My very first podcast, Start Me Up, is ready for you to listen. My guest is Madison Kimrey: a teen activist who was invited to meet President Obama at the White House! She’s been working for the Clinton campaign and discusses her experiences. We also talked about sex and how her peers are dealing with […]
In 2012, I had the pleasure of speaking at the first We Are Woman rally on the west lawn of the Capitol Building in Washington DC. I was new to activism and had much to learn. A documentary filmmaker, Kamala Lopez, approached me and asked if I believed American women were equal in the eyes of the law. […]
Voting rights activist Madison Kimrey delivered another powerful speech at a Moral Mondays Women’s Rights gathering in North Carolina yesterday. Kimrey pulled no punches – and that’s what we love about her – when she suggested that any employer who wants to pay her less than a man for the same work, can kiss her bottom […]
This was posted on the Facebook page Setting Women Free From Outdated Societal Standards. Surely there will be debate because this kind of observation always sparks debate. Read it and weigh in: “I’ve been seeing a lot of “reinvented” cartoon characters, dolls, etc. made to look fatter or have makeup removed- in the name of feminism. […]
Back for a third season, Inside Amy Schumer, tackles sexism in Hollywood, and it’s f*cking awesome. In a hilarious sketch, Schumer happens upon a picnic in the park attended by Tina Fey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Patricia Arquette. The three are celebrating Louis-Dreyfus’ “Last Fuckable Day.” Schumer is perplexed, so the trio explain that unlike men, women […]
I’m 46-years-old. I’ve never been married and I’ve never had children. It isn’t upsetting to me. NOT AT ALL. Not in any way. Evidently, this bothers some people. Some, not all. If you’re not bothered by it, I’m not addressing you. People will tilt their heads to the side like a confused dog and […]
Dear Rush, It’s been a while since my last letter to you in 2012, and I thought it might be a good time to say hi again. You see, I was perusing Facebook – and taking a break from writing my latest fiction novel about a 17-year-old girl who gets an abortion and has […]
Women’s History Month pisses me off. So does Black History Month. So black people get February and women get March. Wow. How very generous. I move to call all of the other months “White Male History Month.” Let’s put it on all of the calendars. We can flood the Internet with graphics like this […]
Guest post by Terence Strait So, recently something I said got memed and there have been lots of responses, both positive and negative. The negative responses all seem to follow the same theme, with one individual claiming that So I wanted to take a moment and break down why that line is just completely insane, especially […]
On January 19, 2015, Anna Lee Gruenwald posted this video to her Facebook page. It’s an extremely powerful message and it took a lot of guts for her to tell the world her story. This was the status she posted with her video that has been viewed 33, 146, 956 times at the time […]