Women

The ghost of the racist “father of modern gynecology” is still killing Black infants & child-bearers

Our world has made gender into a cage

Black women are punished for prioritizing our mental health

These 2 films reveal the powerful ways Black queer women find pleasure despite heteronormative violence

Black women speak to being socialized to fear their own pleasure, & what we can do about it

How the media & justice system re-traumatize sexual assault survivors

Coverage of sex work keeps making white women dangerous victims in the name of progress

As the state increasingly regulates our health, Black women are finding freedom in herbal medicine

Sexual assault programs must address racial power dynamics & acknowledge the history of racist lies about assault

Defending “Nipsey Hussle’s widow” and other hollow gestures for Black women

Nipsey Hussle’s death warrants more than a “Black Man Take Down” conspiracy theory

I grew up thinking that my body was blemished by Blackness

Wear Your Voice campaign aims to correct how the body positivity movement fails women of color

Organizers of California Women’s March cancel event over concerns that it’s ‘too white’

A Black woman-led Philly non-profit hopes to revolutionize how we teach sex ed to girls

Serial killer says he killed 90 women. It is possible because they were all sex workers and women of color

Liberals use “unity” to systematically silence women of color. It’s time to be divisive

Indigenous women sue Canada & its health authorities over forced sterilizations as recent as 2017

How anti-Blackness fuels my eating disorder

Google employees stage mass walkout over sexual harassment and other workplace issues

The story of Black queer women imprisoned for defending themselves to reminds us this criminal system cannot save us

Time’s Up hires WNBA President Lisa Borders as its first president and CEO

Men’s lack of respect for women’s sexual boundaries is informed by our lack of care for their sexual pleasure

More role models for Black boys in school won’t fix anything if we continue to overlook Black girls

Gay men need to be better allies to women combating male violence

Border patrol agent charged with the murders of 4 sex workers after a two-week killing spree

Our hair is a map to freedom: What I learned about resistance from the “1st” free Black town in the Americas

New Zealand to grant 10 day paid leave for domestic abuse survivors

I’m not bipolar, I’m just traumatized: What I learned about Black womanhood from my misdiagnosis

Noted Indigenous author Sherman Alexie accused of sexual harrassment

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