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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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... of girls were in school and tens of thousands of young women entered universities. Although gender inequality in education amongst Afghani children has remained an issue with literacy rates amongst adolescent ...
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Created on 18 August 2021
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Happy Masturbation Month! Here Are 6 Books For Your Reading Pleasure
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(Books)
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... women experience sex, and advocates for a reorientation that focuses a little less on penetrative sex and a little more on what Dr. Mintz refers to as “cliteracy.” Not only an informative examination of ...
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Created on 26 May 2021
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10 Timely, Empowering Books to Read During Women's History Mont
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(Books)
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... donation to COVID-19 vaccine research; her highly successful literacy nonprofit, The Imagination Library; and majorly boosting the economy in her native Smoky Mountains area by opening Dollywood and hiring ...
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Created on 08 March 2021
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How Two Girls In Uganda Are Destigmatizing Periods
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(Feminism)
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... us through raising funds for programs like ours that create sanitary wears for girls and women and by supporting education scholarships to reduce illiteracy.”
Watch their G.L.O.W. video here to learn ...
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Created on 30 October 2020
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What Not To Say To Someone At Risk During A Global Pandemic
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(Living)
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I love my friends. Really, I do. The majority of them are wonderful people that amaze me every day. They are artists and teachers and powerful businesswomen. But many of them are young and healthy and ...
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Created on 08 October 2020
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Is This Fake News?: The BUST Guide to Media Literacy
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(Living)
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The BUST Guide to Media Literacy
Now, more than ever, it is important not to believe everything you read (and watch, and listen to, and scroll through). But how do you know what’s real—and what’s a ...
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Created on 16 September 2020
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BUST's Fall 2020 Issue With Stacey Abrams Is On Newsstands Now
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(Living)
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... Epidemic of 1918 impacted women’s rights, and a guide to media literacy to help us all cut through the televised crap.
SUBSCRIBE NOW
ON THE COVER AND ABOVE: STACEY ABRAMS SHOT IN ATLANTA, GA, BY ...
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Created on 25 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 Ameri
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(Feminism)
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... suffragettes like Adella Hunt Logan, Mary McCurdy, and Janie Porter Barrett were instrumental in advancing women’s suffrage on a national scale despite white suffragettes pushing for “literacy tests” for ...
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Created on 18 August 2020
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WNBA Players Walk Off In Support of Black Lives Matter Movement
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(Feminism)
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... of COVID-19 safety concerns or social justice reasons. The funds will come from the KAI Empowerment Initiative that Irving launched Monday, and will also provide players with a financial literacy program ...
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Created on 27 July 2020
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Did You Know Dolly Parton Produced "Buffy The Vampire Slayer"
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(TV)
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... park, Dollywood, is even behind a bald eagle conservation sanctuary. In her home state of Tennessee, Parton is responsible for creating the Imagination Library, and has worked for years to promote literacy ...
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Created on 29 April 2020
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3 New Books About Fighting Toxic Masculinity And The Patriarchy
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(Books)
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... By Liz Plank (St. Martin’s Press)
Count the number of times you’ve had to perform labor because of a man’s emotional illiteracy. If you run out of fingers, then For the Love of Men by author Liz ...
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Created on 16 January 2020
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Sanna Marin Becomes World's Youngest Prime Minister In Finlan
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(Feminism)
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... systems. One lesson from this, according to The Washington Post, is that the “quality of education shouldn’t be judged by the level of literacy and numeracy test scores alone. Successful education systems ...
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Created on 10 December 2019
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How New Orleans' "Baby Dolls" Created A Feminist Legac
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(Feminism)
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... restricted access to education, healthcare, and employment would determine their level of literacy and longevity as well as their ability to accumulate wealth. It was not unusual for Black girls to leave ...
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Created on 30 May 2019
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Aphrodisiacs, Elixirs, And More Dubious Medicines Of The Victorian Era
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(Living)
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... accuracy was amply compensated for in literacy hyperbole.”
The Quack Doctor’s Prayer by T. Rowlandson after G. Woodward, 1801. (Image Courtesy of The Wellcome Library, CC BY 4.0.)
Were these quacks ...
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Created on 29 August 2018
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Lord Byron's "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" Caroline Lamb Had A Fascinating Li
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(Living)
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... bareback, and despite her patchy education, was super smart. She even started re-educating herself, studying Latin and Greek and discovering an unparalleled flare for literacy.
Naturally, as such a catch, ...
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Created on 30 July 2018
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"The Redistribution Of Gardening"—A Response To Ross Douthat's "The Redistribution Of S
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(Feminism)
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... fails to teach men good emotional literacy. But I do exhort parents to encourage the same emotional expression from little boys as from little girls, men to challenge each other to be better, to allow ...
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Created on 09 May 2018
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Uma Thurman Says, "There's No One I Wish To Get Due Process More Than Harvey Weinstein": Link Round
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(Feminism)
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... her father’s illiteracy, has officially sent 99,999,999 books to young kids — and today, the 100 millionth donation will be given to the Library of Congress. Accompanying the milestone was a book reading ...
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Created on 27 February 2018
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This Art Student Had The Perfect Response When Her Professor Told Her To "Dial Down The Feminism": Link Roundu
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(Living)
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... called Porn Literacy might help. Read about it here.
A former prison guard published a powerful essay about the sexual harassment she faced on the job—at the hands of her inmates. Read her story at ...
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Created on 09 February 2018
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How Women Are Using Color To Protest In 2018
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(Feminism)
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... In today's social media, SEO-infused landscape where content is king and brands vie for readers’ attention, never has there been so much trend literacy. And in the scroll of online life, never has brands’ ...
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Created on 22 January 2018
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11 Accessories To Complete your Style
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(Style)
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... this goal, the company does not just hire women but also provide financial literacy and business education, with a focus on life wellness so the women can eventually live independent lives. Along with ...
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Created on 11 October 2017
