Annie Lennox is best known for her wildly successful music career, but she is also an activist, a humanitarian and a proud feminist. March 8, 2017 was International Women’s Day and supporters gathered in London for a march – where Lennox spoke. She was interviewed by Channel 4 News and shared her thoughts on feminism, gender […]
Equal means equal. In 2013, my fierce young activist friend Madison Kimrey wrote this wonderful piece. Since we’re still waiting for an Equal Rights Amendment, I thought it would be a good idea to republish it and remind people that we’re still fighting. I’d like to add that if Hillary Clinton becomes the next president, […]
The word shouldn’t be the issue – the misogynistic attitudes behind the word compose the real crisis. The United States doesn’t have a constitutional amendment guaranteeing protection against gender discrimination. The Equal Rights Amendment would remedy this embarrassing fact, and a ratified ERA would help to undo some of the more pervasive and negative […]
Today is International Women’s Day. Tomorrow it isn’t. Am I supposed to be grateful that women all over the globe get a whole day of recognition? We get one day and then it’s Wednesday. Back to the bullshit. Back to accepting inequality and violence and rape. But hey, we get a whole day!!! Don’t get […]
Saturday Night Live’s Sasheer Zamata teamed up with the ACLU Nationwide to show EXACTLY how privilege and power works. Actress and comedian Sasheer Zamata, best known for her breakout role on the cast of Saturday Night Live, was recently appointed the ACLU celebrity ambassador for women’s rights. Other celebrity ambassadors include Harry Belafonte, W. Kamau […]