September 18, 2018 RE: Young People Call on You to Oppose Brett Kavanaugh’s Confirmation to the Supreme Court Dear Senators, Today, our bodies, lives, and futures hang in the balance as we face the possibility of a Supreme Court Justice whose decisions will deny our rights and harm our communities for decades to come. […]
Feminist Wins of the Week
I don’t know about you, but this week (and all of last month), I have been desperately searching for some good news. August was a pretty bitter month, and we now get to start September with Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings. Plus, the horrible heat wave didn’t make things any better. But as I looked around, I […]
That’s A KavaNOPE from Us: #SaveSCOTUS
Need a recap on the SCOTUS confirmation battle raging in the Senate? Wondering what you can do to #StopKavanaugh and #SaveSCOTUS? Check out our online toolkit:
Administrative Inaction: Universities Continue to Fail Undergraduates
From state schools to private institutions, student protests against administrative inaction have been on the rise for the past few years. Often focused on racial tensions on campus, undergraduates across the country are increasingly frustrated by the lack of tangible change offered by school officials in response to demands for greater equity and inclusion. One […]
Black College Women’s Lives Matter
CW: sexual violence, anti-blackness “There’s really no such thing as the ‘voiceless’. There are only the deliberately silenced, or the preferably unheard.” – Arundhati Roy The #MeToo Reckoning In a period of about 8 months, numerous women came forward to publicly document their trauma and expose the abusers who violated them. The #MeToo movement, which […]
#EndFastFashionGBV: Gender-Based Violence in the Fast Fashion Industry
Early last month on July 3, the hashtag #EndFastFashionGBV started trending on Twitter when multiple people took to the social media platform to express their grievances and concerns regarding gender-based violence in the fast fashion industry. The hashtag was created by Hoda Katebi, a political fashion blog writer and book author, who tweeted: “Q1: Fashion […]
Dear Men: Stop Using Feminism to Hide Your Abuse
CW: sexual abuse, sexual violence, #MeToo During my freshman year in college I started seeing a guy who I knew through on-campus progressive activism. Though he was a self-proclaimed feminist, throughout our brief relationship I noticed that he would treat me like I was disposable and less accomplished, often demeaning me for my lack of […]
At Least 16 Trans People Have Been Killed This Year
CW: anti-LGBTQ+ violence Another trans person was killed last month in Orlando, Florida. Her name was Sasha Garden. She was the 16th trans person killed so far this year, 15 of whom were trans women. News surfaced in June that a different trans woman, Diamond Stephens, was killed in Mississippi; however, because of the police […]
Feminist Wins of the Week
I’m sure you’ve all noticed there haven’t been any Feminist Wins posts recently. Honestly, I didn’t feel I could write one: immigrant families are still separated, Trump is issuing terrifying threats on Twitter, and Brett Kavanaugh, an anti-choice judge who believes in exponential presidential power, has been nominated to fill the empty Supreme Court seat. […]
#SaveSCOTUS: Proposed Ohio Bill Would Criminalize Abortion – and Lead to Capital Punishment
Last Tuesday morning, I – along with a handful of other FMF interns and staff – attended a congressional press conference about the fight to #StopKavanaugh and #SaveSCOTUS. The room quickly became standing room only, with more than 80 activists, congressional staff, and members of the press crowding around to hear from political activists […]
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