Happy friday! Here’s your weekly round-up of feminist successes: #TheGapTable calls attention to the wage gap in Silicon Valley #Angels, an all-woman investing collective that includes Twitter veterans Katie Jacobs Stanton, Jessica Verrilli, and Vijaya Gadde, among others, is launching a new initiative, #TheGapTable. The movement aims to call attention to the paucity of women […]
Sex and Pleasure as a College-Aged Woman: A Conversation with Peggy Orenstein
Peggy Orenstein is a writer from Berkeley, California, and the author of five books – most recently, Girls and Sex. She centers her writing on the experiences of girls and women in modern society, particularly on their sexual and emotional wellbeing. She is working on a companion piece to Girls and Sex that explores the […]
Feminist Wins of The Week
The team at Feminist Campus hopes your week has been great, because ours sure has! We’ve been busy getting ready for our conference and are super excited to announce Loretta Ross, Co-founder of SisterSong, will be speaking at #NYFLC18! Come hear from Loretta, as well as other high-profile influencers, activists on the ground, feminist political leaders, […]
Feminist Wins of The Week
Happy Friday! Continued engagement around the Me Too movement + the start of the 2018 Winter Olympics = a gold medal-winning week in feminist wins: The women of Team USA are bringing home the gold The 2018 Winter Olympics kicked off last week in PyeongChang, South Korea. According to the official Olympics website, “the number […]
Feminist Wins of the Week
This week, many people protested to eradicate power dynamics that enhance the subordination of marginalized communities through physical appearances, performances, and legislation. Solidarity was a big theme in this week’s wins, as people stood up for both themselves and for those whose voices are often ignored. Time’s Up and #MeToo at the Grammys On Sunday […]
Happy Roe Day! (And Other Feminist Wins of the Week)
If you’ve watched or tuned into the news recently, you probably know that last week was a devastating week featuring a government shutdown. But over the weekend, people across the world showed up to Women’s Marches, marking the first anniversary of the 2017 Women’s March – one of the largest coordinated protests in world history. And today […]
Feminist Wins of the Week
Feminists are starting the new year by continuing the hard work to eradicate discrimination worldwide, and this week was both a week of firsts and of revolutionary changes across the globe. These victories are the result of decades of activism, perseverance, and strength – and that deserves some celebration! Join us on Fridays at Feminist […]
Institutional Cultural Betrayal: The Loss of HBCU Pride
CW: sexual harassment This piece details Tayler’s personal experience reporting gender discrimination and attempts to make sense of this experience as a student at a historically Black university. Two months ago I filed a Title IX lawsuit against my historically Black University. After years of denied civil rights and numerous betrayals, the pride and affection […]
National Day of Action for Survivors of Campus Sexual Assault
Tomorrow is our National Day of Action for survivors of sexual assault. Throughout campuses across the nation, students will be organizing, each individual action coming together in collective power and resonance. Interested? Here are some ways for your campus group to get involved on October 19: Host a Sister Vigil on your campus. We encourage […]
Breaking the Silence: Domestic Violence is More Than Physical Abuse
On average in the U.S., nearly 20 people are physically abused by an intimate partner per day, equating to more than 10 million people per year. This epidemic is pervasive on global, national, and local scales, and occurs within a variety of relationship types (marriage, friendship, family, etc.). Domestic violence (DV) is an intentional means […]