The story of the radical feminist networks who worked outside the law to defend abortion. Starting in the 1970s, small groups of feminist activists met regularly to study anatomy, practice pelvic exams on each other, and learn how to safely perform a procedure known as menstrual extraction, which can end a pregnancy, using equipment easily bought and assembled at home.
Sharing Knowledge Openly: Author Gender, Race/Ethnicity, and Feminist Science
Open science is an increasingly important movement in contemporary social science. Many funders have begun to mandate open practices, newer journals like Socius are open access, and preprint servers have increased readership of paywalled articles. Feminist scholars have written about the values and pitfalls of open research. In this paper, we put those ideas in conversation with each other and empirical data on open-access publishing to develop a feminist framework for thinking about feminist knowledge, data, publishing, and audience. Using a survey of 19,462 social scientists, linked with their entire Web of Science publication history from 2000 to 2023 and all papers posted to SocArXiv, we replicate past work showing that articles by women are less likely to be some types of open access. We extend these findings to scholars of color and feminist scholarship, while also demonstrating a few surprising null results for all three groups.
Glitch feminism: a manifesto
"A new manifesto for cyberfeminism. The divide between the digital and the real world no longer exists: we are connected all the time. How do we find out who we are within this digital era? Where do we create the space to explore our identity? How can we come together and create solidarity? The glitch is often dismissed as an error, a faulty overlaying, but, as Legacy Russell shows, liberation can be found within the fissures between gender, technology and the body that it creates. The glitch offers the opportunity for us to perform and transform ourselves in an infinite variety of identities. In Glitch Feminism, Russell makes a series of radical demands through memoir, art and critical theory, and the work of contemporary artists who have travelled through the glitch in their work. Timely and provocative, Glitch Feminism shows how the error can be a revolution."--
The Anti-Trans Playbook
The current crusade against trans people imperils not just their rights but the survival of the legal doctrine built to protect all women from discrimination.
The Deep Dive Episode 258: Deficit Thinking & Feminist Economics w/ Emma Holten
Philip welcomes Emma Holten, author of Deficit: How Feminist Economics Can Change the World. In their conversation, they discuss how the “deficit’ frame impacts how the economy thinks about women’s labor and how feminist economics can create lasting changes in the world.
Reproaction Homepage | Increase Access to Abortion
Reproaction is a new direct action group forming to increase access to abortion and advance reproductive justice.
Black Feminist Thought, 30th Anniversary Edition: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment
Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment
Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men is a 2019 book by British feminist author Caroline Criado Perez. The book describes the adverse effects on women caused by gender bias in big data collection.
Situated Knowledges: The Science Question in Feminism and the Privilege of Partial Perspective
How AI For Women’s Health Is Being Built Differently
Healthcare AI mirrors decades of gender bias. Women-led startups are rebuilding it to reduce misdiagnosis, dismissal, and fragmented care.
Calling for Ethical AI that Empowers Women and Protects Human Dignity
30 October 2024: Women4Ethical AI platform
How a High School Librarian in Abilene Fought Back Against Moms for Liberty
I entered this profession just as the storm clouds of the current book-banning push were starting to gather; now I’m in the middle of it.
Feminine Panic: Who Gets to Own Masculine Narratives? - Unwinnable
The panic serves control, not preservation.
“Women Don’t Need Rescuing”: Navigating the AI Gender Gap in an Industry That’s Obsessed | LBBOnline
Little Black Book, Is the AI gender gap a problem to be solved, a question of control or a strategic advantage? LBB’s Laura Swinton Gupta asks
Women: if you think men have a poor understanding of female anatomy, just you wait until AI replaces your gynecologist. freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/06/11/you-hav…
Women: if you think men have a poor understanding of female anatomy, just you wait until AI replaces your gynecologist. freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/06/11/you-hav…
