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Alarming Stats Reveal Increasing Murder Rates of Women and Girls in Guatemala During COVID
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(Feminism)
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More than 200 Guatemalan women and girls were killed in the first eight months of this year alone. Since 2015, more than 3,000 women and girls have been killed in Guatemala according to human rights ...
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Created on 12 October 2020
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Death of indigenous woman who live-streamed abuse by med staff as she lay dying reignites fight for "No More Stolen Sisters" ...
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(Feminism)
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... I don’t want to wait for one year. I want action,”
Guy Niquay from Manawan pleaded with @MarcMillerVM and @Carolyn_Bennett to do something about the death of Joyce Echaquan, joined by Echaquan’ ...
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Created on 09 October 2020
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The Seattle Storm Dedicate Their WNBA Championship Victory To Black Women And Girls
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(Entertainment)
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The Seattle Storm, led by Sue Bird and Breonna Stewart, beat the Las Vegas Aces at the WNBA championship Tuesday night to win the title with a record-breaking margin of 33-points. This is the team’s ...
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Created on 07 October 2020
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How a Pin Helped Mid-Century Women Slow Down Speeding Suitors
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(Feminism)
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... its female inventor optimistically told the press in 1993, though, as one critic noted, a pin that squirted Mace “or possibly emit[ted] death rays” would probably have been more useful.
By Lynn Peril ...
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Created on 06 October 2020
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Death and the Maidens: How Previous Pandemics Helped Make the World a Better Place for Women ...
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(Feminism)
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FOR MOST OF US, pandemics were once the stuff of the distant past, relegated to dusty history books. Of course, today, we understand them so much better. We’ve seen first-hand the way they cause death ...
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Created on 29 September 2020
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Comedian And Writer Greg Mania Unpacks His New Memoir, “Born To Be Public”: BUST Interview
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(Books)
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... time which, in a culture obsessed with sex, is considered taboo. Young people are supposed to be always having sex or searching for sex. It had me thinking about Sam Irby’s essay “Lesbian Bed Death.” ...
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Created on 28 August 2020
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This "129 Ways To Get A Husband" Guide from 1958 Is A Feminist's Nightmare
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(Feminism)
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... I mean why on earth would you want to marry a guy who could ever be considered “a wolf”?
Last, but not least, tip no. 110 is to point out to him that the death rate of single men is twice that of married ...
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Created on 26 August 2020
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Georgia Just Went Back To School And It's Not Looking Good
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(Living)
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... Georgia met a new weekly high for COVID-19 deaths earlier this week, passing 200,000 cases on Wednesday, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
The Paulding County—one of the districts tha ...
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Created on 07 August 2020
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Week Of Women: Beyoncé, Brandy, The Umbrella Academy
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(Entertainment)
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... e Sun and her Scorch by Dizzy
Two years after their stunning debut, Baby Teeth, the Ontario four-piece band Dizzy is back with a vulnerable, introspective follow-up, out July 31.
BOOKS
The Dea ...
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Created on 31 July 2020
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Your Feminism Isn't Intersectional If It Doesn't Include Prison Abolition
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(Feminism)
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... Ahmaud Arbery while he was running, attempted to argue that they were acting out of self-defense, too. Both McMichaels have been charged with murder for Arbery’s death, but the Martin case and countles ...
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Created on 16 July 2020
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13 Queer and Trans YA Books That Actually Have Happy Endings
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(Entertainment)
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With pride month coming to an end, we must celebrate young adult literature that features LGBTQ+ characters. Unlike usual queer and trans media, these books will not have unnecessary pain, death or ...
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Created on 26 June 2020
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Chrystul Kizer, A Teenager Sentenced For Killing Her Alleged Trafficker, Is Out Of Jail On A $400,000 Bond
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(General)
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Chrystul Kizer, 19, was let out of jail Monday on a $400,000 bond put up by the Chicago Community Bond Fund and other organizations. She currently faces a life sentence in prison on charges of first-degree ...
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Created on 26 June 2020
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Kristen Stewart Set To Play Princess Diana In Upcoming Biopic “Spencer”
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(Movies)
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... s Diana starring Naomi Watts is perhaps the most notable retellings of the princess’s life. Diana took place during the last two years of Princess Di’s life, right up until her untimely death in a car cra ...
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Created on 24 June 2020
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Big Freedia Opens Up About Beyoncé, Bounce, Being Black in New Orleans, and Her Boo: BUST Interview
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(Music)
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... because my momma would say, ‘You go out there and show them who you are. Stand up, be a man, and fight their ass.’ I was scared to death. I’m a church boy, I’m a sissy, I was terrified. I didn’t want to ...
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Created on 23 June 2020
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The UK’s New Bill Will Ban the “Rough Sex Gone Wrong” Defense
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(Feminism)
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December of 2018 witnessed an ugly trial following the murder of British backpacker Grace Millane, whose killer claimed that her death was an “accident” resulting from her consent to be strangled during ...
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Created on 18 June 2020
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Decompressing While Black: 10 Mental Health Resources for the Black Community
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(Living)
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... to be prioritized. According to the CDC, the death rate of Black Americans has declined about 25 percent over 17 years, primarily for those aged 65 years and older. However, younger Black Americans are ...
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Created on 11 June 2020
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A Black Trans Woman Was Attacked, and Cis Women Need to Open Their Purses
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(Feminism)
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... Pop, a Black trans woman, was stabbed to death in rural Missouri. In 2019, Black trans women were murdered by Black cis men in numbers so high that the American Medical Association declared the overal ...
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Created on 05 June 2020
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Allies, Take Notes: Jane Fonda’s History of Activism From Civil Rights to Today
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(Feminism)
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... actions in the following order, noting how their participation in the war would result in the death of innocent people, famine, and overall destruction.
The actress earned the title of “Hanoi Jane" as ...
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Created on 03 June 2020
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Justice for Breonna Taylor: Understanding #SayHerName and Black Women's Invisibility in Police Brutality
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(Feminism)
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... 28-year-old activist who was later found hanged in a jail cell in Waller County, Texas, on July 13, 2015. Her death was ruled as suicide. Soon protests against her arrest, disputing the cause of death, ...
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Created on 01 June 2020
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Week Of Women: Carly Rae Jepsen, Issa Rae, and Gia Woods
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(Entertainment)
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... s to build the hype for her upcoming sophomore album, Punisher, with its third single, “I See You.” Out now.
BOOKS
All My Mother’s Lovers by Ilana Masad
After her mother’s death, 27-year-old Magg ...
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Created on 21 May 2020
