The Effects of Title IX
The National Football League (NFL) boasts almost 1,700 players and, unsurprisingly, every player is male. Some professional sports in the United States have a women’s [...]
Equality
The Global Gag Rule is Back and Bigger Than Ever
Nearly 8 years ago, one of then-newly-inaugurated US president Barack Obama’s earliest executive orders reversed the global gag rule, a rule banning non-governmental [...]
Justice Like a Home: The Perpetual Work of the Beloved Community
In interactions on everything from the gender wage gap to racial inequalities and gaps in representation, I often get asked some version of the question, “When will you be [...]
To Hope and to Advocate
Policies for better working conditions at the local level might reduce social and economic inequities. Such policies are particularly significant for cities in which a vast [...]
Game Criticism
With the somewhat recent row about Dead or Alive Xtreme 3’s sexism and with anger at the comments about the reality that choices in video games are political in response to [...]
Fighting for a Cause: Help the American Service Women
Over the rural villages in Iraq, an American woman is a bomber pilot, a navigator, or weapons specialist for equality. She will stomp over dusty roads and patrol [...]
Queens Dragged Out of the Community
LGBT events have prided themselves on freedom of expression, flamboyant colors, ideals of free love, and an inclusive sentiment that underlies the entire movement. To [...]
Up Next in the LGBT Battle: Transgender Equality
The US Supreme Court made history on June 26, 2015 when they legalized same-sex marriage in all 50 states. This is a huge victory for the LGBT community. Since 2004, when [...]
The Call for Women Directors
It’s no secret that Hollywood is distinctly lacking in female filmmakers, but the reality of the situation may still shock you. It’s not that there aren’t talented and [...]
FOTB: Green-lit for Second Season
In case you live in a box and haven’t noticed, something amazing is happening to prime time TV: Diversity. Fresh Off The Boat, a sitcom based on the early life of Eddie [...]
