- 1. Chicago Rapper Noname's Book Club And Radical Hood Library Are Dedicated To Uplifting BIPOC Voices And Educating The Incarcerated ...
- (Books)
- ... after Chicago rapper Noname, now 30, tweeted, “Tryna see something: Retweet this if you would be a member of Noname’s Book Club.” After receiving over 5,000 retweets, she saw it was a project people would ...
- Created on 19 May 2022
- 2. This Virtual Film Series Featuring 9 Films On The History of Reproductive Rights In The US, Is Free All Month
- (Feminism)
- ... taking abortion into their hands as “Jane”, the Chicago-based women’s health group that performed 12,000 safe illegal abortions without any medical training. ABORTION HELPLINE: THIS IS LISA, by Barbara ...
- Created on 12 May 2022
- 3. We're Mobilizing: Support Abortion Rights This Saturday in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and D.C
- (Living)
- ... “anchor marches” will be taking place in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Washington, D.C. Saturday, May 14th, wear green, mobilize, and tell everyone you know. RSVP Now. Photo courtesy of NYC Mass ...
- Created on 11 May 2022
- 4. A Little History On How The Blue-Haired Old Lady Trope Came To Be
- (Feminism)
- ... it an unnatural tint,” warned the Chicago Tribune in 1910. “Unnatural” was exactly what Antoine was going for. “I am a generous man,” he told The New York Times in 1958. “So, I added 150 drops of bluing. ...
- Created on 05 April 2022
- 5. Madison Butler Disrupts Gender Pay Inequity For Black Women, With Her Black Speaker Collection, a Database Full of Voices That Need To Be Heard
- (Feminism)
- ... Grogger, a professor at the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago, a person’s accent may have something to do with it. In his paper, Grogger explains what he calls the “sorting model,” which ...
- Created on 25 March 2022
- 6. The Persian New Year, or Nowruz, is the Perfect Way to Refresh and Reset—And Also a Great Excuse to Stuff Your Face with Amazing Food (Family Recipe Included!)
- (Living)
- ... I trek from Chicago to California to celebrate the holiday with my family. The moment I set foot into my parent’s home, I’m overwhelmed with the smells of Nowruz: hyacinth flowers, wheatgrass, and rosewater ...
- Created on 18 March 2022
- 7. All-Female Law Firm The Decarceration Collective, Is Fighting To Free The Unjustly Imprisoned of Chicago
- (Feminism)
- ... impacts communities of color, and Chicago-based defense attorney MiAngel Cody is passionate about freeing non-violent drug offenders trapped in the criminal justice system as a result. That’s why she founded ...
- Created on 21 February 2022
- 8. 13 Women of Color-Owned and Operated Bookstores You Can Support Right Now
- (Books)
- ... for it. You can visit: www.duendedistrict.com for a specially curated list of books. Wepa! SemiColon Bookstore: Chicago, IL Semi Colon Bookstore is a one-of-a-kind Black woman-owned bookstore and ...
- Created on 04 February 2022
- 9. BUST Holiday Gift Guide: The Best Small-Business Buys and Holiday Finds to Make Your Winter Merry and Bright
- (Living)
- ... for only $18.95 per month. THE CHICAGO MANUAL OF STYLE Nothing says Chic(ago) like the print edition of this iconic style guide. Leaf through 1,146 pages of smart, sensible guidance for writers, ...
- Created on 23 November 2021
- 10. In Honor of Native-American Heritage Month Here Are 5 Indigenous Women History Makers You Should Have Learned About in Social Studies Class
- (Feminism)
- ... she moved into teaching and eventually founded the Chicago City Ballet, a groundbreaking company that is said to have led the way for a flourishing of dance in Chicago. -Liz Kaplan, Co-Creator of the ...
- Created on 15 November 2021
- 11. South African Soul-Rocker Tuelo Honors her Mother in Video for “Saint Margaret”
- (Music)
- ... 30 Rockwood Music Hall, New York, NY NOV 3 High Watt, Nashville, TN NOV 4 LO-FI Lounge, Indianapolis, IN NOV 5 20 Front Street, Lake Orion, MI NOV 9 Uncommon Ground Lakeview, Chicago, ...
- Created on 27 October 2021
- 12. Monica Raymund Talks Season 2 of STARZ "Hightown," The Current Landscape For Queer and Latinx Actors, and The Difference Between Acting and Directing as Art Forms ...
- (TV)
- ... he's around. B: Previously you played paramedic-turned firefighter, Gabriela Dawson on Chicago Fire for six seasons and now you’re playing a cop. Was it intentional to play these “tougher” type roles? ...
- Created on 26 October 2021
- 13. 6 Women-Directed Horror Thrillers to Fulfill All of Your Spooky Season Cravings
- (Movies)
- ... installation in the slasher franchise, Candyman revisits the age-old myth of the Candyman killer. In the 1977 Cabrini-Green housing project in Chicago, many described Sherman Fields as an “odd fellow” ...
- Created on 01 October 2021
- 14. R. Kelly, R&B Singer and Producer, Finally Convicted of Sex Crimes After Decades of Allegations and Crimes Against Underage Girls and Boys
- (Music)
- ... relationship ended when Hawkins turned 18. The case was settled in 1998. Hawkins had sued for $10 million in damages, but accepted $250,000. A high profile case in Chicago in 2008 involved a tape of Kelly ...
- Created on 28 September 2021
- 15. Texas Doctor Violates Near-Total Abortion Ban, Writes Op-ed About It, and is Promptly Sued. Here's Why That's a Good Thi
- (Feminism)
- ... be bankrupt,'" he told The Associated Press. Felipe N. Gomez, an attorney from Chicago, believes the bill is a form of government overreach. He hopes his lawsuit will reveal the hypocrisy of the Texas ...
- Created on 22 September 2021
- 16. Incomparable rock critic Jessica Hopper shares how she makes her voice heard in a sexist world on BUST’s “Poptarts” Podcast!
- (Poptarts)
- Jessica Hopper is one the most insightful rock critics working today. A long-time contributor to the Chicago Reader; she’s been a columnist for The Village Voice, Chicago Tribune, and Punk Planet; the ...
- Created on 23 July 2021
- 17. New Documentary by Beth B on Lydia Lunch, The War Is Never Over
- (Movies)
- ... — August 8 Music Box, Chicago, IL — TBD Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY — September 12 Upcoming Showings (Virtual) Brattle, Cambridge, MA — July 2 Space Gallery, Portland, ME — July 2 Winnipeg Film Group, ...
- Created on 01 July 2021
- 18. NYPD Is Banned From NYC Pride Events Until 2025 In An Effort To "Create Safer Spaces" For LGBTQIA+ And BIPOC Communitie
- (Feminism)
- ... started in Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, and San Francisco in 1970, one year after the Stonewall Riots. What lead to the riots was the 1969 police raid of the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City. ...
- Created on 19 May 2021
- 19. Poet Maya Angelou, Astronaut Sally Ride, And Other Iconic Women Will Be Honored On A New U.S. Mint Coin Series
- (Feminism)
- ... designs for the coins, The Chicago Tribune wrote. The U.S. Mint will feature as many as 20 women from a wide spectrum of fields, including but not limited to: suffrage, civil rights, abolition, government, ...
- Created on 12 May 2021
- 20. CUNY Students Demand University Observe Major Muslim Holiday Eid Al-Fitr
- (Living)
- ... in Chicago, told The Washington Post she doesn’t think schools should cancel class on Muslim holidays. “I grew up in a town of 1,100 people, and there weren’t any Muslim people there then, and there ...
- Created on 11 May 2021
