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Reporting, rebelling and truth-telling from the feminist front lines for over 50 years. This account is no longer active.
Joined March 2008
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In a piece published in @MsMagazine, Erv Nevitt explores the critical role of pseudonyms in sexual abuse lawsuits. He highlights how defense teams exploit “transparency” arguments to pressure plaintiffs to reveal their identities publicly: https://t.co/g36tnw0srU
#SurvivorJustice
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Survivors of sexual violence should not be forced to choose between justice and privacy. Using pseudonyms in lawsuits protects women from public scrutiny.
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"I feel treated like a human, instead of looked down on. And not having to jump through all these hoops to get some help has been huge." What a great story about the power of trusting and investing in families. https://t.co/eXZ5MM9IXV
#guaranteedincome
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Guaranteed income is giving one Mississippi mother the stability to plan for her future. Her story reveals escaping poverty is difficult.
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This is how Afghan women feel: "In the past, you could escape from family tensions by turning to society. Now, both family and society have become prisons, leaving us trapped between the two." @ZainabAzizii
#GenderApartheid
#AfghanWomen
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"Hopelessness echoes from their [Afghan women’s] voices." Since the fall of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in 2021, Afghan women have been systematically erased from education, employment, and...
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Excellent piece from @EFF's Rindala Alajaji and Paige Collings on the weaponization of age-verification legislation against LGBTQ+ voices. ⤵️ https://t.co/LSFd6m21ho
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Age-verification laws are weaponized to censor LGBTQ+ and abortion-related content online under the guise of protecting children from porn.
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🗣️#WPSWednesday: “Despite being trapped “between two prisons,” their homes & society, #Afghan women continue to fight back. This fight can't be won by women alone. The world must unite against gender oppression & apartheid in #Afghanistan.” @MsMagazine
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"Hopelessness echoes from their [Afghan women’s] voices." Since the fall of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in 2021, Afghan women have been systematically erased from education, employment, and...
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Age-verification laws are being weaponized to censor LGBTQ+ and abortion-related content online, restricting access to critical resources under the guise of protecting children, EFF’s Rin Alajaji and @CollingsPaige write for @MsMagazine.
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Age-verification laws are weaponized to censor LGBTQ+ and abortion-related content online under the guise of protecting children from porn.
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The gender wage gap has widened to 75¢ on the dollar—and it’s even worse for women of color. Even in women-dominated fields, women earn less than men. We won’t stop fighting until the gap is gone. #EqualPay
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Equal pay and the Equal Rights Amdendment: Women earn 75 cents on a man’s dollar, which suggests the wage gap will not be closed until 2068.
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The New York Times has published an absolutely shameful takedown of Planned Parenthood. Here's my take @MsMagazine
@nytimes @PPFA @PPact
https://t.co/IyjgCHt8Gk
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New York Times' Shameful Reporting on Planned Parenthood Bolsters Right-Wing Attacks on Reproductive Healthcare Access
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Led by DWC Chair Emerita @RepLoisFrankel, the Global HER Act protects and expands access to reproductive health care for women worldwide by repealing the global gag rule. We’ll always fight for the rights and health of women and girls. https://t.co/R4DPoZYprA
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The Global HER Act, by Rep. Lois Frankel, would repeal the global gag rule, restricting funding for international healthcare providers offer abortion
The Global Gag Rule is a cruel attack on women’s health; it blocks U.S. global health funding to international organizations that use their own money to provide abortion services or even simply share reproductive health care information with their patients. I introduced the
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"Ipas Bangladesh reported that due to USAID’s funding restrictions, abortion care services were not available for #Rohingya refugees, including sexual violence survivors." The human impact of President Trump's foreign aid restrictions is staggering.
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U.S. restrictions on foreign aid like the global gag rule are endangering women and girls by cutting off access to reproductive healthcare.
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I wrote about how the global gag rule (GGR) and the dismantling of the USAID may impact women and girls living in humanitarian settings for @MsMagazine
https://t.co/Vc6ndU5g9W
#reproductivejustice #Globalgagrule #USAID #Refugees
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U.S. restrictions on foreign aid like the global gag rule are endangering women and girls by cutting off access to reproductive healthcare.
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"It’s called coercive control—and this deeper dive into Petito’s story serves as a five-alarm warning to everyone, and their loved ones, about red flags to look for in relationships." - @AmyPolacko @MsMagazine
#GabbyPetito #CoerciveControl @netflix
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Ten Warnings the New Gabby Petito Netflix Doc Reveals About Coercive Control and Violence Against Women
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Can it go that far? "Outsiders don’t appreciate just how extreme the patriarchy is on the right. I have attended conferences where speakers and participants actively promote a return to male-only voting..." @kathsstewart
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Katherine Stewart calls Christian nationalism a coordinated, anti-democratic movement of disinformation, authoritarianism and religious extremism.
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#BlackHistoryMonth - Harriet Tubman is a well-known abolitionist, but she is rarely recognized as a strong, Black woman who lived with the effects of a Traumatic Brain Injury she acquired at a young age. For more information read @MsMagazine's article: https://t.co/jIaClxjIoF
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'Despite centuries of progress, the American presidency remains trapped in a legacy of white masculinity, reinforcing systemic barriers that continue to keep women—especially women of color—out of the highest office.' | @MsMagazine
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The American presidency remains trapped in a legacy of white masculinity, reinforcing barriers that keep women out of the highest office.
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Our President @Nourbese Flint was quoted in Ms. Magazine, "The vote to advance Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation to lead the Dept of Health and Human Services is deeply concerning, given his track record of spreading dangerous health misinformation..."
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Keeping Score: Devastating Attacks on USAID; Louisiana Indicts N.Y. Doctor; Autumn Lockwood Is First Black Woman Coach to Win Super Bowl
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A 38-year-old single mother shares her struggles with poverty, systemic barriers and the daily sacrifices she makes to create a better future for her children—and why real change begins with investing in women like her. Read via @MsMagazine⬇️
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‘Set Up to Fail’: A Mississippi Mother on What the U.S., Trump and State and Federal Republicans Get Wrong About Poverty and Women
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"A major problem hindering use of medication abortion is availability. Increasing the number of methods and arsenal of options could have bold and transformative implications for potential users everywhere." More abortion pills!!
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CW: SA 🎉In a landmark victory, the UN Human Rights Committee has found Ecuador and Nicaragua RESPONSIBLE for violating the human rights of three girls—child survivors of rape—who were wrongly denied access to abortion care.
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the U.N. Human Rights Committee condemned Ecuador and Nicaragua for violating the rights of three girls forced into motherhood at age 13
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Legal doesn't mean accessible. In states like Missouri, voters have enshrined abortion rights into their state constitution—but anti-choice lawmakers are working overtime to silence voters and keep abortion out of reach. https://t.co/zDVDGRbceL
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Three Months After Missouri Voted to Make Abortion Legal, Access Is Still Being Blocked by Republicans and Antiabortion Doctors
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