Groundbreaking Feminist Wins

“I believe that telling our stories, first to ourselves and then to one another and the world, is a revolutionary act. It is an act that can be met with hostility, exclusion, and violence. It can also lead to love, understanding, transcendence, and community.” 💬 Janet Mock

(Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More)

It’s Black History Month Today and Always…

As we celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth, you can count on us to continue celebrating Black voices, Black joy, Black brilliance,#BlackHerstory, and Black resistance.

Scroll down ⏬ to see ways to celebrate Black History Month intentionally, the latest news, a special Grammy edition of Feminist Wins, features and ways to take direct action today.

—The Team @ Feminist

🏆 FEMINIST WINS 🏆

🏆 A groundbreaking vaccine for Breast Cancer passes first human trials.

🏆 George Washington University Students add “morning-after” pill vending machines

🏆 Navajo Nation Council sets historic leadership with first woman speaker

🏆 Women Supporting Women: Jamie Lee Curtis celebrates Michelle Yeoh’s historic nomination

🏆 Canada to pay nearly $3 Billion in Residential Boarding School Abuse Lawsuit

📓 WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A FEMINIST? 📓

Reclaiming Feminism: A Black Feminist (R)evolution

“I’m a Black feminist. A womanist. A hip hop feminist. A crunk feminist. An intersectional feminist. A Caribbean feminist. A diasporic feminist. A disabled feminist. A justice feminist. A feminist.

But as I began interrogating my relationship to feminism as a Black woman, I have made space in my personal evolution to reclaim what it means to be a feminist.”

READ THE ARTICLE HERE

5 WAYS TO CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH

1️⃣ Support of Black-led organizations and Racial Justice nonprofits - fund an org!

2️⃣ Buy Black - today, and always. 🛍️

3️⃣ Center Black stories and Black voices–Read, Watch, and Listen!

4️⃣ Visit a Black or African history museum and learn more about Black leaders and innovators

5️⃣ Tune into conversations of Black resistance! (Check out Black Feminist Rants on Black women’s historic role in the reproductive justice movement 😉)

→ For more ways to celebrate Black History Month intentionally, check out Good Good Good’s 38 Ways To Intentionally Celebrate Black History Month!

🗞 WHAT’S GOING ON? 🗞

📰 Recent global studies highlight the unaddressed pink tax on women’s time

📰 20 US states threaten to sue CVS and Walgreens over mail-order pills

📰College Board announces revised AP African American studies course, drawing new criticism

📰 Around half a million British workers unite in the 'walkout Wednesday' labor strike

📰 Virginia House of Delegates advances ban on transgender women in school sports

📰 Finland passes new, progressive trans rights laws on gender recognition

📰 House Republicans expel Rep. Ilhan Omar from Foreign Affairs Committee. AOC calls out the systemic effort to silence women of color in government.

📰 Opinion: What would have saved Tyre Nichols’ life? All of the reforms that liberals suggest will save Black lives were present in Tyre’s death. So what works? ✍️ By Dereck Purnell.

📰 First 2023 Ban on Gender Affirming Care in Utah and its effects on Trans teens’ Mental Health ✅ Support the Trans Law Center to Fight for Trans Rights

🌟 FEMINIST WINS SPECIAL EDITION: GRAMMY’S 2023 🌟

🏆 Beyoncé breaks the record for most Grammy wins in HISTORY!

🏆 Kim Petras is the first trans woman to win in the Best Pop Duo/Group Performance category

🏆 TEMS makes history as the first Nigerian female artist to win a Grammy

🏆 Samara Joy became the 10th Black woman ever to win Best New Artist

🏆 Lizzo becomes the first Black woman to win Record of the Year since Whitney Houston in 1994

🏆 Viola Davis’ Grammy win marks her entrance into the prestigious EGOT category, becoming the 3rd Black woman in history to achieve the status

💖 FEMINIST FEATURE 💖

In Conversation with Monica Raye Simpson, Executive Director of SisterSong

🪧“Our path to collective liberation requires Reproductive Justice.” Read about the live conversation.

🔊On the heels of the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, Blair Imani, Head of Education, speaks with Monica Raye Simpson, the Executive Director of SisterSong, on the state of reproductive care, abortion, and more!

On the live Monica Raye Simpson announced the 2023 Visioning New Futures for Reproductive Justice Declaration.

WATCH THE FULL INTERVIEW

☮️ SELF CARE CHECK IN ☮️

💕 Be Intentional Today.

💡Show up for yourself and take focused action on what is important to you.

✏️ Set your goals, big or small, and embrace who you truly are.

🪄 Remember: You are magic. Stay true to yourself.

Words by FEMINIST Editorial Intern Isabel Rodriguez, @isabel.rodriiguezz

🎙 FEMINIST TALKS 🎙

We kicked off Black History Month with LaKia Williams of Black Feminist Rants 🎙in conversation with @Feminist Co-Founder and Head of Strategy & Impact Aisha Becker-Burrowes

Black Feminist Rants is uplifting Black youth voices through their new #BlackYouthSexuality podcast season for Black History/Futures Month! → Discover the podcast