It’s easy enough to buy a silkscreened pillow with GIRLS RULE printed on it, but how often do we really dig into the feminist cause when we decorate our personal space? Interior decorating often gets written off as just...
Have you ever heard of the canon? No no no, not the big thing that goes boom, I mean the literary canon.
It’s basically a selection of books that are considered to be the epitome of English literature: books that...
Now more than ever, there are so many sites with women readers in mind. But sometimes, it’s hard to figure out which sites are worth scrolling through, especially when you’re trying to get your news and culture fix in...
In 1975, Susan Brownmiller declared in her bestseller Against Our Will: Men, Women and Rape: “There can be no equality in porn, no female equivalent, no turning of the tables in the name of bawdy fun. Pornography, like rape, is a...
“I’m not like most girls.” I cringe a little harder every time I hear any variation of this statement. Even worse? Being told, “you’re not like most girls.” Sure, it’s meant to be a compliment, but what’s wrong with...
On January 21, 2017, Laura Seagraves and Claudia Pasma stood on a small stage facing a crowd of around 15,000 people. The crowd welcomed them as the organizers of Cleveland, Ohio’s Women’s March. Cheers trailed between the buildings surrounding...
So you’ve probably heard about the “Emma Watson can’t be a feminist with her boobs out” controversy by now.
Except it wasn’t really a controversy. It was just an actress being photographed for a magazine, the way actresses always do,...
When I was nine, I joined my very first club: it was a book club that had only ten or so members–all girls I knew from school–but for me, it was a deeply formative experience, a place where learning...
