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“Can I smoke weed here?”

LA Women’s March

January 23, 2017 • by Stacy McGoldrick

That was the most controversial behavior I witnessed (or rather, overheard) at LA’s Women’s March of an estimated 750,000 people. A young woman contemplating smoking pot, a drug that California voted overwhelmingly to make legal for recreational use, and her friend quickly shutting it down. There was more than one ...

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Still Protesting This Shit

The Women’s March in Concord, New Hampshire

January 23, 2017 • by Susan Ware

I have two lingering impressions from the rally. One is that New Hampshire has an amazing pipeline that nurtures women candidates. Both our Senators and both our representatives in Congress are women. Jeanne Shaheen, Maggie Hassan, and Carol Shea Porter all spoke, while Annie Kuster marched with the New Hampshire ...

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I Am a Fucking Feminist

The Women’s March on Sydney

January 23, 2017 • by Clare Corbould

For a short time recently, Australia had its first female Prime Minister, Julia Gillard. Holding together a minority government with the help of independents, Gillard managed to pass landmark legislation regarding education and disability. During her time at the helm, the parliament also passed a record amount of legislation. She ...

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Over the Bridge

The Women’s March Across the Hudson

January 23, 2017 • by Miriam Cohen

Special congratulations are due to organizers Lisa Kaul and Paulina Bren, who kept at it as the numbers swelled, making it such an inspirational event. When the organizers began two weeks ago, one person estimated that 25 people would show up, another put it at 100. Within a week it ...

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Action in the Face of Trumpism and LePageism

Maine’s Augusta Women’s March

January 23, 2017 • by Amy Fried

The Augusta Woman’s March was one of two large gatherings in Maine, each of which hit historic highs of 10,000. Other smaller events in this state of 1.2 million people added up to another 1,000. Organizers and attendees were surprised by the turnouts. Beforehand about 3000 had indicated on Facebook ...

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The Cultural Front:

The San Diego Women’s March

January 23, 2017 • by Elaine Lewinnek

Once we get downtown, the march itself is more diverse. The speakers call out to many racial groups as well as queer, trans, immigrant, veteran, and deaf communities. We end up walking behind a group of Chinese-speakers who have dyed their hair pink. Most people’s signs are homemade: “Rise up!” ...

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Even in Lubbock

Rallying in the Lone Star State

January 23, 2017 • by Emily Skidmore

Given this context, it was amazing to arrive at the rally today to see hundreds of other people (I've seen estimates of anywhere from 400-1000.) We occupied a park on a busy corner, directly across from the university and adjacent to two major streets. It was a diverse crowd of ...

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Land of the Free… to Pick Your Own Reality

How the Left and the Right Select Their Own Facts

January 20, 2017 • by Frédéric Mynard

Yet, given how plainly xenophobic the rhetoric of the Trump campaign was, how happily it flirted with white supremacist groups, and how unapologetically put forward fascist proposals, the racist element cannot just be waved away. As many have put it in the aftermath of the election, maybe not all Trump ...

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How A Conservative Rural Country Defeated A Far-Right Presidential Candidate

The 2016 Austrian Presidential Election

January 18, 2017 • by David Kretz

On the same day, Austrians also voted in the final round of their presidential election. There, center-left candidate Alexander Van der Bellen (Green Party) defeated far-right candidate Norbert Hofer (Austrian Freedom Party, FPÖ) 53.8% to 46.2%. Austria is a small country, but the outcome of this election has international significance ...

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Rape Jokes

The disruptive speech act

January 6, 2017 • by Miranda Young

This post is part of the Bodies, Gender, and Domination OOPS Series. When I first heard that the writer and attorney Vanessa Place had written a performance piece entitled “Rape Jokes,” I was intrigued. Within feminist discussion, the concept of “the rape joke” was always batted down as morally repugnant and triggering, and ...

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Does the Russian Hack Matter?

When the Facts Get Sacrificed to Politics

January 5, 2017 • by Sanford Schram

From the left, I was accused of “left McCarthyism” for thoughtlessly invoking the old, tired stigma of Russian communism; and from the right, I was sent hate mail about how I was resisting Donald Trump as a credible candidate. I got whip-sawed. It remains contested whether Putin, Russia, Russians from outside ...