Nelson Mandela’s Impact on Women
“As long as women are bound by poverty and as long as they are looked down upon, human rights will lack substance.”
View ArticleLove Has No Labels: These Skeletons Kiss, Dance, and Defeat Stereotypes
On Valentine’s Day in LA, a confused crowd gathered in front of a stage where theatre-sized x-ray screen showed two skeletons kissing. Then the skeleton people walked around the side of the screen,...
View ArticleThis “Hunger Games” Star Perfectly Explains Cultural Appropriation
16-year-old Amandla Stenberg played Rue in “Hunger Games,” but her career as an actor and activist is just getting started. The evidence is on her Tumblr, where she posted a video she and a classmate...
View ArticlePope Francis Shows Support for Equal Pay
While addressing a crowd Wednesday at St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis expressed his thoughts towards equal pay for men and women, reports TIME. “Why is it expected that women must earn less than men?”...
View ArticleExclusive Sneak Peek: New Women's Drama "Suffragette"
Get an exclusive sneak peek at the powerful new drama about women and their fight for equality in early 20th-century Britain.Inspired by true events, "Suffragette" explores the passion and heartbreak...
View ArticleThese Are the Best and Worst States for Women's Equality
GlamourWe (unfortunately) don't have to look hard to find evidence of women's inequality in the U.S. Scan the World Economic Forum's ranking of the most gender-equal countries and you’ll see the U.S....
View ArticleThis Ruling Brings the US One Step Closer to Complete LGBTQ Equality
After a very controversial House Bill 2 (HB2) was signed in North Carolina in March 2016, and subsequent boycotts ensued, a federal judge finally ruled that the "University of North Carolina system...
View ArticleSamantha Bee Naturally, Yet Unintentionally Stands Out From Competition In...
If you've seen Samantha Bee's show, "Full Frontal," you know just how spunky her presence and personality are, making her unlike many of her male competitors. And, as one of only two women in late...
View ArticleGrubHub's Diverse Executive Team Gives Us a Taste of Gender Equality
If you were not already obsessed, GrubHub may actually become your favorite food ordering service out there for more reasons than one.And aside from everything the app and website offer, the company is...
View ArticleLGBTQ Activist Edie Windsor Has Officially Remarried at 87
Edith "Edie" Windsor and Thea Spyer had been together for 44 years before finally marrying one another in Canada in 2007.By 2009, Spyer had passed away from aortic stenosis, leaving Windsor to inherit...
View ArticleNew Law Requires Men's Public Bathrooms to Have Baby Changing Stations
On Friday, President Barack Obama signed the "Babies Act," which requires all public restrooms to be equipped with baby changing stations.According to the bill, "Restrooms in a public building shall be...
View ArticleNicki Minaj Opens Up About Double Standards, Women's Goals, and More in Marie...
Nicki Minaj is "the kind of figure to whom, when she speaks, the world tends to lean in and listen," Janet Mock wrote in the introduction of her Marie Claire November cover story. "The fact that she...
View ArticleHow Far We've Come: Voting Over Time
From the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 to the passage of the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) in 2002, the United States of America has clearly progressed.But, without the help of...
View ArticleThis "Everyday Girl Dad" Proves, Yet Again, That Not All Heroes Wear Capes
You know the saying "not all heroes wear capes"? Well, Huffington Post blogger and creator of "Everyday Girl Dad," Mike Reynolds, is yet another reason why this statement is, indeed, true.
View ArticleWatch This EXCLUSIVE "Loving" Featurette Highlighting the Supreme Court Case...
Fifty-eight years ago, Mildred and Richard Loving married in Washington, D.C., in a ceremony that, in 1958, was illegal because of the Racial Integrity Act of 1924. The act prohibited inter-racial...
View ArticleWhat "Feminine" Things Would Men Do If They Weren't Judged?
While gender equality is often associated with women fighting for equal rights as men, people often forget that the opposite can be true as well. Just as women want to be able to do what men do, men...
View ArticleThe MAKERS Who Marched for Women
In a weekend that celebrated hope and unity, approximately 673 women's marches were held around the world. The MAKERS Team was on the ground in Washington D.C., to help inspire others to #BEBOLD — the...
View ArticleThe White House Will Continue to Protect LGBTQ+ Workers
While there seems to be a stream of tense, often disheartening news breaking worldwide, there are glimmers of hope among the headlines.President Donald Trump has vowed to keep and enforce Barack...
View ArticleMAKERS Alicia Keys, Serena Williams, and More Promote 'Equality' in New Nike...
"Is this the land history promised?" the newest Nike'Equality' campaign video directed by Melina Matsoukas begins.
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