Watching that decision on TV, hearing friends and classmates debate what the precise restrictions on her rights should be—that was the moment when Foy decided to go to the Virginia Military Institute. “I had a friend,” she said in an interview, “who told me he wanted to go with me to the VMI to watch…
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As women rally and mobilize around survivors of sexual assault, and coming in a week that will see the one-year anniversary of the #MeToo Harvey Weinstein allegations, President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he’s highly concerned for the safety of America’s young men as he answered questions about the FBI inquiry into his Supreme Court…
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The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), a fundamental cause for many second-wave feminists in the seventies and eightiess, is now back in the conversation in a very real way. And it just might pass this time, especially if a new group of activists have anything to say about it. Last month the state of Illinois became…
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It’s crucial to celebrate significant eras in time when they end. When you graduate college, for example, your parents might throw you a party or give you money. When Oprah Winfrey announced in 2011 she was discontinuing her talk show, famous people and political figures came out in droves to tribute her. And when the…
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