Our Top 10 Posts of 2019!

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1. Non-Binary Is the New “Not Like Other Girls,” and it’s Deeply Rooted in Misogyny

14 JUL 2019 - 40K views

Non-Binary Is the New “Not Like Other Girls,” and it’s Deeply Rooted in Misogyny

In the summer of 2018 I lived in a house with 3 other women. We spent a lot oftime together that year, and there were many late-night conversations about thesexism, misogyny, and male violence we had experienced. We talked about notfitting into what society had expected of women, we stopped shavi…

4W - A Feminist PublicationM. K. Fain

2. Sexist Halloween Costumes Show Us Just How Far We Haven’t Come

I’m getting particularly tired of pumpkin-spice flavored sexism.

20 OCT 2019 - 25K views

Sexist Halloween Costumes Show Us Just How Far We Haven’t Come

I’m getting particularly tired of pumpkin-spice flavored sexism.

4W - A Feminist PublicationM. K. Fain

3. The Move to Erase Women from Periods, Pregnancy, and Parenting

How gender-neutral language is masking global sexualized violence and discrimination against women and girls

1 NOV 2019 - 14.2K views

The Move to Erase Women from Periods, Pregnancy, and Parenting

How gender-neutral language is masking global sexualized violence and discrimination against women and girls

4W - A Feminist PublicationM. K. Fain

4. It’s Time to Stop Dating Men Who Use Porn

Yeah, I said it.

24 SEP 2019 - 12.2K views

It’s Time to Stop Dating Men Who Use Porn

Yeah, I said it.

4W - A Feminist PublicationM. K. Fain

Yeah, I said it.

5. Is Drag Misogynistic?

It’s time to stop letting sexist gay men off the hook.

7 OCT 2019 - 11.6K views

Is Drag Misogynistic?

It’s time to stop letting sexist gay men off the hook.

4W - A Feminist PublicationM. K. Fain

6. Why I (Still) Defend Women’s Sex-Based Rights

25 JUN 2019 - 5.3K views

Why I (Still) Defend Women’s Sex-Based Rights

It’s not popular in “progressive” liberal circles to defend women’s rights anymore. Last year I was forced out of my home and kicked out of an animal rights group Ihad founded, by people who had been my friends and comrades. My partner and Iwere publicly shamed, called homophobic and sexist slur…

4W - A Feminist PublicationM. K. Fain

7. I’m Not Trans, But I’m Definitely Not ‘Cis’

Will you respect my identity, too?

13 NOV 2019 - 4.3K views

I’m Not Trans, But I’m Definitely Not ‘Cis’

Will you respect my identity, too?

4W - A Feminist PublicationM. K. Fain

8. Male Politicians Quietly Eliminated Gender Parity in NY Democratic State Committee

The undoing of 100 years of women’s political action

22 OCT 2019 - 4.3K views

Male Politicians Quietly Eliminated Gender Parity in NY Democratic State Committee

The undoing of 100 years of women’s political action

4W - A Feminist PublicationM. K. Fain

9. How Finding Radical Feminism Radically Changed my Self-worth

10 AUG 2019 - 3.6K views

How Finding Radical Feminism Radically Changed my Self-worth

Like most other women today, I’ve been worried about how I look since I was ayoung girl. I don’t remember when exactly it started, maybe in middle school. Iremember looking at other girls who started developing breasts and thinkingabout how cool it was that their shirt formed a gap when it was ti…

4W - A Feminist PublicationM. K. Fain

10. Pennsylvania Republicans Want You To Get a Death Certificate For Your Period

The disturbing pattern of medically dubious anti-abortion bills sweeping the nation

3 DEC 2019 - 2.8K views

Pennsylvania Republicans Want You To Get a Death Certificate For Your Period

The disturbing pattern of medically dubious anti-abortion bills sweeping the nation

4W - A Feminist PublicationM. K. Fain

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