Former executive editor of Ms. Magazine and current editor-in-chief at the Women’s Media Center, Mary Thom died suddenly in a motorcycle accident on Saturday April 27th. Julie Burton, president of the Women’s Media Center writes, “Mary was one of the great writers, editors, and visionaries of the women’s movement, and the heart and soul of  Women’s Media Center’s [...]

*Trigger warning* It’s been another week of protests in India as the rape of a 5-year old girl is investigated . To suggest, “rape is an epidemic” would be an unjust reduction of the very complex, harrowing and difficult situation faced by sexual assault survivors and their allies in India — as they work against a system that [...]

According to a new study at the Huffington Post (with YouGov) there is a major disparity between people that believe in equality “between the sexes” and identify as feminist. The study found that only 20% of Americans identify as feminist whereas 82% believe that “men and women should be social, political, and economic equals.” Equality between [...]

In a week marked by tragedy, an important op-ed published in the NY Times reminds us that there are people still suffering from the US’s anti-terrorism efforts. Two Gitmo detainees on hunger strike tell their story through their lawyers for us to read.

I’ve been on a hunger strike since Feb. 10 and have lost well over 30 [...]

Flavorwire chronicles some of music’s greatest gender defying fashion statements. Ann on why female politicians aren’t always pro-woman. A powerful piece on street harassment. It’s unfortunate it needs to be said, but Melissa Harris-Perry is not trying to steal your children. The inhumanity is often unreal. Shmuel Rabinovich, Western Wall Rabbi, supports mixed gender prayer section Midwife apologizes for telling miscarrying woman she could [...]

Ed. note: This is a guest post by Juliana Britto Schwartz. By day, Juliana is a student at University of California, Santa Cruz. By night, she is a Latina feminist blogger at  Julianabritto.com, where she writes about reproductive health justice, immigration, and feminist movements in Latin America.   In case you missed it, the news on what it was like [...]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjyzIz1fUgA If you thought you couldn’t love Michelle Obama more, listen to her choke back tears as she says important things about gun violence to an audience in Chicago. Exhibit of awesomeness a) “Resources matter, what it takes to build strong successful young people isn’t genetics, pedigree or good luck — it’s opportunity.” and b) [...]

Editor’s note: To close out Women’s history month we are running this series of guest posts from  Emily May  and Samuel Carter , co-founders of  Hollaback, as they reflect on taking an idea and moving it to action, the best practices they have learned along the way and documenting for us that feminist history is happening  right now .  From the beginning, Hollaback! set [...]

Editor’s note: To close out Women’s History Month we are running this series of guest posts from  Emily May  and Samuel Carter , co-founders of  Hollaback, as they reflect on taking an idea and moving it to action, the best practices they have learned along the way and documenting for us that feminist history is happening  right now .  One of the magic aspects [...]

Editor’s note: To close out Women’s history month we are running this series of guest posts from  Emily May  and Samuel Carter  co-founders of  Hollaback as they reflect on taking an idea and moving it to action, the best practices they have learned along the way and documenting for us that feminist history is happening  right now .  When Malcolm Gladwell wrote “The [...]

Editor’s note: To close out Women’s history month we are running this series of guest posts from  Emily May  and Samuel Carter  co-founders of  Hollaback as they reflect on taking an idea and moving it to action, the best practices they have learned along the way and documenting for us that feminist history is happening  right now .  The first step in establishing [...]

Editor’s note: To close out Women’s history month we are running this series of guest posts from  Emily May  and Samuel Carter  co-founders of  Hollaback as they reflect on taking an idea and moving it to action, the best practices they have learned along the way and documenting for us that feminist history is happening  right now .  After we launched, the stories [...]

Editor’s note: To close out Women’s history month we are running this series of guest posts from Emily May and Samuel Carter co-founders of Hollaback as they reflect on taking an idea and moving it to action, the best practices they have learned along the way and documenting for us that feminist history is happening right now .  We were a group [...]

Duh. But awesome. She’s right–America is at its best when we champion the freedom and dignity of every human being. It is not surprising but important and necessary that Democratic politicians continue to come out in support of same-sex marriage. It’s going to take a global movement to ensure all people regardless of sexuality can live as [...]

Trigger Warning and Spoiler Alert.  ..it’s rape. The most recent episode of Girls was slightly spoiled for me as I had glanced at Amanda Hess’s piece on it before I watched it, but I stopped myself from reading the whole thing. Still, I found myself watching with clenched teeth, waiting for the inevitable and uncomfortable, triggering and uncensored [...]

Yup, a new study released in Great Britain finds that children of same-sex parents are thriving. Via Think Progress , the study by the British Association of Adoption and Fostering released today  has found that concerns about same-sex families are “unfounded.”

The report released by the British Association of Adoption and Fostering (BAAF) details the experiences of 130 adoptive families, 49 of [...]

A turning point in HIV/AIDs medicine yesterday–scientists have found a baby girl that they believe has been cured of HIV through the application of heavy doses of anti-viral drugs within the first 2 days of birth. via NPR,

The fact that the newborn tested positive for HIV within 30 hours of birth is a sign she was [...]

Seth MacFarlane put on quite the show last night hosting the Oscars. For a show that could use a dose of relevant humor, he chose a different path–making, racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic and sizist jokes. And beyond being offensive, they weren’t very funny either–instead awkward and uncomfortable, throwing off the tenor of the Oscars. The opener, [...]

As you know, Vanessa Valenti, one of the driving forces behind what has made Feministing so great, left us to fully engage in her robust consulting career and business partnership with Courtney Martin . When people leave Feministing, they generally move on to more kinds of awesome, but Vanessa’s role in shaping this space can’t really even be [...]

As Syreeta mentioned a few days ago in the Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet–the Feminine Mystique is turning 50. Fifty-years since the launch of this important, yet problematic book, and everyone is asking–how far have we really come? And where do we go from here? These are salient questions, even if they frustrate those of us post-gender [...]