Tag Archives: Activism
Hollaback: Lessons learned from building an idea into a movement
TweetEditor’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 [...]
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New poll finds the majority of women voters consider themselves feminists
TweetI’m sorry, what was that you were saying about how young women are afraid to call themselves feminists these days? A poll commissioned by Ms. conducted just after the election found that 55 percent of women voters and 30 percent of men voters consider themselves feminists. These results are generally 9 points higher than they were in [...]
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One million men, one million promises to help end gender-based violence
TweetOur own Zerlina is still getting rape threats from conservatives who apparently think suggesting men can end sexual violence is the very height of stupidity. Meanwhile–over in the reality-based community–a global movement of men doing just that is growing. Launched today by Breakthrough, in partnership with UN Women and grassroots groups from South Africa to Malaysia, [...]
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Scientists say a baby girl born with HIV has been cured
TweetA 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 [...]
Lesson #1: You must have confidence—a belief in your gut—that you can really change culture.