Category: Political Action
Congo Is Asking the World to Look: 7 Devastating Truths About Sexual Violence in the DRC
Well, actually...they've been asking for help for awhile. At some poin [...]
The Apology Is Too Cheap: Black People Deserve More Than Corporate “Sorry”
This is suicide awareness month. Black people are being found dead and [...]
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 [...]