Posts Tagged wins

By Jos Truitt • 9 years ago

Mt. Holyoke college changes policy to admit trans women

This week Mt. Holyoke, a women’s college in the Pioneer Valley in MA, announced it will be changing its admissions policy to include trans women as applicants who will be considered for admission:

Mount Holyoke College welcomes applications for our undergraduate program from any qualified student who is female or identifies as a woman.

Mt. Holyoke released a FAQ on transgender admission explaining the policy and how the school came to this decision:

This week Mt. Holyoke, a women’s college in the Pioneer Valley in MA, announced it will be changing its admissions policy to include trans women as applicants who will be considered for admission:

Mount Holyoke College welcomes applications ...

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By Jos Truitt • 9 years ago

Victory! White House task force unveils new recommendations to end campus sexual assault

If you read Feministing regularly you probably know about the work of Know Your IX and its ED ACT NOW campaign, which are fighting for Title IX enforcement to combat sexual violence on college campuses. Feministing’s own Alexandra, Wagatwe, and Suzanna are leaders in this campaign, and recently brought their demands all the way to the White House.

Last night, the new White House Task Force to Protect Students From Sexual Assault released its first report, announcing that it was adopting many of the policy ideas developed and demanded by these BAMFs, and making resources and data available at a new 

If you read Feministing regularly you probably know about the work of Know Your IX and its ED ACT NOW campaign, which are fighting for ...
By Jos Truitt • 12 years ago

Good job internets! PMS milk ad pulled

After pretty massive outcry in the land of new media, The recent tired, offensive ad campaign for milk about how PMS sucks for men because it makes women total bitcas has been pulled.

As Lori explained when she covered the ads:

The ad campaign is conveniently called the “Everything I Do Is Wrong” campaign (hey, they named it, not me) and in it, the California Milk Processor Board plays off sexist and stereotypical tropes about women being irrational hysterical hormone-driven beings and men being meek, silly, fearful creatures subject to the period-filled whims of their “better halves”.

In a pretty clear example of how new media’s taken control of the ad campaign, the original website everythingidoiswrong.org has been ...

After pretty massive outcry in the land of new media, The recent tired, offensive ad campaign for milk about how PMS sucks for men because it makes women total bitcas has been pulled.

As

By Lori Adelman • 13 years ago

Feminist Wins in 2010

While it did see its fair share of doozies, 2010 wasn’t all bad for women. The International Women’s Health Coalition has chronicled its “Top Ten Wins for Women’s Health and Rights” of 2010“, and the list reveals some real progress made in 2010. View the full list after the jump, or download as Word or PDF. Click on the title of any item to learn more.

While it did see its fair share of doozies, 2010 wasn’t all bad for women. The International Women’s Health Coalition has chronicled its “Top Ten Wins for Women’s Health and Rights” of 2010“, ...