Latest Fem/Gender

• Aguilar: ‘We’re unstoppable’: Meet the women leading Myanmar’s protests

  These are some of the bold and brave women who have taken to the streets to protest against the military coup and demand a return to democracy
• Gutiérrez: Mexican feminists raise their voices against patriarchy

  Faced with an epidemic of femicides and government inaction, Mexican feminists are turning to increasingly radical tactics in their collective quest for justice
• : Essential Strike Manifesto for March 8

  A transnational network of radical feminist collectives is calling on all those who share their vision and demands to join the essential strike on March 8
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  Jensen: ‘A simple boy from the prairie’

  Radical feminism helped me understand how deeply patriarchy is woven into the fabric of everyday life and how central it is to the domination/subordination that defines the world
• Dispatch: Protests set to intensify across Poland as abortion ban comes into effect

  The National Women’s Strike in Poland called for countrywide protests after the controversial judgment by the Polish constitutional court banning abortions in case of fetal defects came into effect on Wednesday
• Badash: Biden’s LGBTQ Executive Order Is Just the Start

  Here Are the Other Pro-Equality Actions the Administration Is Taking
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  Tognola: Argentina’s long history of struggle for legal abortion

  After many years of campaigning, Argentina’s feminist movements booked a historic victory at the end of 2020 when abortion was finally legalized
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  Raina: CJI Bobde’s Remarks on Women Protesters Are Patriarchal Diktat, Not Concern

  When women fly planes and go up in space shuttles our hearts swell with pride, but when they lead protests and question, we deny them agency and express solicitude
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  Pearson: Absence of Abortion Rights is Depriving Latin America of Agency and the Right to Thrive

  Maybe if we were able to have complete agency and autonomy over our individual and collective lives, our self esteems would be stronger, love would be less broken, and we’d all get better at making good decisions
• Phillips: Argentina Legalizes Abortion in Landmark Moment for Women’s Rights

  The victory is the result of five years of mass protest marches by Argentina’s grassroots women’s movement, which began as a Twitter campaign against gender violence
• Littlefield: With Abortion Rights Under Attack, Activists Urge Biden to Strike Hyde Amendment

  “As our country undergoes a racial reckoning, I want to be very clear: the Hyde Amendment is a racist policy.”
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  Benjamin: Feminism Not Militarism

  Interview on the Movement to Oppose Michèle Flournoy as Pentagon Chief
• Collective 20: From 2000 Feet

  The Covid-19 global pandemic has illuminated the stark reality of whose labor it is that sustains our families, our communities, our clinics, our schools, our eldercare institutions, farms and food chains
• Karlis: Why Biden’s free childcare plan is a worthy feminist reform

  Beyond the social element, there's a strong economic argument to be made for such a policy
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  Jorden: Police Fire on Femicide Protest in Cancún

  The details were sickening and at the same time so familiar. Another young woman missing, raped, murdered and mutilated
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  Davidson: Post-Election Reckoning: New Hypotheses for the Road Ahead

  The politics of this race do not make any sense unless one factors in racism and revanchism, the seeking of revenge
• Okun: Patriarchy’s Post Election End Days

  We may have begun to acknowledge that racism has its knee on the necks of Black people, but to fully heal America we’ll have to admit patriarchy has its other knee on the necks of women
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  Kolhatkar: How Coronavirus Exposed the Flaws of the Childcare Economy

  The pandemic has revealed the barbaric nature of an economy that has largely left the care of children to the whims of market forces. The well-being of children, women, and especially women of color is at stake
• Walker: Barrett Decried Roe’s “Barbaric Legacy,” But Now Says She Doesn’t Have an Agenda

  Amy Coney Barrett refused on Tuesday to give a straightforward answer on the question of whether she believes a landmark abortion case should remain intact or not
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  Laven: The Menacing Threat of Hate and Political Violence

  Rights for all races, all ethnicities, all religions, all sexual identities—all are vital in our America. We must defend our communities against the forces of division

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