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We Need Federal Paid Family Leave, Now

Published: December 12, 2019

Congratulations to Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, who held her first hearing as Chairwoman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform Tuesday! As a tireless champion for women’s rights, Representative Maloney’s first hearing was on federal paid family leave. We’re here for @RepMaloney ‘s first hearing as chairwoman of the @HouseOversight committee-it’s an important one! Witnesses […]

The Media on Katie Hill and What They’re Missing

Published: December 9, 2019

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 […]

Protect Grandmother Earth by Melanie Cervantes

The Climate Movement Needs to Create More Safe Spaces for Indigenous Women

Published: November 27, 2019

September 20, hundreds of thousands of students from schools across the country participated in the Global Climate Strike. The strike, led by climate activist Greta Thunberg, started summer of last year near the Swedish parliament to urge world leaders to take immediate action to combat climate change. What Thunberg started as a one-person strike in […]

Will the Real Abortion Expert Please Stand Up?

Published: November 25, 2019

Thursday, November 14, the House Oversight and Reform Committee held a hearing to examine how state policies impact access to comprehensive reproductive health services, including abortion. Congressman William Lacy Clay from Missouri requested the hearing after reports that the state’s Department of Health and Senior Services had been keeping a spreadsheet tracking the menstrual cycles […]

We Need an Intersectional, Not Just an International, Day of Elimination of Violence Against Women

Published: November 25, 2019

CW: rape, transphobia According to the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women, the United Nations defines violence against women as “any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual of psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of […]

On Allyship: Attending the SCOTUS Protest on LGBTQ Discrimination

Published: November 18, 2019

Last month–LGBT History Month–on October 8, the Supreme Court heard three cases regarding LGBTQ discrimination in the workplace. To show support for those representing the cases and the LGBTQ community generally, and to demonstrate the will of the people, a protest was held outside the Supreme Court. A few key moments stood out to me, […]

37 Years Later…

Published: November 14, 2019

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: a 1982 deadline for ratification. First proposed almost a century ago and passed by Congress in 1972, the ERA—which would guarantee equal legal rights for […]

I Used Euki for Two Weeks and I Have Thoughts

Published: November 13, 2019

What’s Euki, you ask? Named after eucalyptus, a plant known for soothing and wellness, Euki is an app for tracking sexual and reproductive health. It provides non-biased health information on everything from sexuality to abortion to STIs. Hi! 👋🏾 We're Euki, a new app for anyone who wants accurate, complete, and unbiased info about sex […]

Virginians Hold the Fate of the ERA in Their Ballots

Published: November 5, 2019

The Equal Rights Amendment isn’t exactly on today’s ballot in Virginia, but it might as well be. Today Mississippi and Kentucky both have major gubernatorial elections, but Virginia’s off-year race for control of the state legislature is the main event. Partisan control of the legislature hangs in the balance, as well as support for the ratification […]

Boots on the Ground: How Student Activism Aided the Block of an Abortion Ban in Alabama

Published: November 1, 2019

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 […]