- 1. Mental Health Awareness Month: 14 Celebrities That Are Vocal About Their Mental Health Struggles
- (Living)
- The sphere of mental health has witnessed monumental advancements over the past many years. What spearheaded this change was the replacement of asylums with community-based mental health services in ...
- Created on 24 May 2022
- 2. Taraji P. Henson Was Just Appointed To The White House's HBCU Board Of Advisors – But What Does That Even Mean
- (Feminism)
- Empire and Hidden Figures actress and entrepreneur Taraji P. Henson was just appointed to President Biden’s Board of Advisors for Historically Black Colleges/Universities (HBCUs). You may know Taraji ...
- Created on 08 April 2022
- 3. What Women’s History Month Means To Me As A Young Black Woman in America... And It's Not What You Thin
- (Feminism)
- ... black and brown women have been achieving, reaching, and succeeding for centuries, their contributions are often filed under racial milestones, or ignored completely, i.e. Hidden Figures. This means that ...
- Created on 30 March 2022
- 4. Ava DuVernay, Taraji P Henson, Cynthia Erivo And More: 9 Movies & Shows Featuring Black Women You Need to Stream This Black History Month
- (Entertainment)
- ... up your world. Stream it on Netflix, or watch it for free here. Hidden Figures (2016) Inspired by a true story, Hidden Figures highlights Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson: ...
- Created on 16 February 2022
- 5. Say Their Name: "My Name is Pauli Murray" Directors Betsy West and Julie Cohen, Talk About the Amazing Life of the Civil Rights Activist, Lawyer, and Gender-Bending Episcopal Priest, and Their Impact on ...
- (Feminism)
- ... of history and yet, they were hidden from classrooms and places where their legacy should be celebrated? An avid activist who was always ahead of their time, throughout their life, Murray was discriminated ...
- Created on 13 September 2021
- 6. How Sarah Baartman’s hips went from a symbol of exploitation to a source of empowerment for Black women
- (Feminism)
- In “BLACK EFFECT,” a track from Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s 2018 collaborative album “EVERYTHING IS LOVE,” Beyoncé describes a quintessential Black female form: Stunt with your curls, your lips, Sarah Baartman ...
- Created on 20 August 2021
- 7. “My Life is Not Your Porn,” South Korean Women Say, as Digital Sex Crimes Rise
- (Feminism)
- ... an Instagram photo in which she wore a top with no bra. In response, Sulli said in an interview: “When I first posted a ‘no bra’ photo, there was a lot of talk about it. I was scared and could have hidden, ...
- Created on 07 July 2021
- 8. The Impossible Task of Keeping Up With The Kardashians' "Perfect" Beauty and Body Standard
- (Living)
- Over Easter weekend, an unretouched photo of Khloé Kardashian wearing a leopard-print bikini surfaced online and became a viral news story. At a time when there are plenty of important things to focus ...
- Created on 13 April 2021
- 9. The #JoytothePolls Campaign is Here to Get You Dancing on the Voting Line
- (Entertainment)
- Election Defenders, a nonpartisan group of volunteers fighting voter suppression, has teamed up with the musical movement, Joy to the Polls, to ease voter anxiety through curated playlists. The campaign ...
- Created on 03 November 2020
- 10. This U.K. Artist Turns Found Objects Into Haute Art: BUST Interview
- (Arts)
- Martha Haversham will forever change how you see street trash—the U.K. artist designs high-fashion outfit collages using litter. With the help of scissors, paper, glue, and staples, a cupcake wrapper ...
- Created on 30 October 2020
- 11. In "Antebellum," Janelle Monáe Contends With Slavery In America's Past And Prese
- (Movies)
- ... appeared in Moonlight and Hidden Figures, gives us another incredible performance in Antebellum. Her ability to disappear into her character and perform within two different time periods heightens the ...
- Created on 04 September 2020
- 12. The “Reclaim Her Name” Project is Republishing 25 Books You Didn’t Know Were Written by Women
- (Books)
- ... laureate, Robert Southey. This is a tactic that women novelists are still using today. However, this year, the Women’s Prize for Fiction has teamed up with the Baileys to make these hidden literary ...
- Created on 13 August 2020
- 13. NASA Renames Headquarters After First Black Woman Engineer, Mary W. Jackson
- (Feminism)
- ... D.C., will be renamed after her. You may remember Jackson from Hidden Figures, the exhilarating science flick following the three Black womxn who were the brains behind NASA’s launch of astronaut John ...
- Created on 25 June 2020
- 14. Let's Stop Naming American Schools After Confederate
- (Living)
- ... supported, the Civil Rights movement and the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Or, more recently, what about Octavia Spencer, the Oscar-winning actress famous for her roles in Hidden Figures and The Shape of Water? ...
- Created on 24 June 2020
- 15. Ditch Your White Savior Complex: 10 More Documentaries To Watch About Racism Instead Of “The Help”
- (Movies)
- ... star, mostly, white women that “help” black characters in their film succeed. They are the white saviors. In Hidden Figures, a movie about the brilliant black women who helped NASA launch an astronaut ...
- Created on 10 June 2020
- 16. Greta Thunberg Asks, What If We Treated The Climate Crisis Like COVID-19?
- (Feminism)
- With air quality rising, carbon dioxide levels dropping, and animals slowly returning to their natural habitats, it seems that in this terrible time, one benefit of lockdown is a period of recovery ...
- Created on 23 April 2020
- 17. Margaret Atwood Is Here To Save Us (Again), But This Time With Self-Quarantine Recommendations
- (Books)
- ... we have to wonder why Atwood has so many ancient, eclectic foods hidden throughout her home. 13. Um, Quokkas??? For @LearNonsense : here is a Quokka from Australia.. pic.twitter.com/PsQoHzkWbt ...
- Created on 20 March 2020
- 18. Here Are 6 Scientists to Know on International Day of Women and Girls in Science
- (Living)
- Founded by the United Nations Generally Assembly five years ago today, International Day of Women and Girls in Science Day is a time to recognize and honor the influence that women and girls have in ...
- Created on 11 February 2020
- 19. Out Of This World: Christina Koch Returns to Earth After Breaking Another Record
- (Feminism)
- Taking achievement to new heights, astronaut Christina Koch has just made history for breaking the record for longest spaceflight by a woman after spending 328 days in space. The previous record by ...
- Created on 06 February 2020
- 20. The Top Feminist Moments From The 77th Golden Globes
- (Entertainment)
- The 2020 Golden Globes Awards aired last night and were hosted by the controversial British comedian Ricki Gervais. It was marked as the 77th annual event held in Hollywood, that gives accolades to ...
- Created on 06 January 2020
