“If it was easy, everyone would leave this life in a heartbeat.” An in-depth look at what prevents women from being able to exit the sex trade and how social systems can create pathways toward change.
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3forV: Help Put an End to Low Voter Turnout
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With only 30 days left until the midterm elections, here’s what you can do to ensure that no candidate wins due to low voter turnout ever again.
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Striking Back Against Breast Cancer: One Coin at a Time
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“At a time when our national debt is over $20 trillion, it is more and more difficult to find money for important things like cancer research,” – Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney.
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arts
U.N. Embraces ‘Sold’ As Way to Fight Trafficking With Art
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The movie is heading into U.S. theatrical and I hope it will stoke a global movement against this horrendous crime. Teen trafficking is also the subject of “Spirits’ Homecoming,” inspired by Korean “comfort women” and opening March 25.
India
Fetal Sex Testing Won’t Fix India’s Daughter Shortage
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Female feticide may be illegal in India but old structures of patriarchy combine with medical technologies to keep it going. We need basic awareness campaigns, not government mandates that will first invade a woman’s privacy and then backfire.
Movies
‘Sweet Bean’ Is Profoundly Poetic and Humane
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“The Little Prince” is another must-see movie opening this week. This first animated feature based on the Antoine de Saint-Exupery classic presents a delightfully feminist twist on the iconic coming-of-age fantasy.
Government
It’s Time for Women in Government, Public Service to Speak Up
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As the National Women’s History Project celebrates the important roles women have played in public service and government leadership this month, Page Wilson tells her own tale of a life in this arena.
arts
Idealized? Sexy? She draws women who don’t care what you think.
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It’s common for women depicted in cartoons and comics to have idealized, exaggerated features: Think of the impossibly small waists, extra-long legs, and ample chests in comic books — a medium still overwhelmingly drawn by men.
arts
‘Marguerite’ Wrings Suspense Out of Self-Delusion
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This exquisitely realized French tragi-comedy tops my list of movie openers this week. I can also recommend “About Scout,” a femme-centric shoestring budget indie film about a teenager on a challenging road trip.
arts
‘Zootopia’ Wins Prize for Mass Marketing Stereotypes to Kids
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And as previously mentioned, “Trapped” is out March 4, to help everyone mull over the ruling that is now pending in the first major Supreme Court case on abortion restrictions in years.