Shifting the Narrative: The Power of Women-Led Social Movements
By Robin Al-haddad, Gatjeak Gew, and Michelle Schatz Despite having ratified the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) on July 22, 1997, Myanmar routinely...
View Articlejessica Care moore: We Want Our Bodies Back
Native Detroiter jessica Care moore is a playwright, author, activist, musician, performance artist, and institution-builder. A five-time Showtime at the Apollo winner and returning star of the HBO...
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Carnival Is Women: Black Women Loving Black Women
By Jade Nixon Imagine getting your first breath of air after you’ve just submerged yourself into the swimming pool, cannon-ball style, or the feeling of warm shower water rinsing your skin after a long...
View ArticleThe Life Of Brazil’s Marielle Franco
Marielle Franco was a rising political star in Brazil: she was an activist, the only Black woman to serve on Rio de Janeiro’s current City Council, and a fierce critic of Brazilian government...
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Breaking the Taboo: The Myth of Racial Democracy in Brazil and the Call for...
By Pâmela de Almeida Resende “In a racist society it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be anti-racist.” —Angela Davis In Brazil, the 20th of November is remembered as Black Consciousness Day. On...
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Visualizing Intersectionality
By Fernando Martí | JustSeeds I’ve been thinking a lot about flags lately. What will be the symbols of our movement in the future? Here’s one offering. Image credit: Fernando Martí I’m inspired by the...
View ArticleConvival Research
Syllabus by Center for Convivial Research & Autonomy Convivial community – based research approach is a grassroots collective investigative effort that fundamentally refuses to objectify groups,...
View ArticleAdrift in the Circuits of Women’s Precarious Lives
Synopsis: we are precarious. Which is to say some good things (accumulation of diverse knowledges, skills and abilities through work and life experiences in permanent construction), and a lot of bad...
View ArticleDomestic abuse soars globally since lockdown
The global lockdown and restrictions on movement have been catastrophic for women at risk of domestic abuse. Here are some statistics from around the world. The French government has offered to pay...
View ArticleDefund the Police
Amid growing calls in New York City for police accountability, Mayor Bill de Blasio has pledged to shift some of the city’s funding for police and reallocate it to social services. We get response...
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Angel’s Tree: COVID Activism Inside a CA Women’s Prison
By Michele Rene Scott | Central California Women’s Facility (CCWF) This is a brief story told in the words of people inside about how people at the Central California Women’s Facility (CCWF), the...
View ArticleJannat Ali: On Being a Pakistani Transgender Activist
In her poignant talk, well-known transgender activist, Jannat Ali, shares her painful journey of coming out to not just her family, but to society at large as well. From transcending trials and...
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Hide and Seek
Art and essay by Bibi Hajra In the canal of Lahore under the scorching sun, in drenched shalwars that hide nothing, the male body is soaking wet, free and alive… You must have seen it as it is...
View Article2020 and Beyond: The Unfinished Business of the 19th Amendment Syllabus
Ciara Hervas, Patricia Liu, Fariba Mahmud, Jessica Morandi, Toluwalope Moses Harvard College This year, 2020, marks a century since the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which expanded the American...
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