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Judge rules Trump order eliminating NPR, PBS funding is unconstitutional
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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 @WMCSpeechProj to support you:
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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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"I lived and worked in Ireland when abortion was illegal, and brought a challenge before the European Court of Human Rights to advance legalization. I took away three lessons from that effort to help create a better landscape here in the US":
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A Road Map for Restoring Abortion Access in the US - Women’s Media Center
Lessons from movements in other countries can help activists in the United States mobilize to expand access to reproductive rights and care.
https://womensmediacenter.com/news-features/a-road-map-for-restoring-abortion-access-in-the-us
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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:
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Books by LGBTQ+ and racially marginalized authors exploring gender, sexuality, race, and racism "are overwhelmingly targeted," sending a chill through the publishing industry, disproportionately affecting women, queer, and racially marginalized authors.
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Book Bans on the Rise in the US; Librarians, Writers, and Others Fight Back - Women’s Media Center
In just three years, the number of book bans in the United States has more than doubled. A broad coalition of activists is working to slow the “relentless tide.”
https://womensmediacenter.com/news-features/book-bans-on-the-rise-in-the-us-librarians-writers-and-others-fight-back
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Advocates and providers report that fear of encounters with ICE agents has meant their clients have been canceling crucial health care appointments or not showing up... in some cases, finding themselves unable to obtain abortion care at all.
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ICE Deployments Disrupting Abortion Care - Women’s Media Center
The increased presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and the fear of detention and deportation have had chilling impact on access to care.
https://womensmediacenter.com/news-features/ice-deployments-disrupting-abortion-care
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"Women are meant to absorb the impact of this understanding. Especially those who have learned the language of feminism early and become fluent in empathy before they are fluent in anger."
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Women Are More Fluent in Empathy Than Anger — And That’s a Problem - Women’s Media Center
The issue is not that women feel too deeply. It is that we are taught to feel for everyone except ourselves.
https://womensmediacenter.com/fbomb/women-are-more-fluent-in-empathy-than-anger-and-thats-a-problem
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Marginalized communities across the board are facing a far-right revolution that will not stop unless and until we continue fighting back with conviction and in unflappable solidarity.
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Resisting Intensifying Attacks on the LGBTQ Community - Women’s Media Center
Solidarity, coalition building, and multifaceted organizing are needed to confront the right wing’s overwhelming campaign against LGBTQ rights.
https://womensmediacenter.com/news-features/resisting-intensifying-attacks-on-lgbtq-community
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To close out Women's History Month, we present our fourth lecture in the Beverly Wettenstein History Lecture Series: “The Women’s Liberation Movement: A Blueprint for Today,” delivered by Clara Bingham. Watch the full lecture here:
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“It’s not the first time in history that librarians have been brave and bold and acted in the capacity as patriots.”
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Book Bans on the Rise in the US; Librarians, Writers, and Others Fight Back - Women’s Media Center
In just three years, the number of book bans in the United States has more than doubled. A broad coalition of activists is working to slow the “relentless tide.”
https://womensmediacenter.com/news-features/book-bans-on-the-rise-in-the-us-librarians-writers-and-others-fight-back
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"Today, access to reproductive health care is unpredictable and inequitable in half of U.S. states... What we need is an innovative strategy."
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A Road Map for Restoring Abortion Access in the US - Women’s Media Center
Lessons from movements in other countries can help activists in the United States mobilize to expand access to reproductive rights and care.
https://womensmediacenter.com/news-features/a-road-map-for-restoring-abortion-access-in-the-us
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#ICYMI
: Our co-founder and fearless leader
@janefonda.com
making us proud yesterday
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Limited employment during the pandemic, increased poverty, the diversion of savings toward healthcare, and prolonged parental illness forced rural Indian families to pull their daughters out of school and marry them off.
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“It’s not the first time in history that librarians have been brave and bold and acted in the capacity as patriots.”
