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Tessa Thompson's MTV Movie & TV Awards Hairdo Is All About Girl Power
Alexis Reliford
Jun 16, 2019
Fashion
Elisabeth Moss Wore A Dress Full Of Symbolism To The MTV Movie & TV Awards
Meagan Fredette
Jun 16, 2019
News
A Guy Used The Snapchat Gender Filter To Catch A Predator. Here's What It Says ...
Tiffany Diane Tso
Jun 12, 2019
Music
Jessica Paz's Unlikely Journey From Scuba Store Employee To Landm...
It takes a specific kind of person to excel at the underrated art of sound design for a hit Broadway show. Specifically, it's a job suited for gearhea
by
Courtney E. Smith
Work & Money
This Norwegian Soccer Superstar Is Sitting Out The Women’s World ...
One of soccer’s most talented players, Ada Hegerberg, is sitting out the 2019 Women’s World Cup to protest the disparity in pay, conditions, and recogn
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Sarah Midkiff
News
Kirsten Gillibrand Announces Sweeping LGBTQ+ Proposals Including ...
In honor of Pride month and the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, presidential hopeful Kirsten Gillibrand has released her policies and new proposal
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Sarah Midkiff
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Pop Culture
Taylor Swift Kicks Off Pride Month With A Petition To Support The...
Fans don’t have to wait for a new album to hear from the new, political Taylor Swift. To kick off Pride month, Swift wrote a letter to her senator in sup
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Jenna Milliner-Wa...
LGBTQ+
From Midnight Raids To Same-Sex Marriage: What's Changed In The 5...
I began my education of LGBT history by reading Martin Duberman’s Stonewall as a high schooler, growing up in New York City in the 1990s. In these pages,
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Arisa White
LGBTQ+
10 Very Different Countries. 10 Very Different Rules For LGBTQ+ I...
On May 24, 2019, same-sex couples in Taiwan registered their unions as the country’s historic new law legally recognizing same-sex marriages went into ef
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Erika W. Smith
News
Fifth-Grade Teacher Put Black Students In "Shackles" For Mock Sla...
A fifth-grade teacher cast Black students as slaves to be purchased by their white classmates in mock slave auctions and the exercise had a “profound
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Andrea González-R...
News
34 Black Women Just Graduated From West Point, In The Most Divers...
Women made history at West Point’s graduation Saturday. The 2019 class of graduates included a record number of Black and Hispanic women, making it their
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Jenna Milliner-Wa...
US News
Texas Passes Bill To Improve Conditions For Women In Prison — But...
The Texas Senate recently passed a bill which would improve conditions for women in prison, if it becomes law. The bipartisan House Bill 650, authored by R
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Alexis Reliford
Pop Culture
Amber Heard Takes On A Fear That Consumes Women: Losing Followers...
Actress and activist Amber Heard is an inspiration to many — but, she says, it comes at a cost. Heard took the stage this weekend at the Create & Cu
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Megan Johnson
Health News
What The New Testosterone Rule Means For Women Athletes
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) ruled on Wednesday that women athletes who have high testosterone levels will have to take ho
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Cory Stieg
News
Woman Reaches Settlement With Dorm That Kicked Out Her Girlfriend...
In November, administrators at the Scottish Rite Dormitory told University of Texas at Austin freshman Kaj Baker people weren't “comfortableR
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Natalie Gontcharova
Travel
United Airlines Makes History By Offering Non-Binary Gender Booking
United Airlines took a history-making step to make their airline the first in the United States to offer non-binary gender booking options. Now, passengers
by
Sarah Midkiff
Fashion
Josie Totah Didn't "Come Out" — She's Always Been Here
Before revealing her gender identity, the Disney star formerly known as J.J. Totah took a break; she's back with a new style and sense of self.
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Landon Peoples
Fashion
These Japanese Cholas May Challenge What You Think About Cultural...
In the 1990s, Mexican Americans in East Los Angeles found themselves a surprising fanbase a five thousand miles away. Propelled by the international popula
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Connie Wang
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News
Tammy Baldwin On The Next Battle For LGBTQ+ Rights
It’s 2019 and, in more than half of the states in the United States, it remains legal to discriminate against members of the LGBTQ+ community in the work
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Andrea González-R...
Fitness
The Entire U.S. Women’s Soccer Team Sued The Soccer Federation Fo...
With three World Cup titles and four Olympic Gold medals, the U.S. Women’s National Soccer team is the most-decorated team in international women’s soc
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Sara Hendricks
Movies
Between The Trolls & A Bug On The Site,
Captain Marvel
C...
Update, March 9, 2019: Rotten Tomatoes has said it has “identified a bug” that was responsible for the unusually high number of Captain Marvel
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Kathryn Lindsay
Travel
Meghan & Harry’s Trip To Morocco Is All About Empowering Young Girls
Meghan Markle is off yet again. After celebrating her baby shower in New York earlier this week, the mom-to-be is boarding another plane — this time to M
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Jenna Milliner-Wa...
Hair
New York Is The Second State To Ban Hair Discrimination At Work &...
Update: On Friday, July 12, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the CROWN Act into law, legally banning discrimination based on hair texture. The act foc
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Meagan Fredette
Politics
Governor Gretchen Whitmer Won't Stand For Sexist Comments About W...
Michigan’s governor gave her first State of the State address this week — but some headlines weren’t about her policies at all. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
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Alejandra Salazar
Fashion
Here's Why 106 Congresswomen Wore White To The State Of The Union
Update: The below was published in advance of Tuesday's SOTU address, where Nancy Pelosi, Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez and over 100 other congresswomen, dr
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Landon Peoples
Music
Once Again, Music Was A Boys Club In 2018. Here's What Can Be Don...
In news that will shock no one with ears, women did not make strides to even up representation for their gender in music last year. A new report from the A
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Courtney E. Smith
Politics
The Constitution Doesn't Give Women Equal Rights — Congress Wants...
In the United States of America, women are still not equal to men in the eye of the U.S. Constitution. This is because the Constitution fails to include la
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Andrea González-R...
Movies
Mamma Mia
&
Pitch Perfect's
Studio Just Took Th...
UPDATE: Since the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative challenged Hollywood's biggest names to hire more women filmmakers this weekend, people have listened
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Alexis Reliford
Work & Money
Exclusive: Don't Miss The New Gender Equity Campaign Inspired By ...
Though she’s long been an icon, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (“RBG”) has increasingly stepped into the media spotlight lately. H
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Ludmila Leiva
Pop Culture
Margot Robbie Is Working On 10 Movies — So Why Is Everyone Asking...
From her Oscar-nominated I, Tonya performance to her upcoming role as Sharon Tate in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood to her superheroin
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Kaitlin Reilly
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