Women’s Rights
A Taco Competition Supporting Women’s Rights: My Taco, My Choice
This coming Taco Tuesday, March 7th, there will be a chef taco competition featuring up to 12 women chefs from the Bay Area at Merkado in SOMA. The event is called “My Taco, My Choice” and it will benefit The National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice. Competing chefs will create
Where You Can Protest For Reproductive Rights In San Francisco Today
As a result of the pending reversal of Roe V. Wade, people from all over the country are taking to the street and demanding a woman’s right to choose remain uninhibited by government overreach. Today, Tuesday May 3rd, Women’s Rights activists are going to be rallying at the Federal Building
This New Literary Magazine is a Gift to the People of San Francisco
I’ve got some awesome news! We received a grant from the Civic Joy Fund to put out a literary magazine celebrating SF and acting to counter the stupid “Doom Loop” narrative. It’s a gift to the people of San Francisco. And after months of working on this project it’s now available
NCAA Basketball Still Giving Women Less Reliable COVID Tests Than Men Get
The NCAA “March Madness” basketball tournament had a huge scandal last week when viral social media posts showed that the women’s team facilities were of far lower quality than the men’s facilities. In response, they made a big show of giving the women athletes a far nicer weight room overnight
Oakland Women’s March Photos: “I Will Stand Up For You”
By Betty Rose Livingston Between 15,000 and 20,000 protesters participated in the third annual Women’s March in Oakland Saturday. Part of a national day of action that began following President Donald Trump’s inauguration, the mass protest was smaller, yet more diverse, than years previous.
The Women’s March Is This Saturday In NYC
On Saturday January 19th the 3rd annual Women’s March takes place in NYC. The march was created to, as per their website, provide a safe and accepting platform for supporters of equality to rally and march in the promotion of civil rights for every human being regardless of gender, race,
These are the Kinds of Women who get Abortions
Before studying public health, I worked for Planned Parenthood for six years. Six of the best years of my life. And I’ll share something I learned in those six years: You know who has abortions?
4 Ways The GOP is Currently Fucking With Women’s Right to Choose
In the month after Donald Trump was elected, 260,000 Americans donated to Planned Parenthood, 40 times what the organization normal gets in a month. Who gave was also different, with Millennials making up nearly half of donors. Most of those donations came from people who’d never before donated to Planned
Listen Up! Catcalling Won’t End Overnight
As a man, I didn’t need to see the catcalling video by Hollaback! to know that women are frequent victims of verbal harassed on the street. I’ve seen it. I’ve heard it. To be honest, I had become so numb to the act that I’ve laughed about it. I laughed,