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You’re Invited: Celebrate "Project Runway's" Nina Garcia & Help Women Rise Against Violence at Womankind’s Virtual Gal
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(Sponsored)
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... focus, and inviting you to their upcoming event.
We’ll see you there!
Dear fellow feminists:
At Womankind, we believe that individuals have the basic human right to accessible health care and ...
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Created on 14 October 2021
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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 ...
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(Feminism)
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... documentary?
BW: You know, we wanted to tell the story of a real human being a real person and we were extraordinarily lucky that Pauli left behind all of this archive, but also the audiotapes. ...
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Created on 13 September 2021
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The recent Taliban takeover is terrifying for Afghan women and girls—here's wh
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(Feminism)
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... increasingly alarming humanitarian crisis has emerged. Since the end of May, the UN Refugee Agency reports nearly a quarter-million Afghanis have fled the country, with a reported 80% of those fleeing ...
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Created on 18 August 2021
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“My Life is Not Your Porn,” South Korean Women Say, as Digital Sex Crimes Rise
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(Feminism)
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A recent report by Human Rights Watch, My Life is Not Your Porn: Digital Sex Crimes in South Korea, has detailed the rising epidemic of digital sex crimes in South Korea. Known as molka, these crimes ...
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Created on 07 July 2021
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In South Korea, An Itty Bitty Emoji — And Fragile Male Egos — Caused A Huge Backlash Against Feminism
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(Feminism)
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... recently formed feminist groups, and human rights organizations, who fear that women and the problems they face will be silenced for fear of further retaliation.
Photo: Chaewon Chung
More from BUST ...
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Created on 18 June 2021
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Cultures That Embraced LGBTQIA+ Identity Before Colonization Messed Everything Up
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(Living)
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... the iceberg when it comes to queer representation in pre-colonial cultures, and a reminder that it isn’t necessary to define yourself with westernized, binary terms. Humans have always been fluid beings ...
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Created on 10 June 2021
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“Gender Equitable” French Cities Are Mapping Out Budgets With a New Lens. Why Isn’t the US?
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(Feminism)
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Lyon, a city in France with over 500,000 people, is rolling out changes to its budget to create more equity in its urban planning specifically in the category of gender reform, according to Bloomberg. ...
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Created on 08 June 2021
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Texas High School Valedictorian Tosses Prepared Graduation Speech, Delivers Passionate Pro-Choice Talk Instead
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(Feminism)
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... to decide if they can take on the responsibility of bringing another human being into the world, that decision is made for them by a stranger,” Smith said, according to a video of the speech published ...
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Created on 03 June 2021
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Ahed Tamimi Challenges International Women's Rights Organizations To Support Palestinian Women Amid Escalating Violence In Gaz
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(Feminism)
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... human and women’s rights organizations. “I'm telling the whole world. We're human beings, just like everyone else. It's our right to live a normal life. We also have a right to live a nonviolent life.”
"There ...
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Created on 18 May 2021
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Evan Rachel Wood, Ashley Morgan Smithline, And At Least 13 Other Women Speak Out Against Marilyn Manson
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(Feminism)
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... human trafficking laws by withholding her visa. The two broke up in 2011.
In the midst of allegations, former assistant of Manson, Ashley Walters, quit being his assistant. In addition, she is now suing ...
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Created on 13 May 2021
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Biden Administration Brings Back Obama-era Policies, Bans Discrimination Against LGBTQ+ Community in Healthcare
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(Feminism)
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... patients on the basis of "race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability in certain health programs and activities.”
The Department of Health and Human Services’ action affirmed that laws preventing ...
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Created on 13 May 2021
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Poet Maya Angelou, Astronaut Sally Ride, And Other Iconic Women Will Be Honored On A New U.S. Mint Coin Series
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(Feminism)
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... humanities, science, space, and the arts. The women will also be from “ethnically, racially, and geographically diverse backgrounds," The New York Times wrote.
Anyone can submit a woman that they think ...
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Created on 12 May 2021
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Saudi Women's Rights Activist Loujain al-Hathloul Wins Top European Human Rights Awar
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(Feminism)
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On Monday, April 19, women’s rights champion Loujain al-Hathloul, 31, was awarded with the top European rights award for her women’s rights activism in Saudi Arabia.
The Vaclav Havel Human Rights ...
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Created on 21 April 2021
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Another Black Trans Woman Was Murdered. Here Are 10 Black Trans-Led Organizations To Support Right Now.
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(Feminism)
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... Peterson is the 14th known transgender or gender-nonconforming person to be killed this year, as cited by the Human Rights Campaign. A vigil was held by Peterson’s family on April 9th, and another was ...
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Created on 15 April 2021
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Two Women Were Charged With Murder After Delivering Stillborn Babies, Sparking Outrage Among Women's Rights Group
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(Feminism)
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... arrested shortly after their babies' deaths due to methamphetamine use during pregnancy. Their cases have since caused controversy among top legal officials and human rights groups.
In 2017, a 29-year-old ...
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Created on 05 April 2021
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Happy 87th Birthday, Jane Goodall! 5 Inspiring Life Lessons from The Trailblazing Primatologist and Anthropologist
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(Living)
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April 3 marks Jane Goodall’s 87th birthday. The primatologist and anthropologist’s work has deepened humans’ understanding of primates and empathy for animals and the natural world. Goodall is an inspiration ...
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Created on 31 March 2021
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Lysol's Horrifying History Of Marketing Cleaning Products As Birth Contro
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(Living)
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... into the human body (through injection, ingestion, or any other route).”
But in the early-to-mid-20th century, Lysol instructed American women to do just that. Before 1960, Lysol was widely marketed ...
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Created on 25 March 2021
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Roe v. Wade Doesn't Actually Make Abortion Accessible For Everyone. This Short Film Explains Why
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(Movies)
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... We want our viewers to see firsthand the individuals struggling at this cruel intersection of poverty and control over reproduction. We hope viewers can feel the humanity of the callers, and learn more ...
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Created on 03 March 2021
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Only Buying from Sustainable Fashion Brands is Not Going to Save Us, The Solution is Already in Your Closet
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(Style)
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... to mention the other human rights violations many fast-fashion giants perpetuate.
Photo via Unsplash.
So, how do we go about reconciling how vital fashion is as a craft with how corrupt the current ...
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Created on 09 February 2021
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For Vegans, The Birth Control Pill Can Be Hard To Swallow
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(Sex)
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... contain lactose, a sugar that is found in cows' milk and harvested by humans through artificial insemination. According to Drugs.com, lactose is used to compress pills into solid form and is a “pharmacologically ...
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Created on 08 February 2021
