by admin | Dec 5, 2014 | Equality, News, Resources & Info, Women's Rights
Last month, Mic released a short video inspired by Jimmy Kimmel’s “Celebrities Read Angry Tweets,” with a twist: this video featured feminists reading mean tweets about themselves. Whereas Kimmel’s version is humorous and absurd, the tweets shared in Mic’s compilation...
by admin | Nov 26, 2014 | Equality, Gender, LGBTQIA+, Resources & Info, Women's Rights
Recently author Daniel Handler, best known for his best-selling books A Series of Unfortunate Events, made some incredibly offensive comments while presenting Jacqueline Woodson the National Book Award. His “jokes,” laced with racist undertones and micro-aggressions,...
by admin | Nov 17, 2014 | Articles, Equality, Gender, News, Women's Rights
By now you may have heard about TIME Magazine’s annual word-banning poll. It’s the magazine’s fourth annual word banishment poll, and includes words and phrases such as “basic,” “bossy,” “said no one ever,” “sorry not sorry,” and “feminist.” If you examined this poll...
by admin | Nov 12, 2014 | Equality, Gender, News, Resources & Info, Women's Rights
*Trigger Warning: violent language in the image content. Technology has undoubtedly done many great things in the way of human communication. Because of email and social media, friends around the world can easily keep in touch. With the recent rise of dating sites and...
by admin | Nov 10, 2014 | Equality, Gender, Women's Rights
There is research everywhere that states women aren’t good at negotiating to get what they deserve, especially in the workplace. Women everywhere face many obstacles like a huge pay gap and backlash from their employers when they do negotiate, which makes doing so...
by admin | Oct 29, 2014 | Equality, Women's Rights
Regrettably, feminism is not something that many actors and entertainers want to publicly associate with. It was only recently that popular performers like Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, and Emma Watson declared themselves feminists; it’s remarkable (and disappointing, and...