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Book Bans on the Rise in the US; Librarians, Writers, and Others Fight Back - Women’s Media Center
In just three years, the number of book bans in the United States has more than doubled. A broad coalition of activists is working to slow the “relentless tide.”
https://womensmediacenter.com/news-features/book-bans-on-the-rise-in-the-us-librarians-writers-and-others-fight-back
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“I’m often concerned that I’m putting my family in danger; they may face the consequences, but I need to do this work for the women of my country.”
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"In the early 2010s, when her music first started coming out, I never imagined that in the future, she would align herself with the MAGA movement."
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Nicki Minaj's Shift to MAGA - Women’s Media Center
When her music first started coming out, I never imagined that in the future, she would align herself with the MAGA movement.
https://womensmediacenter.com/fbomb/nicki-minajs-shift-to-maga
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"What is unfolding in America is more than just a battle over books; it is the conflagration of two warring visions of freedom for the soul of the nation. What is at stake is nothing less than democracy itself."
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Book Bans on the Rise in the US; Librarians, Writers, and Others Fight Back - Women’s Media Center
In just three years, the number of book bans in the United States has more than doubled. A broad coalition of activists is working to slow the “relentless tide.”
https://womensmediacenter.com/news-features/book-bans-on-the-rise-in-the-us-librarians-writers-and-others-fight-back
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Please join us in celebrating our co-founder Gloria Steinem's 92nd birthday today! We're so grateful to continue to be guided by her leadership.
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“When reporting from Afghanistan, the skills you need as a journalist are different from other parts of the world.”
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Afghan Women’s Newsroom in Exile - Women’s Media Center
A clandestine group of journalists are telling women’s stories from inside Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.
https://womensmediacenter.com/news-features/afghan-womens-newsroom-in-exile
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"Anyone can celebrate Bad Bunny's accomplishments. But when writing about the meaning behind something that requires so much insider knowledge of our culture, it's vital to hire someone who can speak to it."
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Publications that Skipped Latine Writers Missed Bad Bunny's Message - Women’s Media Center
Becoming a 20-minute “scholar” through Google or ChatGPT won't cut it.
https://womensmediacenter.com/idare/failure-to-decode-bad-bunny
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Maternity health care deserts are present in 35% of US counties, meaning over 1/3 of American counties lack adequate prenatal, delivery, or postpartum care, and one in every six Black babies is born in these deserts. This high number is not a coincidence.
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Stop Pretending This Health Care System Cares About Pregnant Women - Women’s Media Center
Every preventable maternal death is a reminder that our democracy means nothing if it cannot protect its citizens.
https://womensmediacenter.com/fbomb/stop-pretending-this-health-care-system-cares-about-pregnant-women
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Women’s representation as filmmakers has barely budged over the last 25 years. Now, as the industry enters an era of unfettered, next-level consolidation w/ largely unregulated tech companies + the war against diversity, it seems unlikely to change.
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Film Industry and Tech Consolidation — New Boss, Same as the Old Boss - Women’s Media Center
The film industry’s new era of unfettered consolidation with tech companies is not good news for those who have been pushing for diversity and inclusion in Hollywood.
https://womensmediacenter.com/news-features/film-industry-and-tech-consolidation-new-boss-same-as-the-old-boss
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Most American families will continue to see their finances erode — unless the rules governing our economy are changed to ensure fairness and broad prosperity.
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An Economy That Works for Everyone - Women’s Media Center
U.S. economic policies were not designed with women in mind. Improvements that benefit women would improve economic conditions for everyone.
https://womensmediacenter.com/news-features/an-economy-that-works-for-everyone
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"I used to think grief was something abstract. Something that lived in the background. Something you processed quietly and neatly, preferably off to the side of your life. I was wrong."
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Holding Grief - Women’s Media Center
I used to think grief was something abstract. I was wrong.
https://womensmediacenter.com/fbomb/holding-grief
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Join us on Instagram TOMORROW at 12:30pm EST to discuss what we all have to lose when we exclude Black doctors, with our guest Nicole Carr:
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Limited employment during the pandemic, increased poverty, the diversion of savings toward healthcare, and prolonged parental illness forced rural Indian families to pull their daughters out of school and marry them off.
