- 1. A Breakdown Of The US Companies That Have Vowed To Pay For Employees' Abortion Travel Costs, And The Right-Wing Campaigns They Donated To
- (Feminism)
- ... nothing for—or actively doing harm to—the community when it's not, has freshly embittered us on the topic of organizational activism without action. When a corporation practices this insincerity, they are ...
- Created on 29 June 2022
- 2. "Legends of Drag" Pays Homage To Drag Icons "Of A Certain Age" Who Paved The Way For The Queens of Today ...
- (Books)
- ... there’s no room for the darkness.” The book also highlights the queer community’s endurance of constant police brutality, and how the compounding abuse led to the pushback that sparked the gay liberation ...
- Created on 21 June 2022
- 3. 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
- 4. Fight Back Against Book Censorship in The US With These 4 Actionable Steps
- (Books)
- ... the community. Send that letter to the library director and to members of the library board—their contact info is on the library’s website. Why This Matters: Your library’s board meetings are open to ...
- Created on 02 May 2022
- 5. Taraji P. Henson Was Just Appointed To The White House's HBCU Board Of Advisors – But What Does That Even Mean
- (Feminism)
- ... mental health advocate, founding the Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation in 2018 to help end the mental health stigma in the African-American community, named after her father who suffered with mental health ...
- Created on 08 April 2022
- 6. This Portland Oregon Food Delivery Service and Restaurant Is Fueling The Area's Sex Worker Community, One Grain Bowl At A Tim
- (Eat Me)
- ... clubs per capita in the U.S. That’s one reason why veteran chef Nikeisah Newton, 40, is on a mission to make healthy food more easily available to Portland’s sex-work community, one vegetarian grain bowl ...
- Created on 15 March 2022
- 7. 5 Great Things You Can Get From Your Local Library -- Besides Books!
- (Books)
- ... services, libraries are community centers that often adapt to fit the needs of the places they serve—in Baltimore, the library has responded to the opioid epidemic by offering classes on how to administer ...
- Created on 24 February 2022
- 8. 13 Women of Color-Owned and Operated Bookstores You Can Support Right Now
- (Books)
- ... American descent, has been delivering rich cultural content via her bookstores for nearly 20 years. Her boutique, pop-ups and mobile bookstores proudly cater to the BIPOC community which is a testament ...
- Created on 04 February 2022
- 9. Sylvan Esso's Amelia Meath Speaks With BUST About Their Latest Record "Free Love," Ahead of the 2022 Gramm
- (Music)
- ... years ago where it was really easy to make $250 a show, and then go back and be able to pay rent and be in that community. I was twenty minutes away from the airport, and its also full of really wonderful ...
- Created on 03 February 2022
- 10. The Sustainable Fashion Trends You Should Be Adding To Your Shopping Cart This Year
- (Style)
- ... is here to be a pillar of support to help the community engage in reuse,” says Medoff. Which is also the reason they offer many other services such as garment alteration and customization and memory-quilt ...
- Created on 12 January 2022
- 11. L.A.’s Suay Sew Shop Is Creating A Movement Around Reuse and Sustainable Shopping By Turning Over 250 Tons Of Textile Waste Into Brand-New Apparel
- (Living)
- ... remade textiles and garment workers’ rights front and center. Medoff and Dosewell met through L.A.’s sewing community, and though they had been working together in different capacities for years, it ...
- Created on 06 December 2021
- 12. For The Gworls is a Black-Trans Led Collective That Creates Curated Parties and Events to Fundraise For Black Trans Lives
- (Feminism)
- ... sense of community here in New York that I feel in tune with,” she explains. Once settled in the city, Armon's first mission with their non-profit was to raise funds for two of her trans friends facing ...
- Created on 16 November 2021
- 13. Child Marriage in America: How Courtney Stodden and Other Girls Are Being Forced To Marry Their Rapists
- (Feminism)
- ... of rape.” Raised in an ultra-orthodox Jewish community in Brooklyn, NY, Reiss had to undergo a medical exam at age 19 to confirm her hymen was intact and then was forced by her family to marry a stranger ...
- Created on 12 November 2021
- 14. 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)
- ... usually that space is inhabited by a male. It was just a wonderful opportunity for me to represent myself, to represent a woman, a Latina woman in the Queer community. But that’s not all the show is ...
- Created on 26 October 2021
- 15. You’re Invited: Celebrate "Project Runway's" Nina Garcia & Help Women Rise Against Violence at Womankind’s Virtual Gal
- (Sponsored)
- ... to make decisions about their own bodies. However, we continue to witness troubling legislation and policies that further limit our community members’ access to reproductive and sexual health, and deny ...
- Created on 14 October 2021
- 16. R. Kelly, R&B Singer and Producer, Finally Convicted of Sex Crimes After Decades of Allegations and Crimes Against Underage Girls and Boys
- (Music)
- ... in swifter action. The women who accused both Harvey Weinstein and Bill Cosby were predominantly white, and both men were imprisoned. The National Center on Violence Against Women in the Black Community ...
- Created on 28 September 2021
- 17. The Last Starlet: An Interview with 1950's Bad Girl of the Silver Screen, Mamie Van Dore
- (Movies)
- ... Her family had no electricity or running water and scarlet fever, polio, and tuberculosis were rampant in her community. “Only the strong survived,” Van Doren recalls. “Every day, I saw a hearse taking ...
- Created on 08 September 2021
- 18. The New York State Senate Passed A Bill That Will Make It Easier For Trans People to Change Their Gender On Legal Documents
- (Feminism)
- New York lawmakers passed a bill that would make it easier for trans people to change their legal gender. This includes changing their name on legal documents, such as a birth certificate and driver's ...
- Created on 10 June 2021
- 19. In Honor of Mental Health Action Day, Here Are 8 Mental Health Organizations to Know and Support
- (Living)
- ... who love you or make you feel seen Join a support group or online community Take a break from the news and social media Do more activities that bring you joy and peace Remind yourself that you’re ...
- Created on 20 May 2021
- 20. For Centuries, Some Asian Women Have Chosen to Live Communally, Preferring to Take Care Of Each Other Rather Than Rely On Men
- (Living)
- ... now an effort to set up a community museum at Guānyīn Gong. And Wee says Fèng Zhū Gū is also in discussions with academics and heritage advocates with an interest in learning first-hand about vegetarian ...
- Created on 17 May 2021
