Bicycles as tools of liberation. Why did you focus on bike riding? It’s kind of cliche, but it’s really important for a woman to be able to get somewhere without a male’s help. There are so many girls in Afghanistan who can’t afford to drive to school so they walk for hours. But they […]
Never again do I want to have to politely beg someone for a right I'm not sure I want just to be equal and pretend it's a gift. — Charles (@oscharles) May 21, 2015 Never again do I want to see it constantly be insinuated that I'm less than, or unfit to be around children, […]
“We who are parents, brothers and sisters, colleagues and friends of Ireland’s gay citizens, we know how they have suffered because of second class citizenship. This referendum is about them, and them alone. The only children who are certain to be affected by this referendum, are Ireland’s gay children. It is their future that is […]
This is very good – Don’t Measure A Woman’s Worth By Her Clothes: A brilliant ad campaign created for Terre Des Femmes, a Swiss human rights organization focusing on gender equality and feminism, reminds us that the worth of a woman should never be measured by something like the neckline of her blouse or height […]
“Boundaries” is a project by photographer Allaire Bartel that aims to capture what it feels like to be a woman in an atmosphere of male entitlement. The Pittsburgh-based photographer tells us that the project started last year during a mentoring program that had “boundaries” as the theme. At the time, there was a lot of […]
Jaime Moore decided on a different take for a photo set she took recently of her daughter. When looking for dress-up ideas, she found that no matter where I looked, 95% of the “ideas” were the “How to’s” of dressing your little girl like a Disney Princess. […] My daughter wasn’t born into royalty, but […]