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Grand Theft Auto: sexist violence symptom of a bankrupt system
Grand Theft Auto, the video game that has become synonymous with glorified and anti-woman violence, has somehow managed to do…
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Pregnant women are people first and foremost!
Recently an opinion piece in the New York Times laid out the attacks on the civil rights of pregnant women.…
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Venezuela does breast cancer awareness right
Venezuela recently held a “Breast Cancer Prevention Day” that puts the U.S. pinkwashed “awareness month” to shame. On Oct. 19,…
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NYC’s Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
Oct 2nd 2014 marked the one year anniversary of the New York City Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. According to a…
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Feminist vlogger vs. sexist gaming industry
Anita Sarkeesian is a young feminist media critic and blogger who in the past few years has received media attention…
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Stop pinkwashing carcinogenic corporations!
A few days ago a co-worker approached me. She needed to talk to me about something—and it wasn’t related to…
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Pregnancy: NOT an ‘off the job injury’
It would seem logical that people with temporary or permanent physical limitations should be accommodated at work, and not be…
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Sexist court upholds Texas anti-abortion law
Three judges just denied access to abortion services to thousands of Texas women. This outrageous decision by a panel of…
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SU students rally for consent, confront chancellor
On a sunny fall day, around 200 people—faculty, students, staff, and community members—gathered on the main quad on Syracuse University…
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Ending domestic violence
When celebrities or athletes are revealed as perpetrators or survivors of violence in their intimate relationships, intense media and public…
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