Category: Herstory/History
If You Love Us, Why Are You Fighting for the Right to Hurt Us?
Harm does not always arrive announcing itself as hatred. Sometimes it [...]
Before Black German Feminism Had a Name, Fasia Jansen Was Already Fighting
What does political resistance look like when the movement that might [...]
Women Don’t Just Run for Office. They Run Through a Gauntlet of Expectations.
Women are often asked to demonstrate competence while simult [...]
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 Female Body Part Medicine Knew About—Then Stopped Paying Attention To
I do not have to dismiss myself simply because someone else does.
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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 [...]
Please Stop Telling Survivors, “Men Wouldn’t Go That Far.” History Says Otherwise.
updated from March 24 2025 Interesting fact:
Before his [...]
Jane Nardal Was Writing About Black Internationalism in Paris in 1928
Her name was Jeanne Nardal.Most people came to know her as Jane.
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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 [...]