LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Local 6’4” man Kyle Beebe is reportedly convinced that the bass player for touring band Skab Kickers is... Get the full story
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When Chef Erin Wade learned that most of her staff had experienced sexual harassment at her restaurant Homeroom in Oakland, California, she was stunned. The inciting incident back in 2015 involved a father of four who reached under a server’s blouse in front of his children. “We’re a family restaurant,...
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A Corner of Transgressive History
1. Eleanor Roosevelt
FDR’s “eyes, ears, and legs,” she traveled the country during the Depression, returning with information about how her husband’s New Deal programs were working. Later a delegate to the U.N., she was key to establishing its Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948.
2. Harriet Tubman
Born enslaved, Tubman was a conductor on the Underground Railroad, a spymaster,…
The state never even recorded her birth. A century after the Japanese anarchist Kaneko Fumiko died in prison at 23, condemned for treason against the emperor she despised, a new film and book revisit her explosive, short life.
"Somebody call a meeting of the council. He knows too much."
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Planned Parenthood is on the path to having its funding restored thanks to Republican chaos in Congress.
The nonprofit health care organization could regain access to federal funds as soon as July 4, exactly one year after the Senate parliamentarian allowed Republicans to pass a one-year ban on national funding for the program, NOTUS reported Monday.
Amid all the chaos related to the Iran war,…
The dad was confused as to why the school suddenly started acting like it was 1968.
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The assignment, first written in 1997, is more than a few years behind the times.
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FIFA praised Japanese fans for cleaning the World Cup stadium. A Chubu University professor's viral reply, however, asked why Japanese men can't do this at home.
The Rise of Solo Female Travel Is Putting Vilnius on the Map As solo female travel continues to rise globally, women account for 75% of solo travelers worldwide, with safety remaining their top priority when choosing a destination. The Baltic States, with Vilnius being one of top examples, is emerging as an alternative to Europe’s ... Read more
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A woman claimed she was approached by two “recruiters” who were scouting young women at Donald Trump’s Manhattan skyscraper to have sex with him—and also tried to lure her to a party at the home of Jeffrey Epstein.
Buried in the Department of Justice’s massive trove of files on Epstein, an interview conducted by the FBI on June 19, 2020, included allegations that the president had previously…
Getting laid off wound up proving her point.
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"When you 'took a break' all those years ago, you gave it up."
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From Saint Gertrude, to The Simpsons, to the Vice Presidency of the U.S.A.
Well done, mama.
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TBS announcer Yamamoto Erika kept her name by choosing common-law marriage over a legal one - but she'll get married if the law changes.
Sex Discrimination Act protections for transgender Australians have become the centre of an escalating political battle, with Australia’s Sex Discrimination Commissioner warning proposed changes to federal law would undermine decades ...
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A truly global, multicultural endeavor.
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There is a particular kind of social intrusion that Indian women learn to expect from a fairly early age, the unsolicited commentary on their bodies delivered not as cruelty, but as concern. Aunties who tell you to eat more and less in the same sentence. Relatives who document your weight across every family gathering, year […]
House Republicans, joined by four Democrats, voted Thursday to cut food aid for pregnant women and children.
The House passed a bill 213–210 that reduced funding for the Department of Agriculture and other federal agencies. The bill includes a $141 million cut to food and vegetable benefits in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, which help pregnant and…
Photographer Sam (Samantha) Owens is covering her first NBA Finals, representing the long-time advancement of women assigned to document elite sports events.
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A gym chain in Japan has come under fire from women for not enforcing gender restrictions - and from men for having them at all.
The term "pink tax" hasn't trended much in Japan. That changed recently as women went online to compare notes on the subtle upcharges they face by just existing.
How an Imbibe 75 alum launched her ambitious Latino education project.
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Texas State Rep. James Talarico (D) has referred to women as "neighbors with a uterus" on more than one occasion.
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Oshikatsu has girls turning to sex work to give money to their favorite performers. Some are as young as 15.
NHK's 2026 morning drama Kaze, Kaoru modeled one of its heroines on a woman most people in Japan have never heard of: Suzuki Masa.
The Tatsumi Geisha were the first female geisha of Japan. And they owe their existence to a woman driven out of her workplace by jealous men.
There is a particular quality of fire that destroys completely and, in doing so, reveals exactly what must be rebuilt, and by whom. By Kat Fotovat I have spent over three decades fighting for women and girls, often in the…
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