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WMC News & Features
August 31, 2026 | Koritha Mitchell | Arts and culture, Media
Tayari Jones’s ‘Kin’ Highlights Sacrifices of ‘Othermothers’

The bestselling novel has been much discussed, but few commentators have noted its portrayal of the societal expectation of women to raise children, whether or not they want to.

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August 25, 2026 | Ritham Janardhan | Education
The Math Gatekeepers

True educational equity doesn't mean building a harder test; it means ensuring every student gets the chance to learn the math on it.

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August 20, 2026 | Susan Buttenwieser | Girls, Health, LGBTQIA, Politics
Anti-Trans Ballot Questions: A ‘Trojan Horse’ for Regressive Policies

Activists warn that these measures targeting transgender youth are “part of a larger, coordinated effort to roll back the rights for women broadly.”

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August 17, 2026 | Catherine Work | Girls
Climate Reporting Overlooks This Threat to Girls

Climate adaptation plans cannot fully protect communities if they overlook the ways disasters reshape girls’ lives.

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August 10, 2026 | Kaitlyn Ortgiesen | Health
Breast Cancer: A Call to Action for Early Detection and Equal Access

Breast cancer remains one of the most pressing public health challenges in the United States.

WMC News & Features
August 06, 2026 | Susan Buttenwieser | Economy
US Childcare Crisis Harms Women’s Financial Security

Demand for affordable, high-quality childcare far outpaces availability, suppressing women’s participation in the workforce. Public investment is needed to quell the crisis.

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August 03, 2026 | Nina Driscoll-Mann | Body image and body standards
Looksmaxxing? No, Thank You.

By inventing their own calculable scale of attractiveness, looksmaxxers are not trying to appeal to women.

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July 27, 2026 | Skylar Blumenauer | Feminism
Colombian Lawyer Sofía Cabarcas Maciá on the Women, Peace and Security Agenda

The agenda essentially acknowledges that women and girls are distinctly harmed by conflict and deserve meaningful participation in peace processes.

WMC News & Features
July 20, 2026 | Aviva Dove-Viebahn, PhD | Arts and culture, Media, Misogyny
Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don’t: ‘Supergirl,’ Misogyny, and the Woman-Led Superhero Film

Supergirl features the typical fare of current superhero films, but it has been subjected to misogynistic review bombing and bias.

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July 20, 2026 | Ritham Janardhan | Education
The Learning Recession is Real, But Don’t Blame Gen Z

You can not fight racism or gender inequality or climate change if your education system is broken.

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July 15, 2026 | Dr. Mona Tajali, PhD | International, Politics
Intensified Repression for the Women of Iran Amid Renewed Hostilities

Violent crackdowns on dissent and activism have increased within Iran in recent months, as hardliners reassert dominance amid U.S. attacks.

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July 13, 2026 | Alexia Hoffman | Science and tech
The Next Giant Leap: Women and the Future of Spaceflight

Women are increasingly playing a major role in space exploration and scientific discovery.

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July 07, 2026 | Marcie Bianco, Ph.D. | LGBTQIA, Misogyny, Politics, Sports
Supreme Court Ruling Solidifies Women’s Second-Class Status

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in West Virginia v. B. P. J. is part of a larger mission to reinforce the misogynist belief that “biology is destiny” and that women are “inherently” subordinate to men.

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July 06, 2026 | Tahera Khadimi | International
I Am Not Awrah

It is essential for our global society to protect human rights at any cost, and make the Taliban face consequences for their human rights violations.

WMC News & Features
July 01, 2026 | Shaistha Khan | Free Speech, International, Media
Somalia’s First Women-Led Newsroom Brings Change

Bilan Media is providing opportunities for women journalists as well as changing who gets to tell stories in the media.

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June 29, 2026 | Emily Jiang | Feminism
To Birth or Not to Birth

We’re in an age in which more and more women are deciding not to have children.

WMC News & Features
June 25, 2026 | Jaclyn Friedman | Education, Health
Comprehensive Sex Education Is a Winning Political Issue

A large majority of Americans support comprehensive, trans-inclusive sex education, and such programs have the potential to transform society.

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June 22, 2026 | Georgia Lindemann | Sports
The Life Lessons of Olympic Slalom Paddler Evy Leibfarth

Slalom has taught two-time Olympian Evy Leibfarth about far more than just how to navigate turbulent water.

WMC Women Under Siege
June 22, 2026 | Syed Samreen | Education, International, Politics
For Kashmiri Women Students, Iran Offered a Rare Education. Then War Came.

Thousands of Kashmiri students were studying medicine in Iran when the U.S.-Israeli strikes began to rain down on the country in late February—including women. Now, their futures hang in the balance.

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June 15, 2026 | Maddie Beans | Health
What Immigration Detention Reveals About Maternal Health

Maternal care depends on continuity. Continuity depends on recognition. And recognition depends on whether women’s reproductive lives are fully integrated into the systems responsible for their health.

WMC News & Features
June 12, 2026 | Mira Michels, MPH | Arts and culture, Health, International, Politics
Innovative Action Draws Attention to Malta Abortion Ban

“I planted abortion pills across Malta. Here is why.”

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June 09, 2026 | Shevi Parkoff | Health
My Period Is My Friend. Yours Should Be Too.

Your menstrual cycle is a messenger that delivers vital information about your health.

WMC News & Features
June 02, 2026 | Carrie N. Baker, J.D., Ph.D., Alisa Nudar | Health, Politics
Federal Government’s New Website for Pregnant Women Promotes Antiabortion Pregnancy Centers

Moms.gov is not about mothers or health, but about promoting the administration's pet policies on women.

WMC FBomb
June 01, 2026 | Sara Matsinger | Body image and body standards
Skinniness Isn’t About Beauty — It’s About Control

It is time to reject the skinny ideal.

WMC Women Under Siege
June 01, 2026 | Saeedeh Fathi | Feminism, Free Speech, Gender-based violence, International, Politics, Violence against women
The ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ Movement Struggles to Survive War in Iran

Since the U.S. and Israel launched their joint assault on the Islamic Republic of Iran, feminist voices in the “Zan, Zendegi, Azadi” movement (or the “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement) have been diverse, with contradictory and dispersed reactions to war, foreign intervention, and even the future of the movement itself.


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