When Her No Becomes the “Problem” As a woman, this is fascinating. Male privilege is amazing. I was a single mom, and there were men who wouldn’t date me. Men …
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When You Ordered Respect and They Send You This Mess Instead (news roundup)
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Wear What You Want. Be Safe. But That Is Not the Same Question as What a Woman Is.
We can defend someone’s right to wear the dress without pretending the dress is what makes a woman. There is a very simple place where many of us can meet. …
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7 Reasons Black Women Must Know Our Worth
You see these movements getting furious with Black women for not asking “how high” because they snapped their fingers? Knowing your worth is not about believing you are better than …
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Kitty Genovese: What Happens When a False Story Becomes Accepted Truth (audio ep)
For decades, the murder of Kitty Genovese was told as a chilling lesson about human indifference: a young woman screamed for help while 38 neighbors watched from their windows and …
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A Woman Is Not a Community Resource: Her Freedom Includes the Right to Choose for Herself
Women did not struggle for generations to gain the right to choose only to discover that we are still expected to choose whatever keeps everybody else comfortable. Our piece on …
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7 Devastating Truths About the Atrocities Facing Women and Girls in Sudan (and Why the World Must Not Look Away)
updated from June 13, 2025 Women and girls in Sudan are facing unspeakable violence—sexual violence used as a weapon of war, mass displacement, and ethnic cleansing. These are not isolated …
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Women Being Excluded from Communities: N3LYNNN and the Locs Community
Yep. Women in every corner of life are being shunned for failing to center males. Even as people shout about “inclusion,” “tolerance,” and “kindness,” we are living in a heightened …
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Why Does Everyone Want Women to Prove Their Kindness by Becoming Less Protected?
Some people do not ask you to understand them. They ask you to stop understanding yourself. Women have historically been asked to perform enormous amounts of kindness: caregiving, smoothing conflict, …
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Women Under Watch: Films About Institutional Control of Women
Who has to report? Who needs permission? Who gets privacy? Whose feelings matter?Whose movements are recorded? Who must prove herself responsible? Who gets questioned about ordinary adult choices? Who can …