Will Crowdfunding Propel Our Female Scientists?
Coral reefs everywhere are waiting for Alexis to meet the Zeiss. The Zeiss Ultra55 is an electron microscope and Alexis Weinnig is a 25-year old marine scientist specializing in coral conservation....
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The Feministing Five: Elrod
Coming to you in a glitter-covered portrait of low riders and the big-haired ladies who ride ‘em, Elrod and the Femme Cartel present “VaVa Vroom!” at the Betti Ono gallery in Oakland, CA, opening on...
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The Feministing Five: Louise Melling
I don’t know about you, but I can easily say that I have had better Mondays than I did last week. After the Supreme Court struck down buffer zones around abortion clinics,the Hobby Lobby decision only...
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The Feministing Five: Andrea Cristina Mercado
Credit to Andrea Cristina Mercado Last week, domestic workers in the state of Massachusetts celebrated a huge win when Governor Deval Patrick signed into law the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights on July...
View ArticleA song for today: “We who believe in freedom cannot rest”
On days like today, like last Monday, like September 4th, like July 15th of 2013, May 2nd of 2012, and like many, many more, I reach for Sweet Honey in the Rock‘s “Ella’s Song,” a song composed of...
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The Feministing Five: Tara L. Conley
As a life-long history nerd, the word “archive” will always cause my ears to perk up. Make that archive a digital repository for online feminism and, well, I’ll pretty much drop everything. Where do...
View ArticleVideo: Tens of thousands march against police violence in NYC’s Millions March
Here’s an awesome time-lapse video showing the flood of people who came out for the Millions March in New York City on Saturday as part of the national day of resistance to police violence. The...
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The Feministing Five: Synead Nicholas and Umaara Iynaas Elliot
Last weekend, two young black women activists and artists, Synead Nichols, 23, and Umaara Iynaas Elliot, 19, co-organized New York’s massive Millions March, which was held in response to the recent...
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The Feministing Five: Charlene Carruthers
For this week’s Feministing Five, we spoke with Charlene Carruthers, the national director of the Black Youth Project 100 and a co-organizer of this past week’s #ReclaimMLK. After an MLK weekend of...
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The Feministing Five: Cristina Aguilar
Cristina Aguilar is the Executive Director of Colorado Organization for Latina Organizing and Rights. COLOR is an incredible reproductive justice organization that connects many communities to empower...
View ArticleWatch: Viola Davis accepts SAG award and talks diversity in Hollywood
At the Screen Actors Guild Awards last year, Viola Davis won the title of outstanding lead actress in a drama and gave this great speech on diversity and representation in Hollywood, thanking the...
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The Feministing Five: Katie Hnida
Katie Hnida is an athlete, advocate, and all-around bad-ass, who was the first woman to score in an NCAA Division I football game. She has been playing top-tier football for twenty years and has used...
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The Feministing Five: Anayvette Martinez
Anayvette Martinez is one of the co-founders of the amazing organization, The Radical _____ (Formerly known as the Radical Brownies). I spoke to her this week about youth power and incredible local...
View ArticleIntersectional feminism, brought to you by pizza
Writer and comedian Akilah Hughes has created a brilliant explanation of intersectionality, using the ever timeless metaphor of pizza. That’s right. Pizza. Using a creative key of burgers, deluxe...
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The Feministing Five: Jessamyn Stanley
For this week’s Feministing Five, we spoke with the ever badass Jessamyn Stanley. Self-described “yoga enthusiast and fat femme,” Jessamyn’s Instagram and blog shares her progress with advanced yoga...
View ArticleQuick Hit: Chinese feminist Xiao Meili speaks out
Last week, The New York Times featured an op-ed from Xiao Meili, Chinese feminist, advocate, and friend of the previously detained Chinese “Feminist Five.” In the op-ed, Xiao Meili describes her own...
View ArticleQuick Hit: Happy Birthday, Abby Wambach!
It’s American soccer superstar Abby Wambach‘s 35th birthday! Abby Wambach has been a legendary soccer player for over two decades. Her skills as a forward (particularly those impeccable headers) have...
View ArticleQuote of the Day: “The problem for these guys is that I fully understand the...
Earlier this week, JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon said that he’s not sure Elizabeth Warren — U.S. Senator, long-time corporate law professor at Harvard, chair of the panel that oversaw the 2008 bank...
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5 Notorious RBG quotes to get you through this Monday morning
We get it. It’s Monday morning. But if you’re anything like me, a good dose of bad-ass feminist inspiration can certainly pick up your step as you reach for your third coffee this morning. Luckily for...
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The Feministing Five: Dr. Kali Nicole Gross
For this week’s Feministing Five, we spoke with Dr. Kali Nicole Gross, who is an associate professor, associate chair of the African and African Diaspora Studies Department, and core faculty in Women’s...
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