by admin | Apr 22, 2015 | Equality, Gender, LGBTQIA+, News, Women's Rights
Michigan Womyn’s Festival, also known as Michfest, will be coming to an end after this summer, according to founder Lisa Vogel. The annual festival has been taking place for close to 40 years, and exists as an opportunity for women to come together in a safe...
by admin | Apr 17, 2015 | Equality, Gender, News, Women's Rights
While Hillary Clinton’s announcement last Sunday of her 2016 presidential run may not be particularly surprising, the amount of support she’s already gathered is. Even key figures on the opposite side of the aisle are coming out in favor of Clinton as president,...
by admin | Mar 16, 2015 | Articles, Gender, Resources & Info, Women's Rights
Meeting new people can be a difficult process, especially in real life. The Internet has changed (for both good and bad) the ways in which people meet offline. In the last decade, online dating has gone from being something for weird pariahs to a commonplace and...
by admin | Mar 7, 2015 | Equality, Gender, Women's Rights
This year, just in time for International Women’s Day (March 8th, 2015), YouTube has introduced a new video campaign called #DearMe. The campaign is focused on women, and centered around the question “What advice would you give yourself?” A number of well known...
by admin | Jan 7, 2015 | Equality, Gender, LGBTQIA+
On December 28th, 17-year-old Leelah Alcorn died after being hit by a tractor-trailer while walking along a stretch of Interstate 71 near her Ohio hometown. The death was ruled a suicide after a pair of social media posts on Tumblr were discovered. The teen’s suicide...
by admin | Dec 18, 2014 | Equality, Gender, Women's Rights
Feminism often (read: constantly) gets a bad rap, so it’s nice to get reminded just how important it is every once in a while. What better way to reflect on the significance of feminism than to read a selection of inspiring, frank quotes from fearless, influential...
