- 1. This Black, UK-Based Model And Award-Winning Asexual Activist Is Changing The Face of Asexuality
- (Sex)
- ... initiative that focuses on gathering data around the types of discrimination asexuals experience in employment, education, and healthcare fields. Benoit says she hopes the research can be used to help ...
- Created on 10 October 2022
- 2. The So-Called "Climate Bill": What Does It Really Mean For Us & Where Does It Fall Short Of Our Expectations
- (Feminism)
- ... maintain their jobs as layoff surges plagued the country. A study published in 2021 from the Brookings Institution shows that women’s employment experienced a steeper decline than that of men during ...
- Created on 18 August 2022
- 3. Meet The Badass Flight Attendants of the 1960s Who Stood Up To Corporate Giants and Won
- (Books)
- ... Because this career was viewed as offering such a desirable and glamorous lifestyle, women would enter the field despite the known fragility of flight attendant employment. Nell McShane Wulfhart’s The ...
- Created on 21 July 2022
- 4. HOORAY, The Equal Rights Amendment Passed! Or DID It?!?
- (Feminism)
- ... that benefit women specifically could be struck down, as they would be reinforcing inequality and “discriminating” against men. Things such as affirmative action based on gender in employment and education ...
- Created on 11 March 2022
- 5. The New York State Senate Passed A Bill That Will Make It Easier For Trans People to Change Their Gender On Legal Documents
- (Feminism)
- ... including employment discrimination and harassment. According to the U.S. Transgender Survey, "a quarter of respondents were verbally harassed as a result of showing an ID that didn’t correspond to their ...
- Created on 10 June 2021
- 6. This Mother's Day, Honor Mamas Everywhere By Supporting The National Bail Ou
- (Feminism)
- ... bail outs, employment opportunities, and resources. Their work and advocacy also helps the public stay informed while supporting the cause. Using the inclusive word “mama,” the collective says this initiative ...
- Created on 07 May 2021
- 7. COVID-19 Has Made Access To Reproductive Healthcare Evasive, As If Getting An Abortion Wasn't Already Hard Enough in Americ
- (Living)
- ... costs. Without any insurance coverage, an abortion can cost up to $1,000. In the United States, most insured adults depend on their places of employment for health insurance. However, in April 2020, the ...
- Created on 23 February 2021
- 8. Meet the Next Generation of Superstar Activists: Exclusive BUST Interviews
- (Feminism)
- At this point in our nation’s history, it’s not hyperbole to say that America is in crisis. Between COVID, mass unemployment, environmental destruction, foreign and domestic assaults on our democracy, ...
- Created on 15 February 2021
- 9. How You Can Combat Food Insecurity Right Now
- (Living)
- ... families have been especially affected, due to a loss of subsidized school lunches paired with a high level of unemployment among US women. Food insecurity is defined as a lack of reliable access to ...
- Created on 07 February 2021
- 10. UPS Finally Lifts Ban On Natural and Protective Black Hairstyles
- (Living)
- ... and dreadlocks. In 2018, UPS settled a case for $4.9 million with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which states that the company neglected to hire Muslims, Sikhs, Rastafarians, and others ...
- Created on 18 November 2020
- 11. 2020 Sees Highest Rates of Fatal Violence Against the Trans Community in Years
- (Feminism)
- ... The Human Rights Campaign highlights that a mix of racism, sexism, homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia deprive trans people of employment, housing, healthcare, and other necessities, and unfairly, ...
- Created on 07 October 2020
- 12. Canadian Judge Challenges Justice System in Case of Indigenous Women Charged with Drunk Driving
- (Feminism)
- ... on weekends to allow the offender to maintain their employment, education, or familial responsibilities. As the six Indigenous women are all mothers, five of which are responsible for the care of up to ...
- Created on 06 October 2020
- 13. Death and the Maidens: How Previous Pandemics Helped Make the World a Better Place for Women
- (Feminism)
- ... skills. Regardless of the level of employment women obtained, they demonstrated that they could make a meaningful contribution to the American economy. “Women were seen as quick learners, and in some departments, ...
- Created on 29 September 2020
- 14. Study Shows That COVID-19 Disproportionately Affects The Lives Of Mothers
- (Feminism)
- ... flexibility to keep mothers attached to employment, including allowing employees to work shorter hours. Further, fathers should be encouraged to provide more hours of care for their children, which may ...
- Created on 23 September 2020
- 15. The 100th Anniversary of (Some) Women's Suffrage: Did YOUR state support women's right to vote? Check this state-by-state history of the fight for suffrage in Ameri
- (Feminism)
- ... Association in 1881 and got hundreds of women to join. The MWSA president, Dr. Martha Ripley, fought for women’s rights in healthcare and employment as well as voting. As Minnesota’s largest immigrant ...
- Created on 18 August 2020
- 16. The COVID-19 Pandemic Continues To Disproportionately Affect Women (And In More Than One Way)
- (Living)
- ... their annual dentist appointment. With a flex job like driving for Uber, she merely clears her schedule for that two-hour slot. Unfortunately, such employment arrangements rarely, if ever, offer benefits. ...
- Created on 13 August 2020
- 17. This Nonprofit Is Building Tiny Homes for Black Trans People
- (Feminism)
- ... people face. According to a 2018 American Psychological Association report, Black trans people have an unemployment rate more than three times that of the general population, and half of these individuals ...
- Created on 28 July 2020
- 18. Child Care Providers in California Vote to Form Union
- (Feminism)
- ... to be enough because according to a report by the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment at UC Berkeley and the Economic Policy Institute, preschool teachers are six times more likely to live in ...
- Created on 28 July 2020
- 19. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Was Just Accosted And Verbally Harassed By GOP Colleague
- (Feminism)
- ... building while Ocasio-Cortez was going in to cast a vote. In a heated exchange between the two representatives, Yoho allegedy called Ocasio-Cortez “disgusting” for suggesting that unemployment and poverty ...
- Created on 21 July 2020
- 20. Supreme Court Sides With Trump On Limiting Birth Control Coverage
- (Feminism)
- This morning, the Supreme Court sided with the Trump Administration to allow employers to opt-out of the Affordable Care Act’s birth control coverage mandate. Here’s what this means: Under the Obama ...
- Created on 08 July 2020
