Somewhere along the way American politics got very confused about manhood. And if you didn’t know any better, you might think that rabid misogyny is one of the pillars of being a man. It’s not. On one level, the phenomenon that we’re watching take place is about Donald Trump versus Hillary Clinton and […]
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Soul Line: Design and Shop for Change This is the last in a series of three blog posts highlighting S.O.U.L. Sisters’ work. To read the first post, please click here and to read the second post, click here. SOUL Line partners with professional fashion designers, graphic designers and business owners to make 100% youth designed […]
Musings on Forgetting and Forgiving
Forgetting or forgiving – are they mutually exclusive or necessary parts of the same coin for survivors of sexual violence? The politics of forgetting would suggest that they are the same, that forgetting requires some level of forgiveness. Otherwise the mental exercise is essentially moot and you, at the core, hold onto a hurt […]
Trump’s Truth
Many people, including a number of Republicans, profess to being scared and shocked by Donald Trump’s recent comments about abortion. Donald Trump said in a new interview Wednesday that he would support banning abortions, as well as “some form of punishment” for women who undergo the procedure illegally. However, he could not determine what […]
Jennifer Pozner: Founder Of Women In Media & News
It is infuriating to see women portrayed in ways that are offensive, demeaning, or adding to an outdated cultural stereotypes. I can’t count the number of times I’ve read an article, seen a movie, experienced a cringe-worthy advertisement, or listened to a pundit discussing “women’s issues” with no concept of authenticity. Chances are good that […]
Obama Nudges the Country towards Sexual Revolution with 2017 Budget Proposal
In a shockingly progressive move, President Obama unwaveringly turned the country towards education, choice, and sexual revolution (finally!) by acknowledging that teens have sex, regardless of teachers and/or parents telling them not to until marriage. The sexual revolution was legislatively proposed in Obama’s 2017 budget proposal by swiftly and completely eliminating all funds for abstinence-only-until-marriage […]
Texas Vs. Women’s Reproductive Rights
What happens in Texas may not stay in Texas — a good reason for women across the United States to be concerned. The Supreme Court has been asked to review a June 2015 ruling by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which upheld a law that would bolt the doors to […]
If You Don’t Take Women’s Harassment Seriously, You Don’t Understand The Problem
One night earlier this week, 29-year old Janese Talton-Jackson was shot to death as she waited outside of a club. The man who shot her couldn’t tolerate her saying ‘no’ and refusing to share her phone number. Every few months stories like these make it into the news cycle, even though related harassment and assaults […]
All We Want in 2016 is Equality in Hollywood
There have been rumblings about Hollywood’s neglect of women and Persons of Color (here on referred to as “POCs”) for quite some time, slowly getting louder until reaching a pivotal point when the Oscar nominations were very… whitewashed, and lacking of some curves, to say the least. Some have claimed conspiracy, others believe the actors […]