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Books · Nov 2025
Girls Play Dead: A Murder, a Memoir
Jen PercyA chilling investigation into the 1990 murder of Keri Sullivan, exploring the cultural obsession with violence against women, the failures of the justice system, and the psychological toll on survivors and investigators.
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Books · Jan 2024
The Furies: Women, Vengeance, and Justice
Elizabeth FlockEmmy Award-winning journalist Elizabeth Flock's groundbreaking investigative work exploring what few dare to confront: the role and necessity of female-led violence when institutional protections completely fail. Through three immersive narratives of real women who fought back, this book challenges us to rethink what justice, self-defense, and women's safety truly mean.
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Books · Jan 2024
Women, Gender, and Constitutionalism in Latin America
Francisca Pou Giménez, Ruth Rubio-Marín, Verónica Undurraga ValdésA comparative constitutional study of gender equality, women's rights, and LGBTQIA+ subordination across Latin American jurisdictions.
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Books · Sep 2023
Breaking Free: The Lie of Equality and the Feminist Fight for Freedom
Marcie BiancoCulture writer Marcie Bianco boldly argues that 'equality' is a racist, patriarchal ideal that perpetuates women's systemic oppression and limits the possibilities of feminism - with a plan to transform the movement.
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Books · Mar 2023
Flowers of Fire: The Inside Story of South Korea's Feminist Movement and What It Means for Women's Rights Worldwide
Hawon JungFormer AFP Seoul correspondent Hawon Jung provides a firsthand account from the frontlines of South Korea's feminist movement, documenting how tens of thousands of Korean women sparked a MeToo wave, ended abortion bans, fought spycam crimes, and shattered Western stereotypes of 'docile' Asian women. Named one of The Economist's Best Books of 2023.
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Books · Jan 2023
A Woman's Life Is a Human Life: My Mother, Our Neighbor, and the Journey from Reproductive Rights to Reproductive Justice
Felicia KornbluhThrough the personal experiences of historian Felicia Kornbluh's mother and neighbor, this book reveals the untold story of two grassroots movements in New York that transformed American reproductive rights politics - the fight to decriminalize abortion and the struggle against sterilization abuse.
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Films · Mar 2024
Laapataa Ladies
Kiran RaoThrough the absurd comedy of two brides swapped on a train due to identical veils, this film exposes how rural Indian patriarchy employs the 'erasure of the face' to systematically invisibilize female identity.
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Films · Aug 2023
Anatomy of a Fall
Anatomie d'une chuteJustine TrietA gripping courtroom drama dissecting a marriage, truth, and gender roles through the trial of a woman accused of her husband's murder. Winner of the Palme d'Or.
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Films · Mar 2020
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Eliza HittmanIn the wake of Roe v. Wade being overturned by the Supreme Court, Eliza Hittman's Never Rarely Sometimes Always is necessary viewing. A tiny independent film that topped critics' best-of lists, it's about a pair of friends who are forced to travel from their small Pennsylvania town to New York City in search of medical aid for an unwanted pregnancy.
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Films · Apr 2016
Confirmation
Rick FamuyiwaThis HBO television movie stars Kerry Washington as Anita Hill, a law professor whose story of sexual harassment is worth revisiting through a post-#MeToo lens. This film dives into one of recent American history's watershed moments, chronicling the testimony given before the nation regarding the sexual harassment of women in the workplace.
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Films · Sep 2013
Belle
Amma AsanteBased on the true story of 18th-century historical figure Dido Elizabeth Belle, this costume drama follows a mixed-race aristocratic woman navigating her place in British high society while fighting for justice amid intersecting racism and sexism. The film explores complex themes of race, class, gender intersectionality, and female agency.
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Films · Feb 2004
Iron Jawed Angels
Katja von GarnierKatja von Garnier made this Golden Globe winner, about the women who risked their lives for the suffrage movement. It stars Hilary Swank, Anjelica Huston, and Vera Farmiga.
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Videos · May 2018
RBG: A Life Dedicated to Justice
Betsy West, Julie CohenThis 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.
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Videos · Jun 2015
Why I believe the mistreatment of women is the number one human rights abuse
Jimmy CarterFormer 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.
Articles
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Top Feminists of 2024: From Texas Lawsuits to Global Movements
Ms. Magazine Editorial TeamMs. 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.
02Articles · Jul 2024
Project 2025: A Dystopian Future for Women's Rights in America
Feminist Majority FoundationLed 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 is a comprehensive declaration of war on women's rights.
03Articles · Mar 2024
The US War on Reproductive Rights Should Concern Women Everywhere
Mariam KhanIn the United States, women's reproductive rights are rapidly being eroded. Since Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022, nearly 30 states have restricted abortion access. This war on bodily autonomy threatens not just America, but women's rights globally.
Papers
View allPapers · Apr 2000
Book Review: Introduction to Feminist Jurisprudence
Jane ScoularThis 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.
02Papers · Jul 1991
Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence Against Women of Color
Kimberlé CrenshawThis 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.
03Papers · Jan 1989
Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory and Antiracist Politics
Kimberlé Williams CrenshawCrenshaw's groundbreaking 1989 paper that introduced the 'intersectionality' framework, revealing how Black women are marginalized in antidiscrimination law and feminist movements.