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By Alexandra Brodsky • 8 years ago

Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet

Holly Woodlawn, superstar, died yesterday at 69.

Shame on Dollar General.

Holly Woodlawn, superstar, died yesterday at 69.

Shame on Dollar General.

By Mahroh Jahangiri • 8 years ago

New ad campaign celebrates #QTPOCLove this Domestic Violence Awareness Month

This Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the TOD@S Collaborative is broadening our public understanding of what intimate partner violence is and who it impacts, while also depicting, promoting, and celebrating healthy relationships among queer and trans people of color.

By Katie Halper • 8 years ago

Why Kerry Washington thinks you should know about financial abuse

Kerry Washington is using her celebrity, her love for fashion, and her designing skills for a good cause: to empower women to escape from financial abuse, which is present in 98 percent of cases of domestic abuse. When I asked Kerry why the issue was so important, I saw she was just as sharp, articulate and passionate as the Olivia Pope character she portrays on Scandal.

By Alexandra Brodsky • 8 years ago

When domestic violence is a “nuisance”

Too often, survivors of gender violence who reach out for help are punished instead — and some city housing laws require what amounts to retaliation against victims.

By Verónica Bayetti Flores • 8 years ago

Breaking: Nan-Hui Jo released from immigration detention

Nan-Hui Jo, the undocumented survivor of domestic violence who was convicted of child abduction for fleeing abuse with her child and was detained in ICE custody facing deportation, has been released on bond from immigration detention.

By Maya Dusenbery • 8 years ago

Join the National Day of Action to demand the release of Nan-Hui Jo

Today is a National Day of Action in support of Nan-Hui Jo, one of the woman caught up in a US justice system that criminalizes the actions of survivors and profits off their imprisonment.

Today is a National Day of Action in support of Nan-Hui Jo, one of the woman caught up in a US justice system that criminalizes the actions of survivors and profits off their ...

By Mychal Denzel Smith • 8 years ago

Chris Brown is the poster child for intimate partner violence

Chris Brown was 19 years old that day in 2009 when the world learned of his beating Rihanna. That was part of the defense offered, free of charge, from his fans and others eager to not discuss intimate partner violence and abuse.

Chris Brown was 19 years old that day in 2009 when the world learned of his beating Rihanna. That was part of the defense offered, free of charge, from his fans and others eager to not discuss ...

By Alyssa Peterson • 8 years ago

Economic justice for domestic abuse survivors shouldn’t strengthen mass incarceration

Ed. note: This post was originally published on the Community site.

For about a year, I volunteered at a domestic violence hotline. Every other Saturday, I helped survivors of intimate partner violence access emergency housing, lock changes, counseling, and civil protection orders.

Ed. note: This post was originally published on the Community site.

For about a year, I volunteered at a domestic violence hotline. Every other Saturday, I helped survivors of intimate partner violence access emergency housing, lock changes, ...