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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
2018 Elections: Abroad and in the U.S.
On October 20th, Afghanistan held its first elections since 2010, showcasing the determination of its citizens to ensure that its democracy persists. Here are a few stats to show the stark differences between Afghan and U.S. elections: Afghanistan held its elections over two days, on Saturday and Sunday, to ensure that as many people as […]
Feminist Wins of the Week
If we’re being completely honest, this week wasn’t the best. (In fact, all of this week’s wins are from last week.) It’s been hard to find Feminist Wins when so many lives are at stake. Still, I believe that reading some good news can brighten people’s moods, even if it’s only for a split second. […]
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 […]
#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 […]
Feminist Wins of the Week
It’s July (my second favorite month of the year!) and it is HOT. As the summer heats up, this political landscape – a hellacious fiery wasteland – is making everything even hotter, and Justice Kennedy’s retirement last week was the nail in the coffin for me. My love for summer + hatred for the government […]
Feminist Wins of the Week
I’ll be frank – this week has really sucked. It’s been hard to get excited about any feminist wins when families are being systematically separated at the U.S./Mexico border under the Trump administration’s new immigration policies. We’ve still got some feminist wins this week for you down below, but encourage you to check out this running […]
Feminist Wins of the Week
Women across the world are breaking glass ceilings and doing some pretty bad-ass stuff recently. These feminist wins, alongside the amazing weather in D.C. has us feeling like this: Check out some Feminist Wins from this past week! Juniors tennis champion is the youngest in 24 years Cori “Coco” Gauff won the junior girls […]
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