How Does COVID-19 Affect Sex Workers? As the number of COVID-19 cases rapidly increases and most public places have closed due to social distancing, the livelihoods of sex workers are at risk. Sex workers cite that they have lost thousands of dollars due to cancelled conferences, travel restrictions, and clients’ fears of being in public […]
States are Abusing the Coronavirus Pandemic to Restrict Reproductive Justice
Sexual and reproductive health care has long been a contentious topic throughout the United States. Placing much of the world on pause, the recent global COVID-19 outbreak has unfortunately allowed for assaults on reproductive rights and health to accelerate. The COVID-19 public health concerns have been a convenient pretense for anti-choice states to push unconstitutional […]
Lies I Was Told at a Fake Clinic
Crisis Pregnancy Centers (CPCs), also known as fake clinics, are a threat to all vulnerable individuals who can become pregnant, and especially young and low-income people. CPCs use racist rhetoric directed at Black and Latinx populations, in which they tell patients abortion is genocide and are meant to limit the browning of America, and other […]
Fake Clinics Lie in the Name of God
I walked into a fake clinic in Arbutus, Maryland on a late Friday afternoon with a vile of urine (that was not mine) in my purse that would indicate I was pregnant. There were children, children’s toys, and a rack of baby clothing of various sizes in the waiting room. This fake clinic is a […]
Consent Stained by Patriarchy is Not Black and White
Terms like “grey zone sex,” “lukewarm sex,” or even just “bad sex” have been used to describe intimate acts that appear consensual (i.e. the word “no” was never said) but can feel deeply violating and far from pleasurable. Writer, podcaster, and educator Ashley C. Ford shared a conversation she had with a friend that rings […]
The Media on Katie Hill and What They’re Missing
CW: sexual harassment, interpersonal violence, revenge porn If you’ve been paying attention to media coverage of former Congresswoman Katie Hill, then you should be frustrated. About a month ago, stories started popping up about the freshman representative’s role in what has been described as a “sex scandal.” Hill’s story is more than that, though; it […]
Us, “The Children of FGM”
CW: female genital mutilation Us, “the children of FGM.” In grade seven, two Somali diaspora girls were in our class. One day they told us—all the girls in the class—that they were not circumcised and did not know what circumcision was. We all looked at one another as if someone had committed a crime. We […]
The Feminist Magazine By Students, For Students
In wake of a series of sexual misconducts at U.S. universities and preparatory schools in 2016, a student at Phillips Exeter Academy, a preparatory high school in New Hampshire, formed an idea to take action. Students needed a place to go explore these issues outside of problematic and awkward health classes. In response, MVMENT was […]
My Voice Matters: How I Learned to Talk to My Legislators
Until I, myself, lobbied on Capitol Hill, I never realized how simple it really is. Whenever I thought of lobbyists, I always pictured middle-aged white men making under-the-table deals with Congresspeople to further corporate interests, but this past summer, I – a 20 year old, female college student – sat down with my Senators and […]
Ways We Have Internalized Misogyny
Patriarchal values and expectations pervade all aspects of our society – from our laws to our culture. But while these values are rooted in patriarchy, women too play an integral role in the preservation of misogynistic cultural norms and social practices. Women are educated from infancy both explicitly and implicitly on “appropriate” ways to act, […]
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