In 1972, a black cultural center in Berkeley, Calif., is calling on artists to help create a black hero-themed exhibit. An African-American artist, Betye Saar, responded. She created an artwork out of a “mammy” doll and armed her with a gun. According to Angela Davis, a Black Panther activist, Saar’sRead More →
When Iran allowed a select group of women into Tehran’s Freedom Stadium to watch the men’s national football team play, some Iranian women abroad dismissed it as an inconsequential “trick”. But inside Iran, where women activists have fought for equal social rights for decades against a tradition of patriarchy, itRead More →
Women seeking employment often have to overcome the conscious or unconscious gender biases of those who hire, as numerous studies have shown. But women seeking employment also face another hurdle: Guardians in charge of hiring are heavily influenced in their decisions by the biases of the employees the woman wouldRead More →
Jane Fonda in “Feminists: What Were They Thinking?” | netflix In a perfect world, the documentary Feminists: what were they thinking? would simply be a nostalgic film that walks back in time, when women in the 1970s were fighting for equal rights and a recognition that this fight is aRead More →