By: Molly Rush The movement to gain the vote took decades, but it finally succeeded in 1920 with the passage of the 19th amendment. The struggle for the right of women to […]
FOUR PITTSBURGH SUFFRAGETTES
Introducing Pittsburgh’s International Women’s Strikers (PGH IWS)
By Krystal Knight and INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S STRIKE USA CHAPTER While 2016 was a tumultuous year for women globally, here in the U.S. most would attribute that to the catastrophe of the Trump […]
Reflections on Thomas Merton and Women
By Joyce Rothermel Each year International Women’s Day is celebrated throughout the world (this year on March 8). People gather to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievement of women. This […]
Hashtags, Strikes, and Protests- Oh MY! It’s Time to Radicalize the Feminist Movement
Photo by the Socialist Alternative By Marni Fritz While women in the United States march in the streets protected by police, sell pink hats to brand a movement and use hashtags to […]
CULTURE WATCH: Musing on Intersectionality, Politics and Culture
May 4, 2017 By Jo Tavener Kimberlé Crenshaw is professor of law at UCLA and Columbia Law School; she is also a pioneer in critical race theory. In her 2016 TED Talk, […]
“A Day Without Women” Exposes Economic Inequality
March 18, 2017 By Mollie March-Steinman On March 8th, 2017, people around the world participated in the “Day Without a Woman” general strike, which called for women to show their solidarity by […]
A Tale of Two Marches
March 7, 2017 By Mollie March-Steinman and Marni Fritz In solidarity with the January 21st Women’s March in D.C., sister marches began popping up in cities across the country. Here in Pittsburgh, […]
Taking Up Space
February 8, 2017 By Mollie March-Steinman tw/cw: violence against women, misogynoir As women, we are often encouraged, implicitly or explicitly, to be small. There are lots of terms thrown at us when […]
Re: White America
January 31, 2017 By Jacqueline Souza After a disappointing election year and Friday’s traditional Inauguration ceremony, millions of people around the world participated in marches in response to the official beginning of […]
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