Sexual Bias
[Sexism isn’t American. Talking about and fighting sexual bias is.]
Texas anti-abortion law turns everyday citizens into bounty hunters
Texas anti-abortion law--turns citizens into abortion bounty hunters
It sounds like a plot from “The Handmaid’s Tale.” A woman gets an abortion after learning she is pregnant two months after being raped. She asks her friend for a ride to a clinic to hav... read more
The conservatorship is 'toxic': How Britney Spear's testimony rippled beyond the U.S.
It would never happen to a man
LONDON — After Britney Spears laid bare the allegedly “abusive” restraints dictated by her longtime conservatorship in court Wednesday, many around the world reacted to her testimony with s... read more
Opinion: The most inspiring journalism movie - maybe ever
Writing with Fire
A new documentary film following the courageous journalists behind India’s only all-female-run news organization provides an essential portrait of the fight for press freedom — and illustrat... read more
Everybody wins when we're in positions of leadership
Washington State's female leaders of color on what Kamala Harris represents
“Mr. Vice President, I’m speaking,” said Sen. Kamala Harris, holding her hand up and looking directly at Vice President Mike Pence after he interrupted her during their nationally televised... read more
What nation's leader formally apologized for the state's complicity in abuse of unwed pregnant girls and their babies?
Unmarried mothers, often destitute, desperate and young, talked about forced labor, appalling acts of abuse and forced adoptions in state and church homes
LONDON — In a signal moment, to mark Ireland’s “dark, difficult and shameful” treatment of unmarried women and their babies over the 20th century, the republic’s prime minister,... read more
Dr. Jill Biden, on Jan. 20, 2021, our new First Lady
In one of my favorite episodes of “The West Wing,” Abigail Bartlet, a trained surgeon and the fictional first lady, speaks with a White House attorney about a looming scandal. The lawyer addresse... read more
Sexual bias in Japan - Blaming the victim
Councilor who accused Japanese mayor of sexual assault voted out after locals said she 'degraded' women
(CNN)Residents of a small town in central Japan have overwhelmingly voted to remove the local council's only female member after she accused the mayor of sexual assault. Shoko Arai, 51, was voted out... read more
State Rep. Nicole Clowney (D-Fayetteville, Arkansas) introduced a bill Thursday that would repeal the state’s criminal “failure to vacate” statute. First enacted in 1901, the law allows landlords to seek criminal charges, which can result in jail time, for tenants who fall even a single day behind on rent and do not vacate a property within 10 days. Everywhere else in the U.S., evictions are exclusively a civil matter. ProPublica and ANNN found women make up a disproportionate share of Arkansas residents who’ve had charges filed against them during the pandemic, a trend that mirrors past research. 62% of cases in 2012 were filed against Black women (who make up about 20% of the city’s population).
