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From a better hairbrush to modern 3D technology, ten things that might never have existed without the invention or innovation of black women.
Lindsey Weedston | Mar 21, 2016
In Sweden, Femtastic gives survivors of sexual violence a voice in a male-dominated music industry.
Lindsey Weedston | Feb 12, 2016
In the first episode of their new documentary series, A Woman's Place, filmmakers explain how transgender beauty queens are lobbying for their rights outside of pageants.
Lindsey Weedston | Jan 5, 2016
As long as there has been lending, there have been times when the people’s debt becomes a crisis. Here’s a look at the policy solutions governments have been using, starting in ancient Sumer.
Lindsey Weedston, Jennifer Luxton | Aug 31, 2015
A new feminist children's book honors 26 awesome women who changed the world.
Lindsey Weedston | Aug 11, 2015
Americans voted on Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, and two other contenders to replace Andrew Jackson.
Lindsey Weedston | Apr 30, 2015
Teachers don't always know the challenges kids deal with outside of the classroom. Sometimes talking can make all the difference.
Lindsey Weedston | Apr 23, 2015
“Shame cannot survive empathy,†Lewinsky reminds us. The growing trend of online public shaming can only be curbed by compassion.
Lindsey Weedston | Mar 24, 2015
Are housewives less ambitious than career women? Are they bad feminists? Read on to go beyond the stereotypes.
Lindsey Weedston | Mar 14, 2015
Before meeting Geraldine, I’d assumed that most of the women from the 1940s were unaware of how capable they were. I was wrong.
Lindsey Weedston | Feb 6, 2015
Slacktivism? Not so much. From #BlackLivesMatter to #BringBackOurGirls, this year's best hashtags around issues of social justice brought fresh voices into some of our most important conversations.
Lindsey Weedston | Dec 20, 2014
What these kids came up with will leave you wondering what adults are even doing anymore.
Lindsey Weedston | Nov 12, 2014
For years, these two mothers and a Cambridge professor have been bullied, threatened, and publicly humiliated by cyber-legions of trolls. Each of their stories offers a lesson for beating them.
Lindsey Weedston | Oct 23, 2014