Tagged feminism

This post originally appeared on Nursing Clio. On December 16, 1975, a group of Washington, D.C. area women’s health activists held the first-ever protest at the headquarters of the U.S. Food and Drug...

Much has been written, and written well, about emotional labor.

In a world in which ‘everyday sexism’ remains rife, gender discrimination presents special challenges. This article describes a report which argues that in many fields – notably political representation – progress will require the implementation of quotas: a controversial recommendation which presents both political and legal dilemmas.

How did we come to be in this moment, when breastfeeding is both increasingly mandatory and simultaneously impossible, burdensome and laborious?

In 2010, at the inaugural TEDWomen conference in Washington, D.C., Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg gave a 15-minute lecture responding to the question, “How are women and girls reshaping the...

Dr. J Ann Tickner, Professor Emerita of International Relations at the University of Southern California and Distinguished Scholar in Residence at American University spoke with HippoReads on her motivations behind studying Feminism in IR, discusses the field of Feminism in IR and its importance, and summarizes the field’s achievements and challenges today.

Who really wears the pants? In this curation, art historian Nancy Ross explores mormon feminism’s position at the peculiar intersection of conservative religion and liberal feminism.