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 […]
Tensions heat up as Texas escalates its war on women. State health department agents raided Planned Parenthood agencies in four Texas cities last Thursday in the latest battle over Medicaid funding for the organization. Agents from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission raided facilities in Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, and Brownsville. The purpose of […]
Meet Olivia: a 12-year-old feminist who wants to grow up in a world where women are treated equally. Olivia wrote a letter to her favorite politician that will melt your heart: Dear Hillary Clinton, My name is Olivia *** and I am 12-years-old. I have two dad’s named *** and ***. I also have a […]
Anti-choice protesters outside North Dakota’s only abortion clinic are whimpering that a lone a counter-protester mocking them with “Hail Satan” signs are frightening them. Local ABC affiliate WDAY-TV reports that: “Almost every day for the past week, Nik Severson has been counter-protesting the protesters at the Red River Women’s Clinic,” and both groups are complaining […]
Actress Amy Brenneman had an abortion when she was 21. Thirty years later, she is extremely disappointed with the negative stigma that still exists surrounding a woman’s right to choose. She appeared on HuffPost Live to discuss her role in the HBO series “The Leftovers” and told host Alyona Minkovski that it isn’t acceptable for abortion […]