The Feministing Five: Alexandra Brodsky
Alexandra, breaking down sexism, one blogpost at a time Alexandra Brodsky is one of our newest contributors to the site. She’s one out of three winners in our first ever blogging contest– So You Think...
View ArticleThe Feministing Five: Amy S. Choi
Amy S. Choi, a happy feminist Amy S. Choi is a freelance journalist based out of Brooklyn, NY and one of three winners in our So You Think You Can Blog contest. Her work has appeared in BusinessWeek,...
View ArticleThe Feministing Five: Sesali Bowen
Sesali, fearlessly staring down the patriarchy Sesali Bowen is the training director for United States Student Association, a progressive non-profit that fights for and organizes students across the...
View ArticleThe Feministing Five: Ilyse Hogue
When Ilyse Hogue was tapped as the new president of NARAL Pro-Choice America last month, I think it’s safe to say most of the pro-choice movement was pretty excited. And it’s easy to see why. Hogue...
View ArticleThe Feministing Five: Una Aya Osato
Una Aya Osato has been a performer all her life. But she didn’t become a writer until she realized that she had to become one. Unhappy with the limited roles available for women of color and...
View ArticleThe Feministing Five: Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi is the first woman in history to serve as Speaker of the House, aka the next person in the Presidential line of succession after the Vice President. She was Speaker from 2007 until 2011,...
View ArticleWhat do you want me to #AskPelosi at Netroots Nation 2013?
Via NetrootsNation.org We recently did an awesome Feministing Five with House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, and this summer I have the privilege of interviewing Leader Pelosi on the big stage at...
View ArticleThe Feministing Five: Martha Plimpton
As an actor, Martha Plimpton has conquered the stage, screen and television. The Emmy Award-winning thespian, has been in over 30 films including, of course, The Goonies, Running on Empty, Pecker,...
View ArticleWhat should I #AskPelosi this weekend at Netroots Nation 2013?
via NetrootsNation.org This weekend in San Jose, California, I have the privilege of representing for the Feministing crew in a lunchtime keynote session with Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). We...
View ArticleFeministing Five: Martha Plimpton (Part Two)
We brought you part one of our Feministing Five with the amazing Martha Plimpton. In case you missed it, you’ll want to read about Martha and her A is For organization. And now, without further ado,...
View ArticleThe Feministing Five: Pramila Jayapal
Pramila Jayapal at We Belong Together’s civil disobedience on Thursday. Only hours after being released from jail for urging the House of Representatives to take action on immigration reform, Pramila...
View ArticleThe Feministing Five: Samhita Mukhopadhyay
Credit: Jonathan Grassi It’s certainly been a busy week here at Feministing! We’ve welcomed our new Executive Directors, Senior Editor, Editors, and Contributors all while keeping our signature swag....
View ArticleThe Feministing Five: Mariska Hargitay
Mariska Hargitay, NoMore.Org Known to millions of viewers as Detective Olivia Benson on Law and Order: SVU, TV star Mariska Hargitay has just recently amped up her own “real life” activism with her...
View ArticleThe Feministing Five: E.J. Graff
Courtesy of E.J. Graff For three decades, E.J. Graff has been writing about topics that are near and dear to our hearts here at Femininsting. Covering subjects like the social history of marriage to...
View ArticleThe Feministing Five: Sara Seager
photo credit: Charles Darrow It appears inevitable that whenever someone brings up space exploration I revert back into my twelve-year-old-Star-Wars-loving-self. Not to get all NOVA over here, but...
View ArticleThe Feministing Five: Anna Saini
Anna Saini Meet Anna Saini—a community organizer, author, and radical activist who is thrilled to be literally lending her voice to The Red Umbrella Diaries—a soon to be filmed documentary featuring...
View ArticleThe Feministing Five: Juana Rosa Cavero
Juana Cavero We were thrilled to snag Juana Rosa Cavero for a quick conversation about her work as the director of the Reproductive Justice Coalition of Los Angeles. She has been working for...
View ArticleThe Feministing Five: The LatiNegr@s Project
Bianca Laureano Intersecting the archival with the digital, The LatiNegr@s Project curates, documents, and broadcasts Black Latino space both in the United States and Latin America as a whole. Their...
View ArticleThe Feministing Five: Sunny Clifford
If you haven’t seen “Young Lakota,” the documentary that explores the intersection of reproductive justice and indigenous rights through the perspective of then 21-year-old Sunny Clifford and her...
View ArticleThe Feministing Five: Senator Gretchen Whitmer
Provided by Gretchen Whitmer In the latest episode of Are-You-Effing-Kidding-Me-Michigan, the state legislature has banned private health insurance plans from covering abortions unless a person has...
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