Game of Gender Roles: Popular Culture and Women
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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
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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
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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?
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“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
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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
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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
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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
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(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
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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
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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