When I was a college sophomore, I took a sociology class on population and family planning. Somewhere in between the professor’s explanation of how the growing number of humans threaten…
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I mean, seriously, we gave women the right to vote, what did you think was going to happen next? You didn’t think they were going to want to take their…
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1776 Martha Jefferson read the Declaration of Independence, which her husband had just signed, and noted the line “All men are created equal.” In a huff, she yelled, “Whateth the…
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March 1st, 2020. What were you doing? Check your Facebook or Instagram memories, ladies! They’ll either make you gleefully nostalgic or delightfully depressed. I’ve tended to teeter between the two,…
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“Lacey used to have these Black history checks. Each check had a different Black hero on it. MLK, Rosa Parks, Frederick Douglass. So, Lacey was at a store chatting with…
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One day in 11th grade world history class, I had had enough so I announced to the teacher that until we started learning about some women, I would not be…
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Once again, the holiday season has rolled around. But instead of planning blow-out parties and baking dozens of cookies to share with co-workers (or eating dozens of cookies baked by…
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These men always continue to outdo themselves—and I mean that in the worst way possible. Dating is hard enough. Add a pandemic, the paradox of choice when it comes to…
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International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women: Let’s Just Call It “Take Out the Trash Day”
The International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women is baffling. What are we supposed to do on this day? Do wife beaters and abusers take the day off…
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Image source: ABC News Mr. Vice President, I’m speaking…I’m speaking… We all heard it. And then we heard it again. My eyes bulged, both lips pursed together in shock. He…
