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On SCOTUS Days We Wear Our Feminist Shirts

Published: July 5, 2016

Note: The Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt case has been identified as the most important abortion rights case in decades with the outcome having immediate, national implications. Spanning the course of three days, this blog documents the first-hand experience of waiting at the Supreme Court for that decision to be announced. Monday June 20 On the next to last Monday in June, […]

The Millennial’s Roe v. Wade

Published: June 29, 2016

Two days ago, the highest court in the land affirmed that a woman deserves compassion, respect, and dignity in making her own health decisions without needless barriers. In a decisive 5-3 vote on Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, the Supreme Court finally declared that the two Texas laws passed in the name of “women’s health” […]

Motherhood and Reproductive Justice: An Intimate Look at Birth in Togo

Published: May 11, 2016

Note: In honor of National Women’s Health Week (May 8-14), this is a guest blog from former Feminist Majority Foundation Intern Paige McKinsey, a 2015 graduate of the University of Mary Washington currently serving the Peace Corps in Togo. “Le bebe arrive! Le bebe va arriver!” shouted the midwife. I stared at a woman, lying […]

Internship Recap: Emily Stephens

Published: May 2, 2016

Today, I complete my internship with the Feminist Majority Foundation as I finish the spring semester of my junior year at Georgetown. Through the FMF, I’ve had the opportunity to end so many events around DC and meet brilliant and powerful feminists from all backgrounds and identities. Without a doubt, the highlight of the semester […]

Equal Pay for Equal Work Should Not Be a Radical Idea

Published: April 14, 2016

The idea that an employer can pay a woman less than a man for doing the exact same job should be ridiculous. It’s 2016 after all. But according to an analysis released last week by the Democratic staff of the U.S. Congressional Joint Economic Committee, women in the U.S., on average, are paid only 79 […]

Black Herstory Month: The Belles of Liberty-A Legacy of Resistance, A Lifetime of Sisterhood

Published: February 25, 2016

At the intersections of sisterhood, education and social justice lies Bennett College. The institution located in Greensboro, North Carolina was founded in 1873 as a co-ed institution with a mission to educate newly emancipated U.S. citizens formerly known as slaves. In 1926 the college became an all-women’s college, catering only to African American women and […]

Honoring Roe, Calling Out Anti Abortion Clinic Violence

Published: January 19, 2016

Friday, January 22nd is the 43rd Anniversary of Roe v Wade, the landmark Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion across the United States. Each year we gather at the steps of the Supreme Court to honor and celebrate our right to access safe and healthy abortion care. We stand in the cold to show that […]

Feminist Groups to Feds: It’s Time to Protect Students from Online Harassment

Published: October 21, 2015

A coalition of more than 70 women’s and civil rights groups today called on the Department of Education to remind post-secondary schools that it’s their legal obligation to protect students from online anonymous harassment under Title IX and the Civil Rights Act. In the wake of threats faced by women students at the University of Mary Washington (UMW) on […]

39 Years Later: A Reflection on Rosie Jimenez, the Hyde Amendment and Reproductive Freedom

Published: October 3, 2015

The political atmosphere is thick with sentiments from male policy makers telling women what to do with their reproductive health. We thought women had reclaimed autonomy of their own bodies in the Supreme Court case Roe v Wade but three years later women were set back when the Hyde Amendment was passed in Congress. Today, […]

Why I Vote (and I Think You Should, Too)!

Published: September 22, 2015

“I don’t really care about politics.” “But I don’t know how to register! It seems complicated…” “It doesn’t really matter if I vote or not anyways, it won’t make a difference.” There is something that seems so intimidating about registering to vote. It is easy to post our opinions on social media for specific candidates […]