By Kimberley Johnson on July 21, 2016
anti-feminist Phyllis Schlafly, Equal Rights Amendment, Hillary Clinton, republican platform
Sexism, Uncategorized, Women's Issues
Famous toxic gender traitor Phyllis Schlafly is over the moon about the current GOP platform, which includes restricting abortion in cases of rape and incest, banning women from combat and completely ignoring equal pay or family leave. Schlafly’s approval comes no surprise considering that in the 1970s she led the charge to stop the Equal Rights […]
By Kimberley Johnson on June 27, 2016
dental offices, Gynecology, Health Care, Planned Parenthood, Republicans, Rock Scott
Healthcare, Planned Parenthood, Women's Issues
“I came to see the dentist. I have a bad yeast infection.” In protest to a new law going into effect on July 1, 2016, about a dozen activists in Miami, Florida visited a dental clinic looking for pap smears and treatment for yeast infections. You may remember that earlier this year, Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) signed […]
By Kimberley Johnson on June 25, 2016
feminism, Gender-based discrimination in politics, Hillary Clinton, mansplainers, misogyny, POTUS, sexism, woman president
Opinion / Open Letters / Rants, Sexism, Women's Issues
We ain’t seen nothing yet… Incidents of sexism and misogyny will not fall by the wayside if Hillary wins in November. The Ugly Underbelly Of Blatant Sexism Will Be Exposed In A Whole New Way If Hillary Wins In November When Barack Obama became the first African-American president of the United States, the thin façade of […]
By Kimberley Johnson on June 20, 2016
Catcalling, Dealing with offensive men, hashtag, How to deal with catcallers, online activism, Street Harassment, women's issues most men cannot understand
Activism, Humor, Women's Issues
Smile. A great new hashtag mocking street harassment is trending. If you’re a woman who’s ever dealt with street harassment, you’ve probably complained about it only to have some mansplainer tell you that you should take catcalls as compliments. After dealing with an aggressive man in CVS, a 37-year-old woman who goes by the handle Miss […]
By Kimberley Johnson on June 14, 2016
Bigotry, breastfeeding in public, breastfeeding incident, controversy over public breastfeeding, feeding your baby in public, legally protected right to breastfeed, no shame in feeding your baby, nursing babies in public, Target, woman verbally assaulted with baby at Target
Bigotry, Sexism, Women's Issues
Jessie Maher was breastfeeding her one month old daughter in a Connecticut Target when a strange man began verbally assaulting her. Maher told WFSB that the unidentified man appeared angry and said, “Can’t you do that somewhere else?” He said what she was doing was disgusting. “I am feeding my baby, and I have the right to […]