Throughout the long, and often frustrating, history of feminist activism, January 22, 1973 ranks at the top of the list of the most important days for women’s rights in the U.S. (competing with other critical dates such as August 18, 1920–happy suffrage centennial!) Because on this day in 1973, the United States Supreme Court made […]
25 Feminist Resolutions to Kick Off the Decade
If you’re a goals-oriented person (or are trying to become one), starting with a blank slate of goals can be a great way to ring in the new year and say goodbye to the 2010’s. Kick off the decade by adding some of these feminist resolutions for 2020 to your list: Personal Resolutions Take (better) […]
Will the Real Abortion Expert Please Stand Up?
Thursday, November 14, the House Oversight and Reform Committee held a hearing to examine how state policies impact access to comprehensive reproductive health services, including abortion. Congressman William Lacy Clay from Missouri requested the hearing after reports that the state’s Department of Health and Senior Services had been keeping a spreadsheet tracking the menstrual cycles […]
37 Years Later…
Yesterday, the United States House Judiciary Committee considered H.J. Resolution 79, legislation to remove one of the few barriers left to finally add the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution: the 1982 deadline for ratification. First proposed almost a century ago and passed by Congress in 1972, the ERA was ratified by only 35 of […]
Boots on the Ground: How Student Activism Aided the Block of an Abortion Ban in Alabama
Earlier this year, Alabama’s State House passed one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the nation: The Human Life Protection Act. This ban criminalized abortion providers, giving them 10-99 years in a state prison for performing an abortion. Masked under a “pro-life” agenda, the authors of this bill disregarded the impacts it would have […]
Remembering Rosie
Rosie Jimenez died of complications from an illegal abortion on October of 1977 in McAllen, Texas a little over a year after the Hyde Amendment was passed. The Hyde Amendment is a dangerous ban on federal funding in the form of Medicaid for abortions except in the case of rape, incest, or if carrying the pregnancy […]
Climate Protests Should Become Our Normal
On Friday, September 20, millions of young people and allies around the world participated in the Global Climate Strikes. The purpose of these strikes was to tell adults across the world to get it together and do something to address climate change. This is no easy task, and will definitely require a massive overhaul of […]
Wonder Women Wednesday: Lauren Low
She is wise. She is strong. She is a warrior. Wonder Woman, one of the most iconic and powerful superheroes, serves as a role model across the world. Her character leads by example, fights for justice, and strives for peace. But Wonder Woman doesn’t just appear in films and comic books—she’s in our daily lives, […]
This Saturday is National Period Day!
Coming up this Saturday, October 19th, the first ever National Period Day will be taking place. Period chapters across the nation will be rallying to bring attention to the epidemic that is period poverty. It’s 2019, and yet, 35 US States still have a sales tax on period products considering them non-essential items. 1 in […]
California: Listen to Students! It’s Time to Pass SB 24
Hello fellow feminists! My name is Emma Warshaw and I am the co-founder and current Vice President of the Students for Reproductive Freedom (SRF) at UC Davis. I’m also a former intern with the Feminist Majority Foundation in Los Angeles, so I’m excited to be writing this post for such an iconic organization. Over the past year […]
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