Women’s Rights

There is nothing abstract about the blood on the floor. The room could be a delivery room. A girl’s restroom after school. A woman’s restroom after a meeting. A forensic …

updated from December 13, 2025 FGM victims’ fury as academics compare practice to cosmetic surgery Any honest critique of global efforts to address female genital mutilation must begin here: Girls’ …

It is a contradiction to restrict women’s opportunities, safety, or autonomy and then criticize the ways women adapt. If we want different outcomes, we must examine the conditions we as …

Panic. You can always tell when men are being asked to do something that women have always been expected to do. Did you know? All female athletes at the Olympic …

If you’re Gen X, you probably grew up hearing the name Strom Thurmond long before you ever heard the name Essie Mae Washington-Williams. For many of us, Thurmond was the …

If the public tantrums around males being tested could stop, that would be great because biological tests, some extremely invasive, have always been a part of the lives of women …

updated from March 27, 2025 It is an age-old, exhausting pattern: expecting Black women to absorb the impact, soothe, cushion, and hold space for men and male biology, even at …

The warning signs are not always obvious. No one usually announces, “Women no longer deserve equal treatment.” History shows that rights are often weakened more quietly—through changes in laws, enforcement, …

Interesting fact: Before his murders were discovered, Bundy did volunteer at a suicide crisis hotline in Seattle called the Seattle Crisis Clinic in 1971. The work involved speaking with people experiencing emotional distress, including …

updated from February 15 2026   One of the hardest lessons many women learn is this: Love does not require you to ignore what your eyes, your body, and your …