Posts Tagged #solidarityisforwhitewomen

By Suzanna • 11 years ago

The Feministing Five: Pramila Jayapal

Only hours after being released from jail for urging the House of Representatives to take action on immigration reform, Pramila Jayapal, feminist and immigration activist extraordinaire, graciously answered our questions for this week’s Feministing Five!

Pramila has been an established leader in immigration reform for years, having founded Washington State’s largest immigrant advocacy organization, OneAmerica, in 2001. Just recently recognized as a White House Champion of Change, she currently co-chairs We Belong Together: Women for Common-Sense Immigration Reform and her successful organizing this past week, resulting in the largest number of undocumented women who willfully submitted to arrest, further deepened our respect for her and her work.

And now, without further ado, the Feministing Five with Pramila Jayapal.

 

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Only hours after being released from jail for urging the House of Representatives to take action on immigration reform, Pramila Jayapal, feminist and immigration activist extraordinaire, graciously answered our questions for this week’s Feministing Five!

Pramila has been an established leader ...
By Alexandra Brodsky • 11 years ago

Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet

Jos on HuffPost Live talking about Skyler White and “complex female roles.”

Legally married gay couples aren’t eligible for veterans benefits, says the VA. What. The. Fuck.

Solidarity is for Miley.

Campus activists! Apply for a SAFER policy training.

Stopping the drug war isn’t enough to end mass incarceration.

The queer afterlife of Whitney Houston.

Katie at Salon: Fox News celebrated National Dog Day rather than Women’s Equality Day.

I guess I missed the “abortion orgies” when I was a Girl Scout.

On Chelsea Manning and the prices of disclosure.

Zerlina talks with Mother Jones about online harassment.

Le1F speaks out against “Same Love.”

Jos on HuffPost Live talking about Skyler White and “complex female roles.”

Legally married gay couples aren’t eligible for veterans benefits, says the VA. What. The. Fuck.

Solidarity is for Miley.

Campus activists! Apply ...
By Alexandra Brodsky • 11 years ago

Weekly Feminist Reader

Men don’t have to hate women to benefit from sexism.

Bustle founder Bryan Goldberg apologizes a little.

White is the new white.

Ladies, Cornell Fetch is just trying to help.

Negotiating multiple identities on Buffy.

Mikki Kendall and Flavia Dzodan talked with The Hairpin about #solidarityisforwhitewomen.

Sex, power, and tips.

An open letter to Kal Penn on Stop and Frisk.

The Colorlines community remembers learning about Harriet Tubman.

Cutting the Gordian Knot of sex work.

Twenties is apparently pretty great.

From 1908 to 2013: stories of unlikely desi activists in the U.S.

California now explicitly guarantees trans* students equal access to education (though Title IX already ...

Men don’t have to hate women to benefit from sexism.

Bustle founder Bryan Goldberg apologizes a little.

White is the new white.

Ladies, Cornell Fetch is just trying to help.

Negotiating ...