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October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: How to Make a Difference
I worried about the next time he would yell, threaten or hit her. What would happen then? Would he land the punch that ended her life, would he strangle her, would he succeed in pushing her down the...
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We Must Change the Conversation Around Gun Culture
Mercer’s guns were apparently all acquired legally. Red flags are raised when someone buys too much fertilizer, but stockpiling guns and ammunition never seems to set off alarm bells. Chris Harper...
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Another Month, Another 50 Women Dead: Gun Violence is a Feminist Issue
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, but most people are in fact unaware. One reason is that Republicans in Congress usually fritter away most of the month by closing the government (or...
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Paid Leave: From Political Talking Point to Serious Election Issue
New poll numbers underline the rising support for a policy guaranteeing workers paid family leave. The support crosses all demographics and political lines. And more voters say the issue will...
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I Hate National Coming Out Day
What I hate is coming out with no context. I also hate feeling like I have to come out when sometimes I just don’t freaking feel like it. But on National Coming Out Day, I always feel obliged to find...
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When “-isms” Collide
I’ve been noticing lately how few of the black women I know ever bring up sexism. Have we experienced it? Probably. But how were we to tell which of our anchors was at play when we were passed...
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The Casual Feminist: In the Name of Tiny Hineys
A clean baby butt is a basic need that is hard to meet for many. Can you imagine how much you can lighten the burden of one hardworking family by solving this one problem? I’m a little obsessed with...
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Even as World Champs, US Soccer Doesn’t Care About the Women’s Team
Even in the middle of a forest fire, the USWNT still brought home the cup. USWNT returned home to a massive rally in LA and a ticker tape parade in NYC. You could hear Freddy Mercury singing for weeks....
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Social Justice Warrior Battle Fatigue: When Blacksplaining is Too Much
I tried to fly under the radar racially. A realization dawned on me. I grew up and recognized regardless of how I acted, what I listened to, what I dressed like, I would still be seen through other...
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Do You Really Want A Revolution, or Just Talk About One?
Do you want a revolution? Then cast your eyes to a different future landscape and eschew the system as we know it, a system many feminists refer to as patriarchy. Stepping out of the system of...
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For Black History Month, Let’s Talk Reparations
I’ve had growing cynicism around the celebration of Black History Month. Black History Month is taught in February, our shortest month, seems to scream: remember what you were instead of remember what...
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Five Reasons We Should All Support Donald Trump
A vote for The Boy is a vote against the Bill of Rights, the Geneva Convention, and centuries of civilized behavior and cultural development. Isn’t that what we all want? It’s time to put cards on the...
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Post-Election Munchies: What is Your Grief Snack of Choice?
All of this random comfort food eating is tied precisely to my stages of post-election grief. I started with denial, as we do. I started with the leftover Halloween candy. One damn Tootsie Roll after...
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Marching Toward Justice
“Everything about me is under attack. I’m an immigrant, a woman of color, a lesbian. I had to be there.” We spanned seven continents, seas of women numbering in the millions, impossible to ignore. We...
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Fascism Facts
All kinds of scary words are being thrown around by Trump’s opponents and I decided I needed to make sense of them. With a little reading, I realized Fascism was a perfect description for the...
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