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High School Feminist Confronts Xenophobic Tweeters

By: Delaney Hoffman | April 20, 2016
From our partner Jewish Women's Archive

When this normally discreet high school junior saw what her male classmates had to say about a new immigration order, she shot back at them to prove that white, upper middle-class boys aren’t the only ones with opinions.

Teen Voices

Texting Tangles with Abuse in Teen Relationships

By: Tatyana Bellamy-Walker | November 20, 2014

“He would text her all the time and say threatening stuff,” one teen says of her friend. “She was really depressed. She was afraid to go to school.”

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New Twitter Storm Is About Public Breastfeeding

By: Crystal Lewis | June 11, 2014

When a mother posted a photo of herself nursing at her college graduation on a breastfeeding Facebook page, a flurry of disapproval quickly ignited all over social media. Questions are being raised about how public breastfeeding should be.

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George Will Argues Rape Confers Coveted Status

By: Nicole Deniflee | June 10, 2014

Pulitzer-prize winning columnist George Will has thrown virtual gas on the Internet blaze about campus rapes by writing an updated version “she asked for it” in his column in the Washington Post. Will also writes for Fox News and Newsweek.

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Arab Leaders Discuss Peace; Abortion Law Reinstated

By: WeNews Staff | November 2, 2013

Female Arab leaders met in Jordan this week to discuss women, peace and security. In Texas, an abortion law was reinstated, requiring doctors to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital.

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Twitter Attacks Against U.K. Journalists Continue

By: Hajer Naili | August 9, 2013

At least five British women have been targeted by online Twitter trolls in the past two weeks. Though initially criticized for its response, Twitter says it’s setting up new ways to crack down on such harassment.

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Breastfeeding Rates Rise; Twitter Ignores Threats

By: WeNews Staff | August 3, 2013

Breastfeeding rates went up in the United States between 2000 and 2010. Twitter failed to deal with threats of sexual abuse made on its site against a feminist campaigner.

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Saudi Women Test Reins Under an Aged, Liberal King

By: Rita Henley Jensen (Executive Officer, Founder) | May 29, 2012

Saudi women have whiffed new freedoms in recent years. But like the subtle fashion interpretations now being placed on the otherwise identity-smothering, head-to-toe abaya, they don’t go very deep.

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Same-Sex Marriage Gets Tweets, Likes by Thousands

By: Samantha Kimmey | May 10, 2012

Obama’s announcement in support of same-sex marriage is being liked, shared, and retweeted by the thousands. Could Obama’s announcement mobilize millennials?

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Arabic Twitter Stars Come Face-to-Face in Cairo

By: Courtney C. Radsch | January 25, 2012

After a year of courageous digital leadership, female activists from the Middle East and North Africa–some of them Twitter superstars–met in Cairo last week. It was a chance to meet face-to-face, savor revolutionary success and weigh setbacks.

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