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The future of U.S. women in electoral politics can simultaneously feel bright and uncertain.
What to Make of Women’s Recent Electoral ‘Firsts’ - Women’s Media Center
Can women’s historic wins bolster efforts to meaningfully improve the lives of women, girls, and gender-expansive people?
womensmediacenter.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:20 AM
The future of U.S. women in electoral politics can simultaneously feel bright and uncertain.
"When we discuss election results as historic, it is important to dissever all the variegation of ceilings women candidates attempt to break," writes @divafeminist.bsky.social in our latest. womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...
What to Make of Women’s Recent Electoral ‘Firsts’ - Women’s Media Center
Can women’s historic wins bolster efforts to meaningfully improve the lives of women, girls, and gender-expansive people?
womensmediacenter.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:23 AM
"When we discuss election results as historic, it is important to dissever all the variegation of ceilings women candidates attempt to break," writes @divafeminist.bsky.social in our latest. womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...
"Today’s feminist change, globally, is under massive threat, but it is still taking place... It is diffuse, largely leaderless, and taking place at the most granular levels of life." womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...
A Revolution Hiding in Plain Sight - Women’s Media Center
Soraya Chemaly, the author of the new feminist manifesto All We Want is Everything, offers a thought-provoking perspective on feminist revolution.
womensmediacenter.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:46 AM
"Today’s feminist change, globally, is under massive threat, but it is still taking place... It is diffuse, largely leaderless, and taking place at the most granular levels of life." womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...
Tools that are trained on vast data sets can unintentionally replicate the existing forms of bias and inequality inherent in that data.
And women’s lives are already being devastated as a result. womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...
And women’s lives are already being devastated as a result. womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...
AI and the New Age of Misogyny - Women’s Media Center
Laura Bates, author of The New Age of Sexism, says: “We are building a whole new world, but the inequalities and oppression of our current society are being baked into its very foundations.”
womensmediacenter.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Tools that are trained on vast data sets can unintentionally replicate the existing forms of bias and inequality inherent in that data.
And women’s lives are already being devastated as a result. womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...
And women’s lives are already being devastated as a result. womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...
In 2025, the US is still witnessing “firsts” for women of all races and for other minoritized people in electoral politics. What's less obvious, however, is what it means for how women will fare in upcoming election cycles, especially in the 2026 midterms. womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...
What to Make of Women’s Recent Electoral ‘Firsts’ - Women’s Media Center
Can women’s historic wins bolster efforts to meaningfully improve the lives of women, girls, and gender-expansive people?
womensmediacenter.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:52 PM
In 2025, the US is still witnessing “firsts” for women of all races and for other minoritized people in electoral politics. What's less obvious, however, is what it means for how women will fare in upcoming election cycles, especially in the 2026 midterms. womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...
Conservatives and authoritarian leaders and movements ignore or forget, at their own peril, that "feminism has never worked through approval or depended on single spectacular moments," as @sorayachemaly.bsky.social writes. womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...
A Revolution Hiding in Plain Sight - Women’s Media Center
Soraya Chemaly, the author of the new feminist manifesto All We Want is Everything, offers a thought-provoking perspective on feminist revolution.
womensmediacenter.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Conservatives and authoritarian leaders and movements ignore or forget, at their own peril, that "feminism has never worked through approval or depended on single spectacular moments," as @sorayachemaly.bsky.social writes. womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...
Did you know? According to research by Unchained at Last, between 2000 and 2021, more than 314,000 children were legally married in the United States; 86% of those married were girls, most aged 16 or 17, though some were as young as 10. womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...
New Report Calls for End to Child Marriage in US - Women’s Media Center
While the United States has pledged to eliminate forced and child marriage by the year 2030, there are still 34 states where child marriage is still permitted.
womensmediacenter.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Did you know? According to research by Unchained at Last, between 2000 and 2021, more than 314,000 children were legally married in the United States; 86% of those married were girls, most aged 16 or 17, though some were as young as 10. womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...
Beyond symbolism & numbers, can these newly elected officials—many of whom are historic firsts—contribute to movements to remove barriers for women seeking office, & to efforts to meaningfully improve the lives of women, girls & gender-expansive people? womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...
What to Make of Women’s Recent Electoral ‘Firsts’ - Women’s Media Center
Can women’s historic wins bolster efforts to meaningfully improve the lives of women, girls, and gender-expansive people?
womensmediacenter.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Beyond symbolism & numbers, can these newly elected officials—many of whom are historic firsts—contribute to movements to remove barriers for women seeking office, & to efforts to meaningfully improve the lives of women, girls & gender-expansive people? womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...
Already 40% of transgender youth live in a state that restricts or bans gender-affirming health care, including puberty blockers and hormones. This care is crucial for the treatment of gender dysphoria, which can cause depression, anxiety, and suicidality. womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...
