Dana Bolger

Dana Bolger is a Senior Editor at Feministing and the co-founder of Know Your IX, the national youth-led organization working to end gender violence in schools. She's testified before Congress on Title IX policy and legislative reform, and her writing has appeared in a number of outlets, including The New York Times, Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal. She's also a student at Yale Law School, and you can find her on Twitter at @danabolger.

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By Dana Bolger • 6 years ago

This Mother’s Day, Support Nursing Parents at Work

This post was originally published at Legal Aid at Work, and is cross-posted here with light edits and Legal Aid at Work’s permission.

When To-wen Tseng returned to work after her maternity leave, her employer didn’t provide her a place to pump milk, so she had to use the restroom. When she tried to wash her pumping accessories in the kitchen, her co-workers told her “don’t wash your dirty panties here.” She felt upset and demoralized. Her milk supply decreased dramatically. Eventually she left her job. 

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By Dana Bolger • 6 years ago

Quote of the Day: Women Farmworkers Are Very Powerful

Damn right.

Yesterday, actress America Ferrera and Mónica Ramírez, president of the National Farmworker Women’s Alliance (Alianza Nacional de Campesinas), appeared on the Today show, to talk about the new Time’s Up campaign to end workplace sexual violence and harassment.

Damn right.

Yesterday, actress America Ferrera and Mónica Ramírez, president of the National Farmworker Women’s Alliance (Alianza Nacional de Campesinas), appeared on the Today show, to talk about the new Time’s Up campaign to end workplace sexual violence ...

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By Dana Bolger • 6 years ago

2017 Recap: Our Favorite Feminist Films

As Hollywood slowly drained itself of white dudes who harass women, it was a good year for film and television centering the experiences of women, queer folks, and people of color. Without further ado, our favorites.

As Hollywood slowly drained itself of white dudes who harass women, it was a good year for film and television centering the experiences of women, queer folks, and people of color. Without further ado, our favorites.

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By Dana Bolger • 6 years ago

2017 Recap: Our Favorite Feminist Writing on the Internet

We’re taking a break from writing this week to eat and sleep and plan for 2018. Instead of our regular columns, we’ll spend the next few days reflecting on our “favorites” of 2017: favorite books, favorite movies, etc. Here’s some of our columnists’ favorite writing of 2017.

We’re taking a break from writing this week to eat and sleep and plan for 2018. Instead of our regular columns, we’ll spend the next few days reflecting on our “favorites” of 2017: favorite books, favorite movies, ...

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By Dana Bolger • 6 years ago

Dear New York Times: Matt Lauer Isn’t a Martyr. Don’t Make Him One.

In law school, we spend a lot of time thinking about the “theory of the case”: what’s the problem, who’s the victim, who’s the villain. It turns out that how you define the problem directly informs the kind of solution that a judge, a lawmaker, or, say, the readers of the New York Times, are primed to accept.

In law school, we spend a lot of time thinking about the “theory of the case”: what’s the problem, who’s the victim, who’s the villain. It turns out that how you define the problem directly informs the kind of ...

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