Janelle Monae thinks women should stop sleeping with men until they are doing everything in their power to push for equal rights for women. The Electric Lady looked stunning on the cover of Marie Claire‘s Fresh Faces Issue, but it’s her words that are really grabbing everyone’s attention. Janelle told the magazine that women shouldn’t […]
Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie‘s definition of feminism was featured on Beyonce‘s 2013 song ***Flawless. The feature, sampled from a TED talk Adichie gave, is such a significant part of the song that she’s even credited as featured artist on it. Though that was three years ago, and Beyonce has since dropped another stellar album, […]
Mazibuko said the scholarship was created to reduce the rate of pregnancies and keep the teens away from older men.
What kind of world are we living in?
Women talk about issues including being pressured to stay in abusive relationships, slut-shaming and double standards for men and women.
America has long condoned violence against Black women, which is why the viral video of a Texas police officer grabbing an unarmed, bikini-clad teenage girl…
Feminism is a lot like delicious pizza—or at least it is when you’re trying to explain how some feminists don’t realize how race factors into gender…
I'm genuinely excited to see Amber Rose going out to host an event that is highly significant to (and emblematic) of the contemporary feminist movement. But with such a divisive and alienating part of the movement, doesn't SlutWalk warrant a harmonious response from a united front of black women?
Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States, has been the face of the $20 bill since 1928. 87 years later, a women’s group…
This week, Larry Wilmore of The Nightly Show brought on a talented and successful quartet, which included Issa Rae (our fave), Jacque Reid of New York…
Female genital mutilation is a harrowing procedure for girls and women. Parts of the genitalia are removed and the reasons for their extraction are 100…