Trump’s Second Term Escalates Assault on Transgender Youth - Women’s Media Center
The attacks are coming from all three branches of the federal government as well as state legislatures.
womensmediacenter.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Already 40% of transgender youth live in a state that restricts or bans gender-affirming health care, including puberty blockers and hormones. This care is crucial for the treatment of gender dysphoria, which can cause depression, anxiety, and suicidality. womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...
We’re now living through slow revolutions, writes @sorayachemaly.bsky.social. They may be "granular and incremental, nonspectacular and nonheroic," but "the results change how everyday life is lived." womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...
A Revolution Hiding in Plain Sight - Women’s Media Center
Soraya Chemaly, the author of the new feminist manifesto All We Want is Everything, offers a thought-provoking perspective on feminist revolution.
womensmediacenter.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:23 AM
We’re now living through slow revolutions, writes @sorayachemaly.bsky.social. They may be "granular and incremental, nonspectacular and nonheroic," but "the results change how everyday life is lived." womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...
In case you didn't know: Loopholes in immigration laws enable American girls to be trafficked legally overseas and forced to marry adult men from foreign countries so they can get U.S. visas. And American men can legally import child brides from overseas. womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...
New Report Calls for End to Child Marriage in US - Women’s Media Center
While the United States has pledged to eliminate forced and child marriage by the year 2030, there are still 34 states where child marriage is still permitted.
womensmediacenter.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:46 AM
In case you didn't know: Loopholes in immigration laws enable American girls to be trafficked legally overseas and forced to marry adult men from foreign countries so they can get U.S. visas. And American men can legally import child brides from overseas. womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...
"Feminist movements are anti-fragile... By the time change is recognized in terms of “political” gains, through formal laws, court rulings, and workplace policies, the change has happened. No spectacle, no heroes, no barricades." womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...
A Revolution Hiding in Plain Sight - Women’s Media Center
Soraya Chemaly, the author of the new feminist manifesto All We Want is Everything, offers a thought-provoking perspective on feminist revolution.
womensmediacenter.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"Feminist movements are anti-fragile... By the time change is recognized in terms of “political” gains, through formal laws, court rulings, and workplace policies, the change has happened. No spectacle, no heroes, no barricades." womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...
Attacks on LGBTQ civil rights are coming from all three branches of the federal government as well as state legislatures, where over 600 anti-LGBTQ bills have been introduced this year. womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...
Trump’s Second Term Escalates Assault on Transgender Youth - Women’s Media Center
The attacks are coming from all three branches of the federal government as well as state legislatures.
womensmediacenter.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Attacks on LGBTQ civil rights are coming from all three branches of the federal government as well as state legislatures, where over 600 anti-LGBTQ bills have been introduced this year. womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...
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December 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
WMC SheSource currently features experts on the affordability crisis; the Education Dept's dismantling; BBC resignations; the new CDC head; Ukraine; Mark Kelly's court martial threat; military in the Caribbean; Taiwan; World AIDS Day; and NNAH Month womensmediacenter.com/shesource/ne...
There are still 34 U.S. states where child marriage is still permitted. “The reason they’re not moving quickly to do it is, in many cases, misogyny.” womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...
New Report Calls for End to Child Marriage in US - Women’s Media Center
While the United States has pledged to eliminate forced and child marriage by the year 2030, there are still 34 states where child marriage is still permitted.
womensmediacenter.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
There are still 34 U.S. states where child marriage is still permitted. “The reason they’re not moving quickly to do it is, in many cases, misogyny.” womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...
Revolutions can be slow, and quiet, but persistent, and some of the most impactful ones in our society (if not all of them) benefited from women’s long tail of daily refusal, revision, and reimagining that constituted it. womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...
A Revolution Hiding in Plain Sight - Women’s Media Center
Soraya Chemaly, the author of the new feminist manifesto All We Want is Everything, offers a thought-provoking perspective on feminist revolution.
womensmediacenter.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Revolutions can be slow, and quiet, but persistent, and some of the most impactful ones in our society (if not all of them) benefited from women’s long tail of daily refusal, revision, and reimagining that constituted it. womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...
In case you didn't know: Loopholes in immigration laws enable American girls to be trafficked legally overseas and forced to marry adult men from foreign countries so they can get U.S. visas. And American men can legally import child brides from overseas. womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...
New Report Calls for End to Child Marriage in US - Women’s Media Center
While the United States has pledged to eliminate forced and child marriage by the year 2030, there are still 34 states where child marriage is still permitted.
womensmediacenter.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:22 PM
In case you didn't know: Loopholes in immigration laws enable American girls to be trafficked legally overseas and forced to marry adult men from foreign countries so they can get U.S. visas. And American men can legally import child brides from overseas. womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...
