I Believe Dylan Farrow Published: February 12, 2014 I believe Dylan Farrow because there are thousands of Dylan Farrows out there who are too scared or feel too powerless to come forward the way she did.
Activism 101: We Sent Our Group to NYFLC (And You Can, Too!) Published: February 4, 2014 The thought of funding travel, lodging, and registration for eight different people was overwhelming – not to mention figuring out the logistics of traveling alone. But then, we did.
Activism 101: We Put On (Yet Another) Successful Feminist Art Showcase Published: January 29, 2014 Whether you’re flipping through a comic by Alison Bechdel, blasting one of Beyonce’s girl-power anthems, watching Andrea Gibson perform “Blue Blanket,” or savoring the prose of bell hooks, it’s hard to deny the connection between feminist activism and the arts.
FYSK 2013: Susana Ruiz Published: December 6, 2013 “I’m grateful to learn about the nine outstanding feminists who share this honor; winners all of us, thanks to that one person or to the many who vote/s for us and on whose shoulders we stand.”
FYSK 2013: Ambar Calvillo Published: December 6, 2013 “My anthology started right where I began – with the powerhouse mujeres in my life and their love of homemade beans, rice, and tacos (in that delicious order).”
FYSK 2013: Mwende Katwiwa Published: December 5, 2013 “Embracing the term feminist became a form of activism in itself, a demand that if I was to claim the title as I had been encouraged to do, then the movement needed to similarly claim me and my experiences of womanhood as well.”
FYSK 2013: Donya Nasser Published: December 5, 2013 “I used to be ashamed of all this energy I had inside that was just waiting for the chance to burst and work for some good. I learned to harness it, and that is what led to my journey in activism.”
FYSK 2013: Ashleigh Shackelford Published: December 4, 2013 “My missionis to show the world that everyone is worthy of respect regardless of what they look like by providing a platform for body positivity and to engage political discourse surrounding beauty standards, bodily autonomy, gender awareness and cis-hetero patriarchal values.”
FYSK 2013: Kendra Joseph-Rodgers Published: December 4, 2013 “Activism has always been a part of who I am and who my community raised me to be.”
FYSK 2013: Stephanie Kuhn Published: December 4, 2013 “We need to unite and spread the message of feminism the same way pebbles make waves when landing in a pond. These newfound ripples need to start from somewhere. It might as well be us. I want it to be us.”