- 1. Christina Applegate Was Recently Diagnosed With MS—a Disease That’s 3 Times More Common in Women Than Men. Here’s What You Need to Know
- (Living)
- ... helps to slow down the progression of the disease. The National MS Society also states that they have found that “people with MS lived on average seven years less than the general population” but that ...
- Created on 19 December 2022
- 2. Get To The Other Side Of Loss With These 10 Biographies On Grief and The Human Experience
- (Books)
- ... the forced sterilization of Black women to decrease the Black population. The story of this 1960s pioneer is a master class in channeling grief into game-changing activism. Mina Loy: Apology of Genius by ...
- Created on 29 September 2022
- 3. Women Have Been Aiding And Abetting Abortion For Centuries. So How And When Did The Witchcraft Narrative Begin?
- (Feminism)
- ... state-based level. This was a top-down, rather than a bottom-up, process. Initially, the execution of witches and the criminalization of abortion were unpopular policies in local populations. It was only once ...
- Created on 19 September 2022
- 4. The So-Called "Climate Bill": What Does It Really Mean For Us & Where Does It Fall Short Of Our Expectations
- (Feminism)
- ... or government-backed plans such as Medicaid, consider factors such as age, gender, health conditions and geographical location when calculating the expected cost of insuring a particular population…going ...
- Created on 18 August 2022
- 5. Child Marriage in America: How Courtney Stodden and Other Girls Are Being Forced To Marry Their Rapists
- (Feminism)
- If the thought of child marriage conjures clichés of religious extremists in far-away lands, think again. Girls from every race, religion, and social class are being married off to adult men—right here ...
- Created on 12 November 2021
- 6. Instagram Is Destroying Teen Girls' Mental Health, and Facebook's Been Real Quiet About I
- (General)
- A Wall Street Journal article published on Tuesday revealed that for the past three years Facebook has conducted research on the ways in which Instagram (owned by Facebook since 2012) impacts the mental ...
- Created on 16 September 2021
- 7. Lysol's Horrifying History Of Marketing Cleaning Products As Birth Contro
- (Living)
- ... broad information restriction rob the U.S. population of any reliable sexual health information, but it also made general gynecological resources unavailable, creating a culture where unscrupulous manufacturers ...
- Created on 25 March 2021
- 8. "Wandavision" Is About Love, Family, And Grief. It's Also About Powerful Wome
- (TV)
- ... while moving on from them. She shows that there is life after loss. Another character is Monica Rambeau: When Thanos wipes out half of the universe's population and the people returned after he was killed, ...
- Created on 17 March 2021
- 9. Mexico City Implements Ban on Single-Use Plastic — But People Who Menstruate Face the Consequences
- (General)
- ... with plastic applicators, however, they no longer have the option to hide them. They don’t even have the option to buy and use them. Mexico’s population of 126 million produces 6,000 tons of plastic ...
- Created on 05 March 2021
- 10. Meet the Next Generation of Superstar Activists: Exclusive BUST Interviews
- (Feminism)
- ... have access to quality education, it prevents them from truly being able to participate in society. It also puts them at a disadvantage and makes them an even more vulnerable population. My goal over the ...
- Created on 15 February 2021
- 11. What Louisiana's New Abortion Restrictions Mean For America ...
- (Feminism)
- ... Between needing to take time off work, gas or public transportation costs, and lodging, safe abortions simply will not be accessible to the most vulnerable populations. While abortion rates are on the ...
- Created on 06 November 2020
- 12. Death and the Maidens: How Previous Pandemics Helped Make the World a Better Place for Women
- (Feminism)
- ... population of Europe) died as a result of the pandemic. Due to the significant labor shortages this created, the workers who survived had increased bargaining power. They could demand higher wages, better ...
- Created on 29 September 2020
- 13. A Tampon Commercial Was Pulled From The Air (For A Ridiculous Reason)
- (Feminism)
- ... in far enough. The ad then shows a demonstration of how to insert the tampon. The host then says, “Get em up there, girls!” With Tampax’s research, we know that nearly half of the tampon-using population ...
- Created on 13 August 2020
- 14. Meet Jennifer Carroll Foy, The Future First Black Woman Governor In America
- (Feminism)
- ... Carroll Foy is a woman who dared to change the status quo from the very start. Carroll Foy told Elle Magazine that growing up in Petersburg, VA — where nearly one-third of the population lives at or below ...
- Created on 28 May 2020
- 15. Meet Dr. Rachel Levine, The Doctor Leading the Coronavirus Response in Pennsylvania
- (Feminism)
- ... of the pandemic: for example, New Jersey has unfortunately logged over 3,000 deaths. And Connecticut, with a population about one third the size of Pennsylvania's, has reported almost 1,000 deaths due to ...
- Created on 17 April 2020
- 16. Both Biden and Sanders Said They Would Appoint Women Running Mates. Choose Your Fighter, Boys.
- (Feminism)
- ... get the support of veterans, Dems who strongly support the U.S. Army, and a good deal of Republicans. Sen. Duckworth would also offer much needed representation for the Asian American population. Not ...
- Created on 16 March 2020
- 17. How Britain’s Train System Is Helping Domestic Abuse Victims
- (Feminism)
- Domestic abuse victims now have access to free train tickets to take them to safety, thanks to the "rail to refuge" initiative put forth by the domestic abuse advocacy groups and two major train companies ...
- Created on 05 March 2020
- 18. The Sexist Way STIs Are Discussed — And Diagnosed
- (Sex)
- ... Though these are genuine concerns that specifically affect the anatomically female population, why is the pressure to stop this epidemic being placed on them alone and not on men? There are some key ...
- Created on 01 November 2019
- 19. In Some Indian Villages, Not a Single Girl Was Born in Three Months
- (Feminism)
- What would cause women to have only male children? In 132 villages in Uttarkashi, a district in the state of Uttarakhand, India, no female children were born in the past three months. Is this a sign ...
- Created on 30 August 2019
- 20. While We Mourn, Let's Remember Where The Democratic Candidates Stand On Gun Contro
- (General)
- ... as many as 393 million guns—almost half of all civilian-owned guns around the world—despite making up only 4.4 percent of the world’s population." It's true that calls for gun control have found a louder ...
- Created on 05 August 2019
