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Women Killing It: Award-Winning Filmmaker Sarita Khurana Tells South Asian Stories On The Big Screen

Sally HubbardOctober 23, 2018

"You can find ways to make things happen for yourself and things you feel passionate about by finding the right collaborators and people who are going to suppor...

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Rachel Bloom Takes On Rape Culture In Sex Ed Sketch Series With Planned Parenthood

wyskOctober 19, 2018

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’s Rachel Bloom addresses common misconceptions around rape culture in a new video she wrote for Planned Parenthood’s Her Shorts: Sex Ed Sket...

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Girls Who Code Releases Music Video For Anthemic Rework Of 1970 Hit Song “Ooh Child”

wyskOctober 11, 2018

In celebration of this year’s International Day of the Girl, Girls Who Code, a national non-profit organization working to close the gender gap in technology, h...

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Yazidi Survivor Nadia Murad, Subject Of ‘On Her Shoulders’ Documentary, Awarded Nobel Peace Prize

wyskOctober 5, 2018

Today it was announced that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2018 has been awarded to two individuals for their respective efforts "to end the use of sexual violence a...

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“I Touch Myself”… 90s Rock Hit As Breast Cancer Awareness Anthem, Performed By Serena Williams

wyskOctober 2, 2018

For this year’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the I Touch Myself Project has launched an inspiring version of the song starring Serena Williams. In an Instagra...

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ANITA: If You’ve Not Seen Freida Lee Mock’s 2013 Documentary About Anita Hill, You Should

wyskSeptember 28, 2018

On October 11, 1991, then 35-year-old, University of Oklahoma law professor, Anita Hill went before the Senate Judiciary Committee during the Clarence Thomas Su...

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‘Black Women in Medicine’ Documentary Chronicles The Unsung Journeys Of Black Female Doctors

wyskSeptember 25, 2018

The feature documentary film to chronicle the lives of women who challenge stereotypes, race, gender, class, and culture to achieve their dream of becoming physicians. ...

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“Love, Gilda”… A Documentary Celebrating The Life And Legacy Of The Great Gilda Radner

wyskSeptember 21, 2018

When Gilda Radner died of ovarian cancer in 1989 I was 20 years old, having grown up with Roseannadanna, Emily Litella and her other one-of-a-kind characters, I...

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Annie Govekar Delivers Megadose Of Badass Woman-Powered Inspiration Through Art Project

wyskSeptember 21, 2018

On Inauguration Day 2017, Annie Govekar, a self-taught artist and photographer, was looking for a way to counter the "defeat and uncertainty" she was seeing all...

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