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It’s Time For ‘Hot Nerd Fall:’ Megan Thee Stallion Launches A Scholarship for Women Of Color
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(Music)
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... she donated time and money to the Houston Food Bank. As civil unrest prompted unconstitutional jailing in June, Meg donated $10,000 dollars to Restoring Justice, a Houston-based bail fund.
This summer, ...
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Created on 12 October 2020
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Canadian Judge Challenges Justice System in Case of Indigenous Women Charged with Drunk Driving
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(Feminism)
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... sentences and penalties under federal law.
Federal law in Canada rules that repeated impaired driving offenders must face a mandatory minimum jail term of 90 days. The sentence may be served intermittently ...
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Created on 06 October 2020
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California To Allow Trans Inmates to Serve Time in Prisons Based on Gender Identity
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(Feminism)
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... in New York’s history regarding a death in jail.
Rhode Island, New York City and Massachusetts have similar laws involving transgender inmates. In 2018, the state of Connecticut also gave inmates the ...
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Created on 28 September 2020
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Let's Talk About The Three Trans Women Attacked This Week In Hollywood
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(Feminism)
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... case due to not enough evidence.... every file has been dropped and EVERYONE has been released from jail. THIS IS YOUR AMERICA. Our lives DO NOT MATTER to them. I’d like to thank everyone from the bottom ...
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Created on 25 August 2020
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Ida B. Wells To Be Honored In Art Installation At D.C. Union Station Next Week
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(Feminism)
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... as the location for the mosaic, which is titled “Our Story: Portraits of Change,” due to its significance to the women’s suffrage movement. In 1919, it was where suffragettes who had been jailed for picketing ...
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Created on 21 August 2020
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Who Are Belarus' "Women in White"?
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(Feminism)
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... sure my son comes home safely every night," says Natalia Skibska whose son was arrested, beaten and jailed for six days. She has joined the "Women in White' protests callling for change #She4Belarus . https://t.co/KahcPiSd ...
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Created on 20 August 2020
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The 100th Anniversary of (Some) Women's Suffrage: Did YOUR state support women's right to vote? Check this state-by-state history of the fight for suffrage in America
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(Feminism)
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... f activists who displayed a banner and trolled President Wilson while he was giving a speech to Congress.
Annie Arniel was one of the first suffragists jailed in June 1917 for picketing the White Hous ...
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Created on 18 August 2020
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How Much Do You Know About Big Mama Thornton? Take The BUST Pop Quiz!
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(Music)
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... was famously covered by Elvis Presley. a. “All Shook Up” b. “Jailhouse Rock” c. “Don’t Be Cruel” d. “Hound Dog”
4. Big Mama died at age ___ from heart and liver disease stemming from alcoholism. ...
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Created on 03 August 2020
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Hey 19: The Wild True Story Of America's First Women-Led Terrorist Group
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(General)
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In the 1970s, a gang of activists made history as the first—and–only American terrorist group founded and led by women. They bombed the Capitol, broke their friends out of jail, and, 40 years later, ...
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Created on 30 July 2020
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This Nonprofit Is Building Tiny Homes for Black Trans People
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(Feminism)
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... g to jail or prison for Black trans people, and a criminal record is often a barrier to obtaining long-term housing. According to the U.S. Transgender Survey, the rate of Black trans women who were incarcerat ...
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Created on 28 July 2020
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Russia Moves To Officially Ban Gay Marriage
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(Feminism)
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... Putin.
Header image via Flickr
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Drawing Vaginas Can Get You Jailed In Russia
British Slave Trader Statue Replaced With Black Lives Matter Protestor Jen Reid
The 2020 Election Has ...
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Created on 17 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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... early 1700s, the U.S. Prison System continues to perpetuate slave labor and is upheld by racism. According to the NAACP, there are 3 million people in U.S. jails and prisons today, making up about 25 percent ...
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Created on 16 July 2020
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A Black 15-Year-Old Went to Juvie For Missing Her Homework
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(Living)
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... ”
Image via NeONBRAND on Unsplash
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Drawing Vaginas Can Get You Jailed In Russia
The Band Formerly Known Lady Antebellum Is Suing A Black Singer For The Name Lady A (And We’re Tir ...
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Created on 14 July 2020
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14.
Drawing Vaginas Can Get You Jailed in Russia ...
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(Arts)
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"My body is not pornography.” These are the words that are captioning many of the posts circulating Russia’s feminist social media right now. They’re written in support of Yulia Tsvetkova—a twenty-seven-year-old ...
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Created on 13 July 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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Ditch Your White Savior Complex: 10 More Documentaries To Watch About Racism Instead Of “The Help”
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(Movies)
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... k Girls is available with Amazon.
Time: The Kalief Browder Story (Netflix)
The Kalief Browder Story is about a 16-year-old black boy who spent three years in Rikers Island jail awaiting tri ...
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Created on 10 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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8 Minneapolis Funds And Organizations That Could Use Your Donation Right Now
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(Feminism)
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... s protests. The organization also works with the Legal Rights Center for Jail Support and offers an after hours hotline with the National Lawyers Guild.
2. The Official George Floyd Memorial Fund
A ...
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Created on 29 May 2020
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How Canada Is Winning In The Essential Procedures Debate
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(Feminism)
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... to a $1,000 or a 180 day stay in jail. Luckily this has been overturned by a federal judge, a turn that—quite frankly—was pretty unexpected given the state’s tough stance against abortion.
Ohio lawmakers ...
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Created on 31 March 2020
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Federal Judge Overturns Coronavirus Abortion Ban In Texas
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(Feminism)
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... in penalties of up to $1000 or 180 days in jail.
Abortion restrictions as a result of COVID-19 were also overturned in Ohio and Alabama, according to POLITICO. I’m gathering that as a general rule o ...
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Created on 31 March 2020
