maternal health and mortality crisis in America. During the hearing, expert witnesses testified and representatives from across the country gave their thoughts and […]
Y’all Ain’t Right!
This summer, our Feminist Campus interns created a podcast that challenges biased notions of the South while amplifying the voices of those fighting for abortion access. On this podcast, affectionately titled Y’all Ain’t Right, our intern-activists Micaela Duran, Madison Hollon, Ashley Sheffield, Paige Sentino, and Sabrina Bajwa dive into the abortion bans happening across the […]
Feminist Campus Syllabus: Fall 2019
Welcome back to campus! This semester, we’re mobilizing for our feminist present and future. There are plenty of ways for you to get involved–pick a topic from our fall syllabus and let’s get to work: Ratifying the ERA The Equal Rights Amendment has been ratified in 37 states already, which means we only need ONE […]
Why It’s Not Enough To Be a “Blue” State: Organizing for Abortion Access in Rhode Island
“Did you know that we receive an F rating from NARAL Pro-Choice America, designating us as state with restricted access to abortion?” I asked, struggling to raise my voice above the steady hum of other students chatting with eager first-year students at my college’s annual activities fair. Packed into my school’s gymnasium along with roughly […]
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