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Young Female Rocket Scientist Launches Nation’s First Print Magazine For Girls In STEM

Guest ContributorJune 26, 2019

By Natalie Hahn - Reinvented Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, this month announced the launch of their magazine’s first issue. Reinvented Magazin...

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Five LGBTI Activists You Should Know

Guest ContributorJune 20, 2019

By UN WOMEN - Day in and day out, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender activists fight for their right to live, love, work, be heard and respected. They ris...

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4-Year-Old Picks Out “Boy Craft”, Proves Toy Maker So Wrong By Building HER Own Monster Truck

wyskJune 19, 2019

Meet 4-year-old Norah. She’s a girl who’s really into trucks, dinosaurs, baseball, superheroes, and all things "cool", as she likes to say. Her mom, Jennifer R...

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Award-Winning Documentary ‘Roll Red Roll’ Examines Steubenville Rape Case And The Culture of Sexual Assault

wyskJune 17, 2019

Roll Red Roll is the chant for Steubenville, Ohio’s Big Red high school football team. It’s also the name of the award-winning “true-crime thriller, which...

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Ask For Jane: The True Story Of The Underground Network That Helped Women Get Safe Abortions

wyskJune 13, 2019

As we watch more and more states try to ban abortion, Ask For Jane reminds us what it was like before Roe v Wade. Based on real events, Ask for Jane tells ...

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The Women’s Space Program That Wasn’t: The Story Of The Mercury 13

Dale DeBakcsyJune 12, 2019

The story of the Mercury 13, as it is usually told, features 13 heroes, 2 villains, and a throng of supportive roles stretched between them in the grey. ...

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Feminism Isn’t Harmful For Millennial Women… 22-Year-Old Feminist Responds To Claims Made By “The Feminist Fixer” Suzanne Venker

Guest ContributorMay 30, 2019

By Sarah Olson - Feminism’s over-enthusiastic message has led to crippling debt and plummeting marriage rates among millennials, according to “The Feminist Fix...

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Lace Up For Change: New Campaign Celebrates EmPOWERed Women Who Step Forward To Advocate For Others

wyskMay 15, 2019

Judaline Cassidy. Elizabeth Leifer. Pamela Delgado. Joey Hartmann-Dow. Nicole Rios. Caiti Ward. These six women everyone should know have all stepped forward o...

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Marissa Zappas Aims To Disrupt The Fragrance Industry By Using Scent To Connect Women Of The Past To Women Today

wyskMay 10, 2019

Marissa Zappas is an anthropologist turned perfumer who has combined her two passions into an artisan fragrance collection called Redamance. It’s a historical ...

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