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, […]
I Am Not Your Indian Girl
April 18, 2017 By Krithika Saraswathy Pennathur Going to a predominantly white high school presented a new set of experiences for me. Being in an environment where you were the only […]
Man, I Feel Like a Woman!
April 10, 2017 By Krithika Pennathur What does it mean to be a woman? This is a question many women ask themselves everyday. We are overwhelmed with photoshopped images which tell us […]
“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 […]
Rape Culture, Blurred Lines and What Our Universities Are Doing About It
March 9, 2017 By Krithika Pennathur cw: rape culture, sexual violence The United States Department of Justice defines sexual assault as “any type of sexual contact or behavior that occurs without the […]
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, […]
