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Feminism 101: The Go-To Dictionary for All Your Feminist References
Feminism 101: The Go-To Dictionary for All Your Feminist References

Inspired by a recent piece by Alia E. Dastagir in USA Today, we wanted to help make it easier to define feminist word. Because the reality is, while there are many people confused... Read More

Posted by MAKERS Team | March 23, 2017
Alexis Bledel to Star in Hulu's
Alexis Bledel to Star in Hulu's "The Handmaid's Tale" Book Adaptation

Alexis Bledel is staying pretty busy after the "Gilmore Girls" revival. She just announced that there's definitely a third "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants&quo...; Read More

Posted by Glamour | March 23, 2017
Brie Larson Will Get Presidential in Upcoming Victoria Woodhull Biopic
Brie Larson Will Get Presidential in Upcoming Victoria Woodhull Biopic

In an upcoming Amazon biopic, award-winning actress Brie Larson is slated to play Victoria Woodhull, the first woman to run for president of the United States in 1872. While in fr... Read More

Posted by MAKERS Team | March 23, 2017
Women Aren't Reporting Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Out of Fear of Deportation
Women Aren't Reporting Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Out of Fear of Deportation

President Donald Trump has wasted no time following through on his campaign promises to tighten immigration and border security. But hiring thousands of additional Immigration and ... Read More

Posted by Glamour | March 23, 2017
North Korean Activist Yeonmi Park Is the Voice of the Oppressed and
North Korean Activist Yeonmi Park Is the Voice of the Oppressed and "Forgotten" People of North Korea

One Young World Ambassador, Yeonmi Park, spoke her truth at the One Young World Summit 2014 in Dublin and now, the North Korean escapee's video is resurfacing. The human right... Read More

Posted by MAKERS Team | March 23, 2017
Being an Older Mom Might Actually Make You a Better Parent, New Research Finds
Being an Older Mom Might Actually Make You a Better Parent, New Research Finds

If anybody ever warns you about your "biological clock ticking," tell them to banish that phrase from their vocabulary, then show them a new Danish study that finds that ... Read More

Posted by Glamour | March 23, 2017
John Hopkins Accepts First Black Female Neurosurgeon and She Has Big Plans
John Hopkins Accepts First Black Female Neurosurgeon and She Has Big Plans

Nancy Abu-Bonsrah, a graduating neurosurgery medical student, waited on March 17 — known as "Match Day," or the day that medical students find out which hospital th... Read More

Posted by MAKERS Team | March 23, 2017
Zainab Salbi Shares How Companies Can Help End Violence Against Women and Sexual Harassment
Zainab Salbi Shares How Companies Can Help End Violence Against Women and Sexual Harassment

In a recent op-ed for Women in the World, MAKER Zainab Salbi discussed "the path to stopping violence against women, sexual harassment and achieving gender equality." Th... Read More

Posted by MAKERS Team | March 22, 2017
Swipe Right for Feminism On Bumble
Swipe Right for Feminism On Bumble

Once referred to by a reporter as the "Gone Girl" of Silicon Valley, or martyr that left the poisonous male start-up culture of Tinder, Whitney Wolfe, co-founder of the B... Read More

Posted by MAKERS Team | March 22, 2017
11 Books By Influential Women That You Have to Read This Year
11 Books By Influential Women That You Have to Read This Year

At the beginning of every year, we hear about the most anticipated books to come in the months ahead, and this year's list of upcoming publications has not disappointed. Among... Read More

Posted by MAKERS Team | March 22, 2017
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