Poor Patricia Arquette. No doubt she thought that by sticking up for wage equality for women during her Oscars acceptance speech, she'd become a real-life heroine of the feminist movement. She'd be ...
Misogyny affects all women in our society in some way, but many women also face ageism, ableism, and other -isms regularly. When combined with misogyny, these other types of oppression ...
For entrepreneurs of color, the pursuit of success can often feel like an uphill battle. While fellow entrepreneurs are doing well, scaling their businesses, building their teams, and getting national ...
In your mind’s eye, picture the following scenarios: A black woman in Nigeria bleaching her skin. A gay man in the United States going through reparative or conversion therapy to cure himself of ...
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) blasted Republicans who said diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts were oppressing white Americans. During a markup of Rep. Michael Cloud’s (R-Texas) “Dismantle ...
Oppression is built into the social fabric of the societies in which we live--and therefore needs to be explicitly and openly challenged. EVERYWHERE WE turn, we find evidence of a society where people ...
Women still face challenges in today's society. (Photo courtesy of The Female Maker Market) Throughout the years, we as humans have gone through several different forms of oppression, bias, and ...
A protester addresses police blocking the entrance to Interstate 195 in Miami. A friend shared her raw emotions on Facebook last week after a viral video put everyone at the scene of George Floyd’s ...
The racism Black communities face is different from that of the AAPI and Latinx community. The Latinx and Asian-American communities are very complex communities as they are considered to be ...
The idea of unpacking the history behind systemic oppression for your kids probably sounds daunting. But that doesn't mean you can avoid it — talking to your kids about oppression is a step toward ...