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Game of Gender Roles: Popular Culture and Women

by Merrill Miller • 15 June 2015

June 14 marked the finale of the fifth season of the popular television show, Game of Thrones. This season has been particularly controversial in... Read More

Police Criminals & the Brutalization of Black Girls

by Sikivu Hutchinson • 9 June 2015

In Alice Walker’s short story “The Flowers” a little girl happens upon the decomposing body of a lynching victim while she is out picking flowers. Walker contrasts... Read More

Gloria Steinem and Other Women Activists Cross the North-South Korean Border for Peace

by Jessica Xiao • 28 May 2015

This past Sunday, on International Women’s Day for Peace and Disarmament, a group of thirty women activists from fifteen different countries, WomenCrossDMZ, crossed the... Read More

Valuing Women: Will We See a Fresh Face on the Almighty Dollar?

by Amanda Knief • 22 May 2015

“Rosa Parks.” “Gloria Steinem.” “Amelia Earhart.” “Margaret Stanger.” “My mother.” These were all answers given by attendees at the American Humanist Association’s annual conference... Read More

Women “Equal” in STEM Hiring? Not So Fast

by Sikivu Hutchinson • 19 May 2015

To all the white scientists reading this, raise your hand high if you’ve ever been mistaken for “the help” in your university or government-funded... Read More

Women Have Finally Achieved Equality…in the Year 2058

by Merrill Miller • 27 March 2015

The news looks grim for women in a recently released report by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research. Though women make up half of... Read More

Singles: You Have This Man to Thank for Your Legal Contraception On the Anniversary of Eisenstadt v. Baird, A Salute to its Defendant

by Zelda Gatuskin • 20 March 2015

There are genuine heroes in the world, and you can often tell who they are by how much they are vilified. As a matter... Read More

Women’s History Month: History Yet to Be Made on Equal Rights Amendment

by Stephanie Downs Hughes • 12 March 2015

(Research for this article was provided by Karen Ide) As March is Women's History Month in the United States, it’s a fitting time to... Read More

Five Inspirational Female Nonbelievers to Recognize during Women’s History Month

by Merrill Miller • 11 March 2015

Since 1987 the US government has recognized March as Women’s History Month, a time to pay tribute to the achievements of women around the... Read More

I.U.D. (Informed Unbelieving Daughters): Why Young Women Might Be Leaving Religion

by Merrill Miller • 3 March 2015

Many humanists are already aware of the growing percentage of the US population that identifies as nonreligious. According to a study by the Pew... Read More

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