by admin | Apr 30, 2014 | Articles, Equality, Gender, LGBTQIA+, News, Racism, Women's Rights
With National Poetry Month coming to an end, it’s never been a better time to shine a spotlight on a woman who so brilliantly merges poetry with activism: Sonya Renee Taylor. Taylor, an openly queer woman, is an award winning Poet, Activist, and Transformational...
by admin | Apr 16, 2014 | Articles, Equality, LGBTQIA+, News, Women's Rights
Pop music icon and mega-producer Pharrell Williams was on the Ellen DeGeneres Show earlier this month, where he had some pretty surprising and wonderful things to say about women’s rights and marriage equality. The musician, who was actually wrapped up in a bit of...
by admin | Apr 10, 2014 | Equality, Gender, News, Women's Rights
If you identify as feminist, or progressive-minded, or even just have a Tumblr account, chances are you’re familiar with the term, “rape culture.” Together, those two words contain some of the darkest indications of violence, sexism, and inequality that run rampant in...
by admin | Apr 7, 2014 | Articles, Equality, Gender, Women's Rights
It may come as no surprise that there is a massive underrepresentation of women in the entertainment industry, particularly in films. Women working in Hollywood are far more likely to appear on the cover of gossip magazines than on blockbuster film posters, and if you...
by admin | Apr 1, 2014 | Articles, Equality, Gender, Women's Rights
Have you ever been randomly, publicly harassed? Studies have shown that a staggering 80-90% of women have been harassed in public, no doubt the result of a culture that champions violence and demeans female-bodied people. Street harassment is a social endemic; it’s a...
by admin | Mar 28, 2014 | Articles, Equality, Resources & Info, Women's Rights
Bluewater Productions, a full-service publishing and production company, is making a name for itself for its growing number of comics and graphic novels that feature some of the biggest names in global politics, pop culture, social justice and feminism. Bluewater...
