It is almost 2027, and 1970s-era sexism is still wrong even if you call it “progress.” In January 1976, a Maryland newspaper investigation revealed what girls were still facing in …
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Washington Voters Spoke. Now Who Is Speaking for the Girls? (featuring TikTok video from Megan Murphy)
As a Black woman, I have concerns about this. Just like I want the will of the voters honored in Mississippi for the first Black senator from that state, I …
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Wealthier Women Need to Talk About Their Own Inclusion Policies Before Speaking for Working-Class Women
JK Rowling has money and work invested where her mouth is. There is something I would like to hear from wealthier women who have a great deal to say about …
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When Speaking Becomes the Offense: Russell Brand, a Gag Order, and the Women Caught in the Middle
What happened in the Russell Brand case is exactly why so many of us women and men refuse to be told what we can and can’t say—particularly when we need …
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10 Lessons Women and Girls Can Learn From Pam on Martin: She Wasn’t Everybody’s Sweetheart, and That Was the Point
updated from January 2026 There was a time when being outside was practically a second education. I grew up in that generation. The one that makes young people watching Stranger …
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Who Gets to Define Womanhood? Why Some Feminists and Womanists Are Returning to Sex-Based Language
I remember when we started having more conversations about why Black women needed to be named specifically instead of always being grouped under women of color. Now, there is nothing …
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When Women Refused to Perform Approved Femininity: 10 Women Who Challenged the Rules
There has always been somebody ready to tell women how to be women. And isn’t it something how often those instructions have come from people who weren’t the least bit …
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We Fought to Free Women From Gender Stereotypes. Why Are We Building New Ones?
“We are trying to help you. We are breaking gender norms.” Sam Morgan/@CrunchAlias on x.com: You are not in favour of “gender abolition”, you are in favour of gender totalitarianism. …
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Women’s Sports Have Been Handicapped Long Enough. Stop Asking Girls to Pretend Their Bodies Don’t Matter.
What’s missing here is the understanding that girl’s sports are a handicap category, a venue for protected competition that exists to exclude advantaged people who could otherwise displace them. The …
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It Is Time to Stop Telling Girls to Get Comfortable with Harm and Injustice (audio, video, statistics)
A girl changes her route home to avoid harassment. Another tells a doctor how much her period hurts and leaves feeling dismissed. A Black girl speaks up about how …