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In Rural Tamil Nadu, Child Marriage Was Already Rampant. Then Came the Pandemic. - Women’s Media Center
Isolated agrarian communities in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu were hard hit by the pandemic, experiencing increased poverty, the diversion of savings toward healthcare, and prolonged illness,…
https://womensmediacenter.com/women-under-siege/in-tamil-nadu-child-marriage-was-already-rampant-then-came-the-pandemic
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“Through our work, people get to know about the erasure of basic rights for women in Afghanistan.”
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Afghan Women’s Newsroom in Exile - Women’s Media Center
A clandestine group of journalists are telling women’s stories from inside Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.
https://womensmediacenter.com/news-features/afghan-womens-newsroom-in-exile
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We created
#WMCTalks
, our bi-monthly Instagram Live series, to convene, get context, and gain understanding. Join us on Instagram this Wednesday at 12:30pm EST to discuss what we all have to lose when we exclude Black doctors, with our guest Nicole Carr:
www.instagram.com/womensmediac...
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“I’m often concerned that I’m putting my family in danger; they may face the consequences, but I need to do this work for the women of my country.”
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Afghan Women’s Newsroom in Exile - Women’s Media Center
A clandestine group of journalists are telling women’s stories from inside Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.
https://womensmediacenter.com/news-features/afghan-womens-newsroom-in-exile
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“When reporting from Afghanistan, the skills you need as a journalist are different from other parts of the world.”
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Afghan Women’s Newsroom in Exile - Women’s Media Center
A clandestine group of journalists are telling women’s stories from inside Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.
https://womensmediacenter.com/news-features/afghan-womens-newsroom-in-exile
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“Through our work, people get to know about the erasure of basic rights for women in Afghanistan.”
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Afghan Women’s Newsroom in Exile - Women’s Media Center
A clandestine group of journalists are telling women’s stories from inside Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.
https://womensmediacenter.com/news-features/afghan-womens-newsroom-in-exile
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There's a rare female majority in both Documentary categories for tonight's Oscars. Read more in our full report "WMC Investigation 2026: Gender and Non-Acting Oscar Nominations":
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Gender disparity in tonight's Original Screenplay category: All 10 of the category’s nominees are men, compared to 2025, when 2 women & 6 men were nominees. Read our full report "WMC Investigation 2026: Gender and Non-Acting Oscar Nominations":
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Gender disparity in Editing: After making slight progress in previous years, female representation in this category took a nosedive: No women are nominated tonight. Read our full report "WMC Investigation 2026: Gender and Non-Acting Oscar Nominations":
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Gender disparity in tonight's Best Director category: There is only 1 woman out of 5 nominees for best director this year. Only 3 women have ever won in this category. Read our full report "WMC Investigation 2026: Gender and Non-Acting Oscar Nominations"
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Gender disparity in tonight's Best Picture category: The number of women nominees increased slightly, compared to 2025, but the overall percentage decreased. Read our full report "WMC Investigation 2026: Gender and Non-Acting Oscar Nominations":
womensmediacenter.com/reports/wmc-...
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While some modest gains were made, overall representation for women remains stalled below 1/3 of nominees in tonight's
#Oscars
non-acting categories, indicating a stubborn resistance to change. Our annual report on Gender & Non-Acting Oscar Nominations:
womensmediacenter.com/reports/wmc-...
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"Women are meant to absorb the impact of this understanding. Especially those who have learned the language of feminism early and become fluent in empathy before they are fluent in anger."
womensmediacenter.com/fbomb/women-...
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Women Are More Fluent in Empathy Than Anger — And That’s a Problem - Women’s Media Center
The issue is not that women feel too deeply. It is that we are taught to feel for everyone except ourselves.
https://womensmediacenter.com/fbomb/women-are-more-fluent-in-empathy-than-anger-and-thats-a-problem
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Gender disparity in Original Screenplay category: All 10 of the category’s nominees are men, compared to 2025, when 2 women (25%) and 6 men (75%) were nominees. Read our full report "WMC Investigation 2026: Gender and Non-Acting Oscar Nominations":
womensmediacenter.com/reports/wmc-...
