Category: Civil Rights & Social Justice

Solidarity is Reciprocal: Black American Women Are Allowed to Ask What Comes Back Across the Bridge (podcast episode)
Where did people get this bizarre idea that solidarity doesn [...]

She Was 19 When Her Boss Began Sexually Pursuing Her. Her Fight Changed the Workplace for Every Woman Who Came After.
Mechelle Vinson was nineteen when she walked into a Washington, D.C., [...]

The Default State is Autonomy: 10 Reasons You Never Owe a Justification for “No”
We’ve been conditioned to treat "no" like a legal de [...]

12 Films That Show How We Are Taught Not to See Violence Against Women and Children
There are many ways to hide violence. A locked door will do [...]

Paulette Nardal: The Black Woman Who Helped Make Paris a Meeting Place for the Black World
Long before many people had language for what we now call 'Black f [...]

They Didn’t Have to Lie: 12 Films That Show How Selective Truth Shapes What We Believe
Fall is coming. Here are some film suggestions for when the weather ke [...]

Before We Lock Another Mother Away, We Need to Talk About Deasia Watkins
Some women are granted complexity after tragedy. Others are handed a n [...]

The Modern Levittown May Have an Office Door
A door can be legally open while everyone inside is still trying to ma [...]

7 Black Canadian Women Who Fought for Women’s Rights and Changed History
There are women whose names become monuments, and there are women whos [...]

And The Global Pressure for Women’s Submission Continues….
Submission is not always announced by the word "submit." Sometimes sub [...]