- 1. The Best Films From The Reel Sisters Of The Diaspora Festival — And Where to Watch Them
- (Movies)
- ... voice broke the hefty silence, and Mary Morris introduced herself as a drama therapist and led us in a breathing exercise. The folks behind the Reel Sisters Diaspora Film Festival cared enough about the ...
- Created on 12 December 2019
- 2. These Kung Fu-Trained Buddhist Nuns Teach Nepalese Girls Self-Defense
- (Living)
- ... of what women can accomplish once they’ve been freed from patriarchal restrictions: the nuns perform relief work in areas hard-hit by natural disasters, teach girls self-defense, cycle thousands of miles ...
- Created on 23 August 2018
- 3. Online Harassment Is An Epidemic. Meet The Women Working To Stop It
- (Feminism)
- ... create a safer digital world for the Filipino community. In the Mexico-based Luchadoras, advocates teach self-defense classes, provide assistance to survivors, and produce an online show about the consequences ...
- Created on 16 March 2018
- 4. Why You Should Be A Lady Who Lifts — And How To Get Started
- (Living)
- ... comes to fitness and exercise, it is important to recognize and respect that everyone has different ideals and goals. There is no single type of beautiful body—tell yourself, tell your mom, tell your friends. ...
- Created on 03 January 2018
- 5. This Is What Zine Culture Looks Like In 2017
- (Arts)
- ... “Zines are something both of us have grown up with,” says Leckert, who’s 34 and works multiple jobs: she teaches self-defense classes to women and non-binary people at a karate school, and works at a ...
- Created on 24 July 2017
- 6. Breaking Up With My Mom
- (Living)
- ... a 16-year-old could give on reigniting intimacy with a spouse and prided myself on my ability to alleviate the tension that regularly spread throughout our house as a result of my mother’s constant upset. ...
- Created on 28 June 2017
- 7. 11 New Books By Women To Read Right Now
- (Books)
- ... a celebrated novelist (An Untamed State) and essayist (Bad Feminist)—establishes herself as a master of the short story. For anyone who's experienced trauma, reading these chapters may feel like pressing ...
- Created on 21 April 2017
- 8. How My Race Defined My Gender When I Lived In Japan
- (Living)
- ... and women would ask us to pose with their babies as if we were the President himself. I started to picture my life as a local celebrity — a person who could throw a van off its tracks with a sudden glance. ...
- Created on 14 March 2017
- 9. Why Won't Medieval Times Let Women Be Knights
- (Living)
- ... Times castles in North America actually attempts to present itself with much more specificity. The premise of the tournament with a banquet is that the evening’s festivities are inspired by the Spanish ...
- Created on 09 February 2017
- 10. How We Are Surviving This
- (Feminism)
- ... fingers are at this very moment typing 140 characters of hateful nonsense that just might get us all killed, a dude who is the reason that women’s self-defense classes — and the ACLU — exist, is about ...
- Created on 18 January 2017
- 11. The Hypothetical Nail Polish Collection You Need For The Trump Presidency
- (Style)
- ... unity in the face of sexual assault. It shimmers beautifully when you're organizing self-defense classes for you and your friends. Gold-Plated Promises (a gold metallic) Metallics are hot in 2017, so ...
- Created on 13 January 2017
- 12. Meet the Kung-Fu Grandmas Of Kenya Who Are Fighting Back Against Rapists
- (Feminism)
- ... to stop them given the small number of officers. Many of Kariuki’s pupils live alone, but this self-defense training has helped ease their fears. One of these elderly women, Jane, is 55-years-old and, ...
- Created on 27 October 2016
- 13. Why Gigi Hadid Was Absolutely Right to Defend Herself Against That Celebrity 'Prankster
- (Style)
- Gigi Hadid for Reebok The recent attack on Gigi Hadid by so-called celebrity "prankster" Vitali Sediuk has gone viral, causing mass discussion about the model's reaction and if she was right to defend herself ...
- Created on 12 October 2016
- 14. I Took 5 Self-Defense Classes — Here's What You Need To Know About Eac
- (Living)
- ... changed my thinking about self-defense, which is to say, they inspired me to think about it at all. The first was learning to punch and be punched. I began taking boxing classes and learned to throw a ...
- Created on 05 October 2016
- 15. 10 Ways Parents Can Fight Rape Culture
- (Feminism)
- ... and Barbie; instead enroll them in a martial arts class that emphasize strength, independence, and self-defense. Prove to them that what’s in their hearts and minds is always infinitely more important ...
- Created on 26 July 2016
- 16. The Forgotten Women Of The Black Panther Party
- (Feminism)
- ... power structures such as police brutality, while thinking about specific ways to improve daily life in the black community. The images emphasized the ongoing black struggle and the need for armed self-defense ...
- Created on 24 March 2016
- 17. This Is What It's Like To Date As A 6'3" Woma
- (Living)
- ... because it made them feel more feminine. And though I wish I could totally distance myself from this type of sexist and stereotypical thinking, I used to want the same things. The men interested in ...
- Created on 18 March 2016
- 18. The Price Of Silence: Jameis Winston, Erica Kinsman and Florida State University
- (Feminism)
- ... a hospital the night of the assault, tested positive. Even Winston’s teammate Ronald Darby claimed he told Winston to stop forcing himself on Kinsman and recalled Kinsman was saying, “No,” during the assault. ...
- Created on 05 February 2016
- 19. Anti-Rape Wear: Beneficial Or Victim Blaming?
- (Feminism)
- ... this issue could use a more nuanced discussion. Rape-prevention techniques like self-defense classes and pepper-spray are often helpful; they can save lives. But ideally, they are not permanent fixtures. ...
- Created on 06 November 2013
