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“No peace, No p*ssy”: Sex Strikes and the Recent History of Global Feminist Protest

Sex striking is a method of passive resistance, a form of peaceful protest, and something attempted by American Indians in the early modern era, First Wave feminists in Europe and America, Bolshevik women in the 1920s, Chinese women in the 1940s, and perhaps most famously, by the Women of Liberia Read more…

By Marissa Rhodes, 5 years2 years ago
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Victoria Woodhull: Free Love, Feminism & Finance

Victoria Woodhull was an advocate of free love, an outspoken advocate for women’s rights and suffrage, a Spiritualist medium, a stockbroker, maybe a sex worker, an all-around force of nature. She might be one of the most controversial women in American history, which means she is one of our favorites. Read more…

By Sarah Handley-Cousins, 5 years1 year ago
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Marriage in America: A Brief History

Marriage – the word alone is loaded. Marriage is the butt of jokes, the “old ball and chain,” the end of fun. Marriage can also bring up images of fear, of abuse, of control. And marriage can invoke images of happy couples, of new beginnings, and of really really expensive Read more…

By Elizabeth Garner Masarik, 5 years1 year ago
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King Ahebi Ugbabe: Sex, Gender, and Power in Colonial Nigeria

King Ahebi Ugbabe was unique among the men of Igboland in colonial Nigeria. There weren’t many kings in Igboland at all. But the infrequency of kingship is not what set Ugbabe  apart: more importantly, in a world dominated by councils of old men, where political, social, economic, and spiritual roles were Read more…

By Averill Earls, 5 years2 years ago
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