Ms Magazine: Believing – or Not – E. Jean Carroll’s Story and Why it Matters
Who tells our stories? How do we understand each other? It matters. A lot.
Who tells our stories? How do we understand each other? It matters. A lot.
Veterinarians in the US are now overwhelmingly female. Yet they still experience a gender pay gap. Wait - you're kidding, right? I was interviewed on this topic for the March edition of TRENDS magazine - read more about it here.
Highlights from our 24th Annual Festival on March 9-13, 2023, included 12 visiting filmmakers, a wonderful Friday night opener introduced by Ringling College President Dr. Larry Thompson, Saturday speakers including pro-choice activist Paxton Smith and Dr Sujatha Prabhakaran (Planned Parenthood Southwest and Central Florida,) yummy food and, of course, so many great films.
Mass media shapes everything - and it's nearly all made by men. Read what we can do.
Because understanding the root causes of IPV is the only way to make real, long-term change.
Root causes, people, root causes = the real approach to social change. Because just treating symptoms is not enough. Achieving gender equality is a tough, long-term problem, which is why at Together Women Rise we want to spend our time on root causes, on changing the systems that aren't working. Together Women Rise November 2021.
Companies – where are you!? Asking on behalf of America’s women here! Y’all just gonna let this Texas anti-abortion bill pass and do …nothing? All you companies who pride yourselves on your "diversity," all you companies who market to women, and all you companies who happily line up on breast cancer awareness month: where are you now? You think you can sit this one out?! Y’all just gonna let this one slide because “it doesn’t affect you?” Do you really think this is about ‘religion’ so you should stay away from the issue? Please. Of course it’s not. This is…
The real talk about what 'systems change' means. And no, your eyes won't glaze over.
Cuomo: Three Conditioned Fallacies That Helped This Abuse Persist The universal privilege accorded white men, especially powerful white American men, is so omnipresent we almost don’t see it. But the Cuomo investigation and subsequent resignation make clear a few things: one, that the vibrancy of the #MeToo movement persists and is benefitting us all. And two, that we need to look more closely at some of the reasons why actions like Cuomo’s persist. I suggest three fallacies that we can learn from. First fallacy: that older (usually white) men are caught in the flux of changing mores and social norms…
Sexual harassment at work is a form of corruption: we need to revise our mindsets and our legal systems to effectively combat this age-old problem. Albany Times-Union May 2021.