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Top Feminists of 2024: From Texas Lawsuits to Global Movements
Ms. Magazine honors 2024's most influential feminists, including the 27 women who sued Texas over its abortion ban, Kamala Harris, Black women voters, and brave women fighting for rights globally.
Project 2025: A Dystopian Future for Women's Rights in America
Led by the Heritage Foundation and supported by over 100 far-right organizations, 'Project 2025' is an 887-page policy blueprint calling for the deletion of terms like 'gender equality' and 'reproductive rights' from federal regulations. This document, described as 'the last chance to save our republic,' is actually a comprehensive declaration of war on women's rights.
The US War on Reproductive Rights Should Concern Women Everywhere
In the United States, women's reproductive rights are rapidly being eroded. Since Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022, 28 states have restricted abortion access, with 14 states implementing near-total bans. This war on women's bodily autonomy affects not just America, but threatens women's rights globally.
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RBG: A Life Dedicated to Justice
This powerful documentary chronicles the extraordinary life and career of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, from her early battles against gender discrimination as a lawyer to her iconic status as the 'Notorious RBG.' The film explores her groundbreaking legal work, her partnership with her husband Martin, and her unwavering commitment to gender equality and justice.

Why I believe the mistreatment of women is the number one human rights abuse
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter delivers a powerful call to action to address the global crisis of violence against women and girls. Drawing on his decades of humanitarian work and diplomatic experience, Carter presents shocking statistics and personal observations about the systematic abuse of women worldwide, from human trafficking to honor killings, and challenges religious, political, and cultural institutions to confront their role in perpetuating gender inequality.
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Book Review: Introduction to Feminist Jurisprudence
This book review discusses Hilaire Barnett's 'Introduction to Feminist Jurisprudence'. Scoular, as a feminist legal scholar at the University of Strathclyde, Scotland, evaluates the book's coverage of major issues in feminist jurisprudence as a student textbook, and its analysis of how traditional jurisprudence and law remain masculine subjects despite the vast strides in formal legal equality.
Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence Against Women of Color
This groundbreaking 1991 article systematically articulates intersectionality theory, analyzing how race, gender, and other identity dimensions interact to shape the unique experiences of violence faced by women of color. Crenshaw critiques how anti-discrimination law and feminist movements fail to adequately address multiply-marginalized groups, calling for more inclusive frameworks of social justice.
Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory and Antiracist Politics
This groundbreaking paper first introduced the concept of 'intersectionality,' fundamentally transforming how we understand the interaction of multiple oppressions. Through analyzing legal cases, Crenshaw demonstrates how single-axis frameworks render Black women's unique experiences invisible in antidiscrimination law and feminist theory, providing a revolutionary analytical framework for understanding identity, power, and justice.
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