Feminism

Transgender Violence Is a #YesAllWomen Issue

Transgender Violence Is a #YesAllWomen Issue Transgender Violence Is a #YesAllWomen Issue

By failing to connect the plight of trans women to the struggles of all women, feminists overlook the same culture of male entitlement they seek to combat.

Jul 10, 2014 / Meredith Talusan

Want Colleges to Protect Students From Sexual Assault? Take Action to Give Title IX Teeth

Want Colleges to Protect Students From Sexual Assault? Take Action to Give Title IX Teeth Want Colleges to Protect Students From Sexual Assault? Take Action to Give Title IX Teeth

The Department of Education has never sanctioned a school for sexual-assault related violations. It’s time to change that.

Jul 8, 2014 / Alexandra Brodsky, Dana Bolger, and NationAction

Obama’s Evangelical Gravy Train

Obama’s Evangelical Gravy Train Obama’s Evangelical Gravy Train

Despite the president’s promise to cut funding to discredited HIV and pregnancy prevention programs, taxpayer dollars are still bankrolling anti-gay, anti-choice conservative relig...

Jul 8, 2014 / Andy Kopsa

What Happened When One Country Required All Corporate Boards to Be 40% Women

What Happened When One Country Required All Corporate Boards to Be 40% Women What Happened When One Country Required All Corporate Boards to Be 40% Women

A new study finds board quotas don’t improve conditions for the average working woman, but they do the job of giving women more representation among powerful roles.

Jul 7, 2014 / Bryce Covert

How Did the FBI Miss Over 1 Million Rapes?

How Did the FBI Miss Over 1 Million Rapes? How Did the FBI Miss Over 1 Million Rapes?

Systematic undercounting of sexual assaults in the US disguises a hidden rape crisis.

Jun 27, 2014 / Soraya Chemaly

Loving Billie Holiday Doesn’t Mean Black Girls Aren’t Suffering

Loving Billie Holiday Doesn’t Mean Black Girls Aren’t Suffering Loving Billie Holiday Doesn’t Mean Black Girls Aren’t Suffering

Joshua DuBois makes an unconvincing argument against the criticism of President Obama’s My Brother’s Keeper initiative.

Jun 27, 2014 / Farah Jasmine Griffin

Seeking Justice—or At Least the Truth—for ‘Comfort Women’

Seeking Justice—or At Least the Truth—for ‘Comfort Women’ Seeking Justice—or At Least the Truth—for ‘Comfort Women’

A growing global movement is ensuring that if the Japanese government won’t hold itself accountable for its crimes against women, then history will.

Jun 25, 2014 / Christine Ahn and Foreign Policy In Focus

Will the Democratic Party Deliver for Working Women?

Will the Democratic Party Deliver for Working Women? Will the Democratic Party Deliver for Working Women?

In The Curve’s second roundtable discussion, our contributors ask what legislative goals feminists can really achieve in Washington.

Jun 24, 2014 / Kathleen Geier and Curve Contributors

‘Black Women, Like Black Men, Scar’: Conversation on My Brother’s Keeper Heats Up

‘Black Women, Like Black Men, Scar’: Conversation on My Brother’s Keeper Heats Up ‘Black Women, Like Black Men, Scar’: Conversation on My Brother’s Keeper Heats Up

A new letter signed by 1,000 women of color calls on the president’s initiative on boys and men to include girls and women.

Jun 18, 2014 / Dani McClain

India’s Missing Women

India’s Missing Women India’s Missing Women

Why does the belief that women are safest when secluded still hold sway in India?

Jun 18, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Gaiutra Bahadur

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