#womensstories: “I was an angry activist, feminist, environmentalist…”

I was an angry activist, feminist, environmentalist, and I guess, person. I managed a women’s center, and one morning I had a predictably frustrating meeting with the male leader of a local crisis pre...

#womensstories: “I started working as an escort when I was 19…”

I started working as an escort when I was 19. I was in my second year of college and struggling to make ends meet. I knew I didn’t want to take out student loans, but I didn’t really know what else to...

#womensstories: “I Won’t #ChangeTheDialogue: Why I Won’t Write About My Rape”

There’s a movement right now to #changethedialogue about rape. By encouraging women to write about their assaults, the campaign seeks to destigmatize rape and to raise awareness about its prevalence. ...

#womensstories: Feminism doesn’t need more inspiration—it needs more anger

From the stage of the Women in the World (WITW) conference, a summit organized by media powerhouse Tina Brown for the sixth year in a row, Sunitha Krishnan, a feisty Indian anti-trafficking activist, ...

#womenslives: Frontline Photojournalist Lynsey Addario About Fear and Female Resilience

(All images © Lynsey Addario / Getty Images) Frontline Photojournalist Lynsey Addario About Fear and Female Resilience “Libya was incredibly violent,” frontline photojournalistLynsey Addariobegins...

#womenslives: My unveiling ceremony

My unveiling ceremony (NYtimes)CAIRO — I wore the hijab — a form of dress that comprises a head scarf and usually also clothing that covers the whole body except for the face and hands — for nine year...

#womenslives: “Four years ago I climbed into a stranger’s car…”

Four years ago I climbed into a stranger’s car, like I had so many times before. I began to direct him toward a crowded movie theater parking lot which provided the privacy and safety necessary to con...

#womenstories: #anonymouswasawoman: #HERstory: A Magdalene Laundry survivor speaks out

On the washingtontimes: It was December of 1946 as the harsh winds of a Baltimore winter howled outside of the ancient dining hall where twelve year-old Patricia Noel sat struggling to hold back the ...