The Denver Post is reporting that Ray Chavez, a minister in Lakewood, Colorado, refused to perform a memorial service for a 33-year-old woman, Vanessa Collier, last Saturday. Her friends and family say it’s because she was gay. A Facebook event for today, January 13, was created to rally protestors: “Dignity in Death Rally for our […]
Belissa Escolodeo and Rhiannon McGavin performed in the the Youth Speaks: Brave New Voices finals, posted on YouTube in July 2014. They brilliantly use their wit, creativity and even some dark humor, to shine a bright spotlight on the ugly truths of rape culture. One of the very powerful points they make: Men like to use […]
Actress Kate Lambert and director Bobby Richards created this video poking fun at the Republican party – the party hell bent on making medical decisions for women based on religious law and a smug sense of moral superiority. The video – How to Sponsor a Uterus – was released in May of 2012. Many of us […]
Lauren Windsor of The Undercurrent had an opportunity to interview feminist icon Gloria Steinem about the relevance of feminism in contemporary society after she accepted her Lifetime Achievement Award from the Midwest Academy, on December 10, 2014. Windsor asked Steinem why millennials are turned off by the term “feminism.” Steinem describes how it was much worse for her […]
Thirteen-year-old Madison Kimrey is an outspoken feminist and activist. In September of 2014, Kimrey spoke at the We Are Woman rally for equality and gave a kick-ass speech. The crowd LOVED her and as a result, she was invited to speak at other events. It is no surprise that a man troll who goes by “Montana […]