August’s Feminist to Know is Wilma Mankiller!

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AHQ: Celebrity Feminism

“What is your take on celebrities who try to incorporate feminism into their brand? What standards should we hold them to?”

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#5for5: A Conversation with Katie Quinonez

“I've had two abortions in my life and the second one was at Women's Health Center. It had such a profound effect on me, and I am the person that I am because of the care that I was able to receive. I want to do everything in my power to make sure that people who want abortion care can receive it.”

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Feminist to Know: Shani Dhanda

Shani Dhanda is a multi-award-winning disability advocate… and our July Feminist to Know!

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Taya interviews Greta

Taya got the chance to interview fellow cofounder Greta!

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Book Club: Funny Weather

Book Club Member Justin picked our June read! Hear more of his thoughts on Olivia' Laing’s Funny Weather here.

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Feminist to Know: Barbara Smith

“We were black feminists because we believed we had to work to make change in the actual world, as opposed to just embracing a set of ideas.”

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Political Satanism and Abortion Rights

Undergirding anti-abortion politics is the idea that abortion is an act of evil in the eyes of God; apparently, pro-choice politics is Satan’s domain.

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Feminist to Know: Haneen Maikey

Haneen Maikey is a Palestinian activist working against Israeli apartheid by engaging queer and feminist politics…. and she is our May 2021 Feminist to Know in The Provocateur.

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Housing Preserves the United State's Racial Caste System

Housing policy in the United States has a deeply racist history, and remains today as a crucial maintenance point for systemic racism.

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Feminist to Know: Sir Lady Java

April 2020’s Feminist to Know is icon Sir Lady Java

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Book Club: Social Reproduction Theory

Book Club member Allie comes back with a second book review, this time for Social Reproduction Theory (edited by Tithi Bhattacharya).

Guest AllieApril 27, 2021

Abolition is the Practice, Abolition is the Objective

A behind-the-scenes of the message behind our last product ;)

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Feminist to Know: Terisa Siagatonu

March’s Feminist to Know is poet Terisa Siagatonu!

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The Norplant: Eugenics and the State’s Appropriation of Contraceptives

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Feminist to Know: Augusta Savage

Augusta Savage was an influential sculptor, advocate, and teacher, who was shaped by––and helped to shape––the Harlem Renaissance… she is also our February 2021 Feminist to Know on The Provocateur.

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The Troubled History of Planned Parenthood

It's no secret that Planned Parenthood occupies a complex position in our society. The organization is a troubled fixture even for feminists as simultaneously one of the largest providers of lifesaving reproductive healthcare and a group with a deeply racist past.

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