womens rights – Confluence Daily

Reading Time: 4 minutes Few topics in the turbulent world of American politics elicit a more passionate response than abortion. The abortion topic is a prominent point of contention for the Republican Party as the country prepares for the 2024 presidential election. The country is still in shock at the Supreme Court’s historic decision to reverse Roe v. Wade, which has had a significant and lasting impact on the electoral environment.

editorial

May 6, 2022 Confluence

Fighting for abortion rights IS fighting for democracy

Reading Time: 4 minutes I know you are afraid of these things because we wouldn’t be spending our energy on outrage if we weren’t terrified.
We would, instead, be prepping for a war we know we’d win.
Women cannot lose if they decide to fight until all the old white men are out of office or in the ground.
We hold all the cards.
Every single one of them.

editorial news for women

December 10, 2021 Confluence

Men in the U.S. are not going to stop the rise of fascism.

Reading Time: < 1 minute Complaining, no matter how righteous it feels, no matter how loud, or how large your audience is, is not actually taking action.
Processing is important. Process with your people, IRL or online, if you must. Feel your feelings. However, do not mistake rage for action.

News

February 11, 2020 Confluence

Vox: Ruth Bader Ginsburg probably just dealt a fatal blow to the Equal Rights Amendment

Reading Time: 4 minutes Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the most important feminist lawyer in American history. Long before she became a judge, she convinced the Supreme Court to hold that gender discrimination can violate the Constitution. She spent many of the following years working to strengthen those protections for women.

Yet Ginsburg said on Monday that one of her life’s goals — writing a strong prohibition against gender discrimination into the Constitution — must be put on hold.

Engage

May 14, 2019 Confluence

How does a person know they think of women’s bodies as property/chattel?

Reading Time: 2 minutes Women can be sexist towards women and communicate in their values that they think a woman’s body is most valuable as property, as an incubator for babies. Black people/POCs can suffer from internalized racism and work against their own best interests.