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8 BIPOC Mental Health Orgs
8 BIPOC mental health organizations to know and support this BIPOC Mental Health Month. Racism – in all forms – can take a toll on not only the body but also on the mind. Check out our list of 8 organizations to know and support. By social justice curator Aisha Becker Burrowes.
Author Feature: Emily Ladau
Emily Ladau is a passionate disability rights activist, writer, storyteller, and digital communications consultant whose career began at the age of 10, when she appeared on several episodes of Sesame Street to educate children about her life with a physical disability.
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FEMINIST Salon Dinner | Reproductive Justice Edition
Ahead of the one year anniversary since Roe V Wade was overturned, FEMINIST — the largest social-first digital media collective for intersectional feminist issues with over 6M+— is hosting a group of activists, artists, organizers, influencers and non-profit leaders over a salon style dinner with a unified call to action: that our fight persists, and we must unite to tell the world what we can do to secure our right to bodily autonomy.
Five past and present leaders of the reproductive justice movement to honor and thank.
There have always been leaders organizing, fighting, and sacrificing for our right to bodily autonomy. Swipe → 5 past and present leaders of the reproductive justice movement to honor and thank.
Featured: Byllye Avery, Florynce “Flo” Kennedy, Heather Booth, king yaa, Loretta J Ross
Feminist Talks: In conversation with Elle Moxley
FEMINIST co-founder Aisha Becker-Burrowes went live with Elle Moxley, Founder and Executive Director of the Marsha P. Johnson Institute to reflect on the importance of centering Black Trans and Gender Expansive people during Pride Month.
Team FEMINIST Joins VP Kamala Harris in North Carolina on the One Year Anniversary of the Overturning of Roe V Wade
Today, more than 23 million women of reproductive age—one in three—live in one of the 18 states with an abortion ban currently in effect—and that’s not even including non-binary and trans folks who also need abortion access.
TOOLKIT: Protect Abortion Access
You are not alone, 80% of the American public think abortion should be legal. 👥 Join us in fighting back to protect abortion access all across the country. 🛠 This is your tool set to take action and share with your friends & family.
AUTHOR FEATURE: Becca Rea-Tucker
Becca Rea-Tucker is a baker and pro-abortion activist with a passion for mixing sugar + strong opinions. She likes destigmatizing abortion, using baked goods as an artistic medium, talking about feelings, and all butter pie crust. She is the author of choose-your-own-adventure cookbook Baking by Feel, and publishes a weekly Substack newsletter called A Little Something Sweet. She lives in Austin, TX with her partner Rhys and very good dog Otie.
EDUCATOR FEATURE: Anusha Wijeyakumar
FEMINIST sits down with Anusha Wijeyakumar, MA, CPC, E-RYT, Dip Mentoring (she/her/hers), Founder Shanti Within Wellness, Professor at San Diego State University and Hoag Hospital Wellness Consultant to learn more about decolonizing wellness practices and much more!
FEMINIST Founder Feature: Emma Bates, CEO and Co-Founder of Diem
Emma Bates is the CEO and co-founder of Diem, a social search engine inspired by the way women have shared stories for centuries. A passionate advocate for gender equity and equality, Emma is on a mission to showcase how inclusive internet platforms that recognize real world behavior, like Diem, help close the gender information gap, and usher in a "new internet" that celebrates + fosters real connection through new, innovative technology. Discover her FEMINIST FOUNDER story →
The State of Abortion Access with Planned Parenthood
FEMINIST Co-founder Aisha Becker-Burrowes conducted a live discussion with Danika Severino Wynn, CNM, Vice President of Abortion Access at Planned Parenthood Federation of America, to talk about the current state of abortion access since the overturn.
AUTHOR FEATURE: Melissa Cristina Márquez
Melissa Márquez is a marine science education expert, currently finishing her doctoral degree at Curtin University. Born in Puerto Rico and raised in Mexico, Melissa has worked at the forefront of marine science education and communication for over a decade, hard at work combatting the misinformation that's rampant in ecological fields — and paving the way for Latina women like her in science.
Melissa’s picture book, Mother of Sharks (Madre de los Tiburones) is set to be published in May 2023 by Penguin Random House.
6 tips for advocating & organizing community action for consent education
So, you want to organize a social justice campaign? Here are 6 tips from one of the most globally successful consent education campaigns, @teachusconsent!
Founder Feature: Joycelyn Longdon, Founder of climateincolour
Joycelyn is environmental justice activist and academic. She is also the founder of ClimateInColour, an online education platform and community for the climate curious. Discover her FEMINIST FOUNDER story →
Author Feature: Aja Barber
Aja Barber, writer, stylist, and consultant, work aims to tackle the ideas behind privilege, wealth inequality, racism, feminism, colonialism and how to fix the fashion industry with all these things in mind.
Aja’s new book, Consumed: The Need for Collective Change: Colonialism, Climate Change, and Consumerism, is a true testament to this mission as it explores the intersections of sustainability and the fashion landscape.
Feminist activist feature: Isabel Mavrides-Calderon
Isabel Mavrides-Calderon, 18, is a Latina disability justice activist and organizer. Her work focuses on advocating for policy change, accessibility, and anti-ableism. She has hosted numerous campaigns and protests for disability rights bills with the ACLU, Patients Rising and the Center for Disability Rights.
the 2023 FEMINIST CENSUS
The FEMINIST Census is a way for us to understand what you love about FEMINIST, so that we can give you more of what you want most from us! Learn about it here!
Author Feature: Lara Parker
Lara Parker is a writer, editor, and author of Vagina Problems: Endometriosis, Painful Sex, and Other Taboo Topics. She began writing in college around the time of her diagnosis with endometriosis and “hasn’t stopped writing about her vagina since.”
TOOLKIT: End Gun Violence
On the 5th year anniversary of March For Our Lives, FEMINIST is mobilizing alongside youth, parents, teachers, care providers, and everyone who cares about young people affected by gun violence to demand ACTION.