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Do we really still not get that “no means no”?
Understanding “no means no” is an important step in eliminating rape culture. It’s a simple enough concept. If someone says that do not want to have sex, they do not want to have sex. You should stop...
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The Feministing Five: Lovisa Stannow
The next time you are looking forward a wonder woman, look no further than Lovoisa Stannow. An established activist and current executive director of Just Detention International, she upholds an...
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Study suggests police systematically undercount rape reports
Corey Rayburn Yung, an associate professor at the University of Kansas School of Law, has published a startling study in the Iowa Law Review. Based on his investigations of Baltimore, New Orleans,...
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Laverne Cox >>>>>>> Justin Bieber. Speaking of which: the trailer for “Orange is the New Black,” Season 2, is out. Sexual harassment of unpaid interns is no longer legal in New...
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Watch John Oliver obliterate the logic behind considering corporations as people
So, Hobby Lobby is a mess, y’all. When the Citizens United case was decided way back in 2010 I wrote about why categorizing corporations as people is bad for women. But I cannot say that I saw this...
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What does Hobby Lobby mean for LGBT employment discrimination?
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Elizabeth Deutsch. Elizabeth Deutsch is a student at Yale Law School. She holds an MSc in Gender from the London School of Economics. She enjoys long walks on...
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The Feministing Five: Louise Melling
I don’t know about you, but I can easily say that I have had better Mondays than I did last week. After the Supreme Court struck down buffer zones around abortion clinics,the Hobby Lobby decision only...
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The Feministing Five: #FreeMarichuy’s Olga Tomchin
from NotOneMoreDeportation.com Marichuy Leal Gamino, 23, has been detained at the for-profit ICE center in Eloy, Arizona for over a year. A trans woman forced into a men’s facility, she has faced...
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Through The Gate: What’s next for geeky feminism after GamerGate
#114049906 / gettyimages.com Discourse aplenty has resulted from GamerGate; a campaign meant to silence women and critics has, in some cases at least, succeeded in having exactly the opposite effect....
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Sad Day for #RightsNotRescue in Canada
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Morgan M. Page. Canadian sex workers rights advocates spent years spent gaining traction through the courts with a case, known as the Bedford challenge. Three...
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Iraq proposes law to legalize child brides and marital rape
A terrible step backwards in women’s fight for equality overseas. Iraq’s Council of Ministers has drafted a law, The Jaafari Personal Status Law, which will be voted on April 30. If passed the law...
View ArticleFive cold hard facts about Hobby Lobby
“It bears noting that the cost of an IUD is nearly equivalent to a month’s full-time pay for workers on the minimum wage.” —GINSBURG, dissenting. There’s no court like the highest court in the land to...
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Do we really still not get that “no means no”?
Understanding “no means no” is an important step in eliminating rape culture. It’s a simple enough concept. If someone says that do not want to have sex, they do not want to have sex. You should stop...
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The Feministing Five: Lovisa Stannow
The next time you are looking forward a wonder woman, look no further than Lovoisa Stannow. An established activist and current executive director of Just Detention International, she upholds an...
View ArticleAll survivors, not just students, need civil law options
Editor’s Note: This piece was co-written by Alexandra and Elizabeth Deutsch. Liz is a student at Yale Law School, where she works on antidiscrimination law and gender justice. She holds an MSc in...
View ArticleMandatory referral of rape reports from schools to police is a bad idea
Today, the AP published an article about proposed state legislation that would require colleges and universities to refer all gender-based violence reports to the police. Although the idea is...
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Feministing Reads: Ian Millhiser’s Injustices
It is not always easy to criticize the elders of your own family. But Ian Millhiser, a former Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals clerk, boldly hurls powerful critiques at the top of the judiciary’s food...
View ArticleTwo essential ways we need to support pregnant workers
Here’s the truth: the United States doesn’t do enough to ensure decent treatment of pregnant workers. Sure, the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, passed in 1978, prohibits employers from discriminating...
View ArticleJudge Orders Release of Immigrant Children and Mothers From Detention
A federal judge ruled against the Obama administration’s current system of family detention late Friday, saying that it violated minimum requirements for conditions for children held in federal...
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What it’s like to find healthcare when you’re trans. Trans and gender-nonconforming artists created these beautiful posters memorializing victims of anti-trans violence. What would a feminist...
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