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Most American families will continue to see their finances erode — unless the rules governing our economy are changed to ensure fairness and broad prosperity.
womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...
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An Economy That Works for Everyone - Women’s Media Center
U.S. economic policies were not designed with women in mind. Improvements that benefit women would improve economic conditions for everyone.
https://womensmediacenter.com/news-features/an-economy-that-works-for-everyone
19 days ago
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Gender disparity in Editing: After making slight progress in previous years, female representation in this category took a nosedive: No women are nominated in 2026. Read our full report "WMC Investigation 2026: Gender and Non-Acting Oscar Nominations":
womensmediacenter.com/reports/wmc-...
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This week, WMC SheSource features experts on Iran, surging oil prices, US job losses, ICE detention warehouses, Live Nation's antitrust lawsuit, Anthropic vs. the Pentagon, the Oscars, and Women's History Month:
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WMC SheSource - Women’s Media Center
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Gender disparity in Best Director category: There is only 1 woman out of 5 nominees for best director this year. Only 3 women have ever won in this category. Read our full report "WMC Investigation 2026: Gender and Non-Acting Oscar Nominations"
womensmediacenter.com/reports/wmc-...
19 days ago
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Marginalized communities across the board are facing a far-right revolution that will not stop unless and until we continue fighting back with conviction and in unflappable solidarity.
womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...
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Resisting Intensifying Attacks on the LGBTQ Community - Women’s Media Center
Solidarity, coalition building, and multifaceted organizing are needed to confront the right wing’s overwhelming campaign against LGBTQ rights.
https://womensmediacenter.com/news-features/resisting-intensifying-attacks-on-lgbtq-community
19 days ago
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Gender disparity in Best Picture category: The number of women nominees increased slightly, compared to 2025, but the overall percentage decreased. Read our full report "WMC Investigation 2026: Gender and Non-Acting Oscar Nominations":
womensmediacenter.com/reports/wmc-...
19 days ago
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Women’s representation as filmmakers has barely budged over the last 25 years. Now, as the industry enters an era of unfettered, next-level consolidation w/ largely unregulated tech companies + the war against diversity, it seems unlikely to change.
womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...
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Film Industry and Tech Consolidation — New Boss, Same as the Old Boss - Women’s Media Center
The film industry’s new era of unfettered consolidation with tech companies is not good news for those who have been pushing for diversity and inclusion in Hollywood.
https://womensmediacenter.com/news-features/film-industry-and-tech-consolidation-new-boss-same-as-the-old-boss
19 days ago
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While some modest gains were made, overall representation for women remains stalled below 1/3 of nominees in this year's
#Oscars
non-acting categories, indicating a stubborn resistance to change. Our annual report on Gender & Non-Acting Oscar Nominations:
womensmediacenter.com/reports/wmc-...
19 days ago
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Gender disparity in Best Picture category: The number of women nominees increased slightly, compared to 2025, but the overall percentage decreased. Read our full report "WMC Investigation 2026: Gender and Non-Acting Oscar Nominations":
womensmediacenter.com/reports/wmc-...
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Gender disparity in Editing: After making slight progress in previous years, female representation in this category took a nosedive: No women are nominated in 2026. Read our full report "WMC Investigation 2026: Gender and Non-Acting Oscar Nominations":
womensmediacenter.com/reports/wmc-...
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"The problem isn’t coffee itself, but the way it props up the illusion that constant output is sustainable and that needing rest is a personal failure rather than a structural one."
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Coffee, Competence, and the Lie of Being “Fine” - Women’s Media Center
We deserve systems that sustain us, not rituals that help us endure being drained.
https://womensmediacenter.com/fbomb/coffee-competence-and-the-lie-of-being-fine
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