Poor Patricia Arquette. No doubt she thought that by sticking up for wage equality for women during her Oscars acceptance speech, she'd become a real-life heroine of the feminist movement. She'd be ...
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) blasted Republicans who said diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts were oppressing white Americans. During a markup of Rep. Michael Cloud’s (R-Texas) “Dismantle ...
Misogyny affects all women in our society in some way, but many women also face ageism, ableism, and other -isms regularly. When combined with misogyny, these other types of oppression ...
Oppression is built into the social fabric of the societies in which we live--and therefore needs to be explicitly and openly challenged. EVERYWHERE WE turn, we find evidence of a society where people ...
In your mind’s eye, picture the following scenarios: A black woman in Nigeria bleaching her skin. A gay man in the United States going through reparative or conversion therapy to cure himself of ...
The idea of unpacking the history behind systemic oppression for your kids probably sounds daunting. But that doesn't mean you can avoid it — talking to your kids about oppression is a step toward ...
People get emotional about gender and other identity issues, so my daughter’s professor laid some ground rules for class discussion at the start of a women’s studies course in fall 2019. Speak up with ...
Editor’s note: This podcast episode is the first in our ‘Don’t Call Me Resilient’ live event series. Our next event – “AI-generated influencers: A new wave of cultural exploitation?” is coming up on ...
The Oxford English Dictionary defines “oppression” as “the state of being subject to unjust treatment or control.” However, this does not mean that those subjected to unjust treatment or control are ...