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Forget "Camping Trips"—Here's How to Actually Help Women Get the Abortion Care They Desperately Ne
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(Feminism)
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When Roe v. Wade was struck down in June, many immediately took to social media, offering to assist people who’d been impacted to get the care they needed. Unfortunately, those posts may have hurt more ...
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Created on 17 January 2023
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Women Have Been Aiding And Abetting Abortion For Centuries. So How And When Did The Witchcraft Narrative Begin?
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(Feminism)
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... his time, and, like Justice Alito, he was no fan of women. Testimony from victims of sexual assault was treated with extreme skepticism in his court, because, in his view, "it is an accusation easily to ...
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Created on 19 September 2022
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Let's strip down to it: Strippers are unionizing and demanding basic work right
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(Feminism)
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... has changed drastically within the last few years. The acceptance of women owning their sexuality has developed gradually. But the focus is no longer on whether or not society approves of it; instead, ...
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Created on 09 September 2022
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6 Strategies We Can Take From Latin American Abortion Rights Activists During Our Fight for Reproductive Justice
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(Feminism)
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... Carino, an Argentinian political scientist who represents the Fos Feminista alliance as the New York CEO. The organization provides healthcare resources, access to sex education, and advocates for survivors ...
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Created on 06 July 2022
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HBO's "Minx" Is a Light-Hearted Comedy About a '70s Erotic Magazine For Wom
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(TV)
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As a writing professional and former sex worker, Minx piqued my interest. A show about two communities that interest me? Sign me up!
Set in 1971, we meet Joyce (Ophelia Lovibond), an idealist and ...
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Created on 18 March 2022
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Lizzo, Melanie Lynskey, Barbie Ferreira, And More Are Calling Out Body-Shamers
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(Entertainment)
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... thin and also not trying to lose weight. Folks act genuinely confounded that I’m not calorie counting, avoiding carbs, or even just hating myself out loud. But…how could I hate someone as sexy as I am?” ...
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Created on 14 March 2022
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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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... for marriage with Taliban members. Forced marriages are equivalent to sexual slavery, and the rise of the Taliban means the rise of sexual slavery and abuse for Afghan women.
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No one can guarantee ...
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Created on 18 August 2021
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Dr. Carol Queen Commemorates Activist Margo St. James With a Guided Tour of the Sex Workers’ Rights Movement
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(Feminism)
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This year, we lost a great feminist foremother: Margo St. James, the trailblazing leader of the modern sex workers’ rights movement. Though the term “sex work” itself wasn’t coined until the late 1970s, ...
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Created on 19 July 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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... Addressing topics such as intersectionality, sexual orientation, and gender identity, BTMI works to provide a space for Black trans men to be accepted and treated equally. You can support this organization here. ...
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Created on 15 April 2021
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8 AAPI Organizations To Support Right Now
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(Feminism)
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... organizing for migrant sex workers. The organization works with Asian sex workers across the world by providing dinners, educational events, art shows, and other sex worker-led programming. Donate here. ...
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Created on 24 March 2021
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Meet the Next Generation of Superstar Activists: Exclusive BUST Interviews
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(Feminism)
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... way of being that isn’t based on capitalism or patriarchy or white supremacy. It’s based on community.”
Selena the Stripper (@prettyboygirl)
A dynamic 28-year-old stripper, sex-worker advocate, ...
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Created on 15 February 2021
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5 great female-focused French films to watch tout suite!
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(Movies)
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... past several decades have been hypersexualized — as in the case of Brigitte Bardot in Et dieu… crea la femme (1956), Catherine Deneuve in Belle du Jour (1967) and Marine Vacht in Jeune & Jolie (2013) — ...
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Created on 08 February 2021
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Jane Fonda: A Rebel With a Cause. Exclusive BUST Interview
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(Feminism)
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... and other famouses in an “exercise your right to vote” PSA) is legendary. Even fans who know her best as the sexually self-possessed, scantily clad space traveler from the arguably feminist and sexist ...
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Created on 07 January 2021
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The Feminist Guide to Sex Education You Didn’t Get in School
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(Sex)
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With Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's "WAP" debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 List and a record-breaking 93 million streams in its first week, the subject of women's desire, sexuality, and agency ...
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Created on 24 September 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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... because many in the state were against women's suffrage. In Florida, there is still a law that unmarried women cannot cohabitate with opposite sex. The Sunshine state didn't ratify until May 13, 1969.
Georgia ...
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Created on 18 August 2020
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Hey 19: The Wild True Story Of America's First Women-Led Terrorist Grou
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(General)
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... America’s sexism, racism, and dangerous imperialism. The group included men in its ranks, but they were vastly outnumbered. And in its brief existence, M19 carried out a series of terrorist attacks, including ...
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Created on 30 July 2020
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Nicole Kang of "Batwoman" talks Superheroes, Quarantine, Asian Representation, and BLM Solidarity: BUST Intervie
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(TV)
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... sort of one hour blocks that we have to tell an episode every week, we have a lot of people identifying very specifically in their own cultures, genders, sexual orientations, and identities and how comfortable ...
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Created on 15 June 2020
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How COVID-19 Is Amplifying Fatphobia
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(Living)
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“Courage Is Beautiful”: Dove’s New Campaign Brings Awareness to Healthcare Workers During COVID-19
Sex Work in the Time of COVID-19: A Chat with Tequila Mockingbird
How to Survive A Plague: (Hint) ...
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Created on 08 May 2020
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Happy #TransDayofVisibility 2020!
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(Feminism)
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As the month of March comes to a close, we celebrate a day that symbolizes a new beginning for thousands around the world. International Trans Visibility Day honors the lives of transgender and nonbinary ...
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Created on 31 March 2020
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Why Local Sex Worker Advocates In D.C. Wanted A National Decriminalization Group to Leave Town
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(Feminism)
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The national organization Decriminalize Sex Work (DSW) has stopped pursuing advocacy in Washington D.C. after local activists criticized the group for not responding to concerns about allegations of ...
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Created on 10 March 2020