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My encounter with the Aymara Women

My encounter with the Aymara Women

When I asked an Aymara woman merchant her opinion of women’s empowerment, she answered without hesitation: “What is that?” recalls Carolina Balta, professional tourist guide in Cuzco

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YOUNG VOICES

Un Gender Me

Un Gender Me

“There is no day that I do not think about my gender expression and the implications of actively dismantling the gender binary.”

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Fear of Powerful Women Keeps Witch Hunts Alive

Fear of Powerful Women Keeps Witch Hunts Alive

“If people and cultures were more accepting of women’s empowerment, then witch-hunting would not be so rampant, but the fear of women having power is so intimidatory that it fuels suspicions that result in violence.”

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Feminism As An Intersectional Issue

Feminism As An Intersectional Issue

“When discussing the intersectionality of my Judaism and my feminism, I find a place where there are many similarities and differences,” says a young student as she struggles to come to terms with her different, conflicting identities.

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WAF Blog Issue 6

WAF Blog Issue 5 (October 2016)

WAF Blog Issue 4 (June 2016)

WAF Blog Issue 3 (March 2016)

Reflections: Poems by a Pakistani Teen Poetess

Reflections: Poems by a Pakistani Teen Poetess

Reflections by Iqra Rehman. This anthology has poems from her amateur years as a teenage poetess who had it as a medium of expression for the classes she didn’t enjoy and some social norms she couldn’t bring herself to adhere to.

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WAF Blog Issue 2 (November 2015)

Patti and Me

Patti and Me

I first heard of Patti Smith in a mimeographed, hand-drawn fanzine that I must have picked up in some record store. Soon thereafter I heard her on the radio. Punk rock was like some brand-new creation, an antidote to the disco that was taking over popular culture.

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My encounter with the Aymara Women

My encounter with the Aymara Women

When I asked an Aymara woman merchant her opinion of women’s empowerment, she answered without hesitation: “What is that?” recalls Carolina Balta, professional tourist guide in Cuzco

read more

YOUNG VOICES

Un Gender Me

Un Gender Me

“There is no day that I do not think about my gender expression and the implications of actively dismantling the gender binary.”

read more
Fear of Powerful Women Keeps Witch Hunts Alive

Fear of Powerful Women Keeps Witch Hunts Alive

“If people and cultures were more accepting of women’s empowerment, then witch-hunting would not be so rampant, but the fear of women having power is so intimidatory that it fuels suspicions that result in violence.”

read more
Feminism As An Intersectional Issue

Feminism As An Intersectional Issue

“When discussing the intersectionality of my Judaism and my feminism, I find a place where there are many similarities and differences,” says a young student as she struggles to come to terms with her different, conflicting identities.

read more

WAF Blog Issue 6

WAF Blog Issue 5 (October 2016)

WAF Blog Issue 4 (June 2016)

WAF Blog Issue 3 (March 2016)

Reflections: Poems by a Pakistani Teen Poetess

Reflections: Poems by a Pakistani Teen Poetess

Reflections by Iqra Rehman. This anthology has poems from her amateur years as a teenage poetess who had it as a medium of expression for the classes she didn’t enjoy and some social norms she couldn’t bring herself to adhere to.

read more

WAF Blog Issue 2 (November 2015)

Patti and Me

Patti and Me

I first heard of Patti Smith in a mimeographed, hand-drawn fanzine that I must have picked up in some record store. Soon thereafter I heard her on the radio. Punk rock was like some brand-new creation, an antidote to the disco that was taking over popular culture.

read more

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