A model of sisterhood activism… Watching Oprah Winfrey and Ava DuVernay being interviewed by Van Jones on the Van Jones Show on CNN while promoting A Wrinkle in Time made me think: This is what sisterhood activism looks like. United in Sisterhood Our activism is not something that we learn;[…]
Feminism, gender identity, and cultural pride go hand-in-hand with contemporary women’s empowerment paradigms. The movie, Black Panther, demonstrates these concepts beautifully. As we push toward progressive, positive social change, labels and status-quo norms are challenged. Some find this change frightening while others welcome it and push it even further. Writer[…]
Sexual harassment hurts women. As more actresses and women in media are coming forward to reveal how they, too (#MeToo) have been sexually harassed, even raped, by Harvey Weinstein and other powerful men in Hollywood, our society is becoming more conscious about how insidious and institutionalized this form of abuse[…]
Sisterhood Agenda unites women and girls in a global sisterhood movement. Empowering girls is no easy task. Empowerment is a complex concept, especially considering the socialization and media processes at work that can undermine our power from a very young age. Sisterhood Agenda’s A Journey Toward Womanhood Curriculum Guide with[…]
Gen Z is also known as the Internet Generation. Does Gen Z know and understand their cultural significance as the first majority “minority” group? I never liked the word “minority.” When I wrote about the word in my Princeton University thesis many years ago, I wrote how its political use denoted[…]
