When Barbie told 19-year-old Yara Shahidi that the company wanted to gift her a one-of-a-kind “shero” doll made in her likeness, the Grown-ish actress was stunned.
“It’s really surreal just because this was never within my realm of possibility….
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10 International Women’s Day tweets that will inspire and empower you
International Women’s Day, held every year on March 8, is a global event that honors women and pushes for equality and women’s rights. To celebrate, you’ll want to spread the word on social media about its message of justice. Whether you craft someth…
View More 10 International Women’s Day tweets that will inspire and empower you9 books to read if you’re mad as hell at the patriarchy
The list of reasons for women to be angry right now is long. Really long.
When women, especially black women, protest and express their anger, they are written off as hysterical or emotional. Meanwhile, white, privileged men like Brett Kavanaugh can …
The world isn’t ready to trust angry women. This book wants to change that.
In the women’s final of the U.S. open, the world came face-to-face with the righteous rage of a woman on live television. What came next, however, proved that society and the media were more irked by Serena Williams’ expression of anger and more inte…
View More The world isn’t ready to trust angry women. This book wants to change that.Ireland to vote on removing ‘woman’s place in the home’ clause from constitution
The Republic of Ireland will hold a referendum on an article in its Constitution which states a woman’s place in “in the home.”
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Where to mobilize if you want to see Trump crumble in 2018
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In high school, we learned that the founding fathers designed a system of checks and balances to keep a future erratic president from ever abusing their power.
That was cute.
By now, Americans have realized that the Republicans will let Trump get away with anything if he brings them closer to their ultimate fantasy: robbing poor people of their healthcare. If citizens are concerned about indefinite family detention or think stripping meager food stamps from impoverished families is — gulp — bad, there’s only two things they can do to fight it: vote, and organize others to vote.
That’s it.
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View More Where to mobilize if you want to see Trump crumble in 2018Google pays tribute to suffragist with stunning Doodle
2018 marks 100 years since some women first got the right to vote in the UK.
And, if you visit Google dot com today, you’ll come face to face with the woman who made it her life’s work to get women the right to vote.
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Having a vagina doesn’t feel like it comes with great perks these days, but there are still a few benefits available to those of us who have them, believe it or not.
Thankfully there’s a new website to help us navigate what exactly theses benefits are. The helpfully named VaginaBenefits.com is put together by TIA, an app that provides women’s health advice, and is meant to help people who are trying to navigate our current insurance landscape.
So what exactly are these benefits? They’re women’s health services that the Affordable Care Act mandated be 100 percent covered by insurance. They include birth control without a copay, UTI and STI tests, pap smears, breast cancer screenings, and wellness exams. Read more…
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