In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Gal Gadot confirmed the obvious when the conversation drifted towards the topic of equality. “Wonder Woman is a feminist, of course,” says Gadot. “I think people have a misconception about what feminism is. People think hairy armpits and women who burn bras and hate men. That’s not it. For me...
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You might have heard that American women during this year’s International Women’s Day (March 8) were going to hold a strike to demonstrate how important women are to the workforce. The organizers of the Women’s March on Washington announced last month that they were going to host a general strike on International Women’s...
While a few days late into the game due to the fun times that are adult life, it is time for me to embark on a mighty quest to regale all of you with tales of the importance of Women’s History Month. You know, that one month out of the year where the majority of the focus is on the suffragette movement and where a good majority of the...
This past weekend, attendance at NYCC skyrocketed past San Diego to top 180,000 attendees. That is a lot of nerds! With the high level of diversity displayed by the masses, NYCC rolled out a lineup of quality secondary panels that focused on a number of topics such as people of color in comics and fandom, intersectional feminism, LGBT...
13-year-old Rowan Blanchard, the star of the Disney Channel‘s show Girl Meets World just posted an essay on intersectional feminism on her Instagram page that is one of the most eloquent pieces I’ve ever read on the subject. The show itself may not be so great in the feminist department, but its star is pretty fantastic. She...