Category: Political Action
Some of the Doors Women Walk Through Today Were Built by Women Who Needed Them First
Try not to measure an older woman’s courage by doors that had not been [...]
Why Does Everyone Want Women to Prove Their Kindness by Becoming Less Protected?
Some people do not ask you to understand them. The [...]
If Men Are Afraid of Men, Why Are Women Being Asked to Give Up Their Safe Spaces?
Women did not create boundaries because every man is dangerous. Women [...]
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 [...]
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., [...]
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 [...]
If You Think Women Are Worried About Seven Athletes, You Have Not Been Listening to Women
Women have spent generations being told to sit back and relax while so [...]
The Modern Levittown May Have an Office Door
A door can be legally open while everyone inside is still trying to ma [...]