In observance of the 50th anniversary of Spanish dictator Francisco Franco's death this week, @theconversation.com explores his reign of gendered violence. theconversation.com/50-years-aft...
50 years after Franco’s death, giving a voice to Spanish dictator’s imprisoned mothers
Women were often jailed for their association with anti-Franco male relatives. Behind bars, they suffered mental and physical torture.
theconversation.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
In observance of the 50th anniversary of Spanish dictator Francisco Franco's death this week, @theconversation.com explores his reign of gendered violence. theconversation.com/50-years-aft...
Tools that are trained on vast data sets can unintentionally replicate the existing forms of bias and inequality inherent in that data.
And women’s lives are already being devastated as a result. womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...
And women’s lives are already being devastated as a result. womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...
AI and the New Age of Misogyny - Women’s Media Center
Laura Bates, author of The New Age of Sexism, says: “We are building a whole new world, but the inequalities and oppression of our current society are being baked into its very foundations.”
womensmediacenter.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Tools that are trained on vast data sets can unintentionally replicate the existing forms of bias and inequality inherent in that data.
And women’s lives are already being devastated as a result. womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...
And women’s lives are already being devastated as a result. womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...
Conservatives and authoritarian leaders and movements ignore or forget, at their own peril, that "feminism has never worked through approval or depended on single spectacular moments," as @sorayachemaly.bsky.social writes. womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...
A Revolution Hiding in Plain Sight - Women’s Media Center
Soraya Chemaly, the author of the new feminist manifesto All We Want is Everything, offers a thought-provoking perspective on feminist revolution.
womensmediacenter.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Conservatives and authoritarian leaders and movements ignore or forget, at their own peril, that "feminism has never worked through approval or depended on single spectacular moments," as @sorayachemaly.bsky.social writes. womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...
The online harassment of women, sometimes called cybersexism or cybermisogyny, is specifically gendered abuse targeted at women and girls online. If you're being targeted, here are some resources at the WMC Speech Project to support you: buff.ly/3JSWDFO
Tools and Resources - Women’s Media Center
Tools and resources for people interested in improving their digital privacy and security or seeking help when targeted online.
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November 20, 2025 at 1:02 PM
The online harassment of women, sometimes called cybersexism or cybermisogyny, is specifically gendered abuse targeted at women and girls online. If you're being targeted, here are some resources at the WMC Speech Project to support you: buff.ly/3JSWDFO
"Today’s feminist change, globally, is under massive threat, but it is still taking place... It is diffuse, largely leaderless, and taking place at the most granular levels of life." womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...
A Revolution Hiding in Plain Sight - Women’s Media Center
Soraya Chemaly, the author of the new feminist manifesto All We Want is Everything, offers a thought-provoking perspective on feminist revolution.
womensmediacenter.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:20 AM
"Today’s feminist change, globally, is under massive threat, but it is still taking place... It is diffuse, largely leaderless, and taking place at the most granular levels of life." womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...
In 2021, we launched "Unspinning the Spin: The Women’s Media Center Guide to Fair and Accurate Language," a searchable online tool for bias-free words and phrases. Media, we're looking at you: buff.ly/2YJWeD0
November 20, 2025 at 9:23 AM
In 2021, we launched "Unspinning the Spin: The Women’s Media Center Guide to Fair and Accurate Language," a searchable online tool for bias-free words and phrases. Media, we're looking at you: buff.ly/2YJWeD0
"Feminist movements are anti-fragile... By the time change is recognized in terms of “political” gains, through formal laws, court rulings, and workplace policies, the change has happened. No spectacle, no heroes, no barricades." womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...
A Revolution Hiding in Plain Sight - Women’s Media Center
Soraya Chemaly, the author of the new feminist manifesto All We Want is Everything, offers a thought-provoking perspective on feminist revolution.
womensmediacenter.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:46 AM
"Feminist movements are anti-fragile... By the time change is recognized in terms of “political” gains, through formal laws, court rulings, and workplace policies, the change has happened. No spectacle, no heroes, no barricades." womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...
Alicia Partnoy survived 105 days as a disappeared person in an extermination camp during Argentina’s military juntas between 1976 and 1983. She knows firsthand the horrors of authoritarianism and dictatorships. womensmediacenter.com/idare/when-i...
Impunity Is Not Forever, If We Fight - Women’s Media Center
The upcoming film "Kiss of the Spider Woman" is set in a prison during an era of state terrorism in Argentina. A survivor of that brutal military dictatorship reminds us that accountability is…
womensmediacenter.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Alicia Partnoy survived 105 days as a disappeared person in an extermination camp during Argentina’s military juntas between 1976 and 1983. She knows firsthand the horrors of authoritarianism and dictatorships. womensmediacenter.com/idare/when-i...