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From Abuse to Arrest: How America’s legal system harms victims of domestic violence
Just nine days after surviving domestic abuse so severe that she went into premature labor, Marissa Alexander was arrested and sentenced...
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Aug 23, 20214 min read


Post-COVID: Why Aren’t We Addressing Sexual Health Testing with a Similar Urgency?
50% of sexually active people will have at least one sexually transmitted infection by the age of 25. The frequency and severity of the...
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Apr 8, 20215 min read


The COVID-19 Era Has Flipped the Script on Female Politicians
There’s no riskier candidate for an influential position in the United States than a woman. Their chromosomes are proof of their lack of...
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Nov 16, 20207 min read


Women Who Work: Ivanka Trump’s Personal Brand
2018 has been designated the Year of the Woman, and the midterm elections have confirmed the title. Though still far from attaining equal...
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Dec 3, 20184 min read


Athletic Rosters and College Women’s Body Image Epidemic
At Brown, male and female athletes are supposed to receive equal treatment, and in many ways, they do. Facilities and funding, for...
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Nov 12, 20184 min read


Educated, Yet Excluded: Why Access to Education for Iranian Women is Not Enough
Women’s education level is often considered a significant indicator of modernity and socio-economic progress. Today, there is a major...
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Dec 7, 20166 min read


Fashion as a Weapon: Resisting the “Glass Cliff” For Women in Politics
Michelle Obama’s speech at the 2016 Democratic National Convention, uncontestably one of the most powerful convention speeches, stressed...
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Nov 29, 20165 min read


BPR Interviews: Tamara Keith
Photo Credit: Caitlin Sanders, NPR. Tamara Keith is a White House correspondent for NPR and is currently covering the presidential...
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Nov 13, 20163 min read


BPR Interviews: Dr. Joyce Banda
Dr. Joyce Banda served as the first female president of Malawi from 2012 to 2014 and founded the People’s Party in 2011. Prior to serving...
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Nov 13, 20165 min read


Off The Rack: The fraught history between women’s fashion and women’s politics
Few Americans remember Amelia Bloomer, the fabled feminist who introduced women to the phenomenon of pants. In the 1850s, coinciding with...
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Nov 1, 20163 min read


Child’s Pay
In 1900, Sweden ventured into brand new territory: It became the first country in the world to introduce paid family leave for new...
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May 2, 20164 min read


A House Warming for Women
The first round of elections for the Majlis, Iran’s national parliament, changed the dynamic for political reformists throughout the...
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Apr 27, 20166 min read


Women in Sports: A Springboard for 2016
Over the past year, the professional sports world has seen many landmark firsts: the first female NBA coach, NFL referee, NFL coach, and...
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Sep 15, 20154 min read


She Can Code It!
Computer science (CS) is the most popular major at Stanford University, yet female students make up only 12 percent of the program. It is...
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May 2, 20155 min read


Money Talks
What do George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Alexander Hamilton, Andrew Jackson, Ulysses S. Grant, Benjamin Franklin,...
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Apr 27, 20154 min read


The Revolving Door For Women In STEM
According to the National Science Foundation, women earn 57 percent of all bachelor’s degrees in the United States and “about half of all...
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Mar 23, 20155 min read


Guys, Geeks and Gals: What the Media Missed About the Misogyny of Nerd Culture
The day before Anita Sarkeesian, the founder of Feminist Frequency, was scheduled to talk at Utah State University, administration...
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Feb 16, 20157 min read
Liberation Through War: The Paradox Facing Middle Eastern Women
In her radio address to the nation on November 17, 2001, First Lady Laura Bush declared, “The fight against terrorism is also a fight for...
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Dec 9, 20146 min read


Culture Against Women
Jyoti Singh is a name that, over the past few years, has become a symbol in India of the need for societal transformation. The world...
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Dec 3, 20146 min read


The Effect of “Beauty” Standards in Professional America
This April, the US military authorized new hair regulations that prohibited several natural black hairstyles, including dreadlocks,...
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Nov 2, 20145 min read
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