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States in the Resistance Spring 2026: State Wins Protecting LGBTQIA+ and Reproductive Rights, Lowering Child Care Costs, and Giving Us Hope
I’m interning at NWLC while attending college in the heart of Tennessee. While I spend my days tracking the ways the Trump administration is jacking up prices for working families, rolling back protections for transgender people, and undermining abortion rights, I am navigating the grim reality of these attacks in a state that was ahead […] The post States i
Moments of Joy This AANHPI Heritage Month
Celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Leaders from the Feminist Movement
When Family Roles Reverse and Words Fall Short: Taking Care of My Aging Parents Through a Widening Language Gap
This blog is part of our series for AANHPI Heritage Month. You can check out the next blog in the series here. My husband and I were happily settling into our second year as empty nesters when we joined an altogether different cohort: the sandwich generation. Late last year, after my mom broke her arm […] The post When Family Roles Reverse and Words Fall Sho
Belle Burden’s “Strangers” Shows How Project 2025’s Pronatalist Policies Will Trap Women in Poverty as They Age
Belle Burden’s recent book, Strangers, describes how she was blindsided by her husband’s decision to walk out of their marriage in 2020, not only emotionally, but also financially. She had signed an unfavorable prenuptial agreement (against the advice of her lawyer). She left behind her own career as an attorney to focus on raising their […] The post Belle B
The Dangerous Overlap Between Incel Culture and Trad Wife Politics
When people hear the words “incels” and “trad wives,” they might think of very different images. While “incels” are thought of as lonely, radicalized, or dangerous, “trad wives” might invoke associations with being soft, natural, or motherly. But despite these differences in how they’re perceived culturally, these communities may not be quite as far apart […
Hey, Girls and Gays: It’s on Us to Defend the “T” in LGBTQIA+
Happy Pride! It’s my favorite time of year: the sun is shining, the queers are coming out of hibernation, my social calendar is filled to the brim with drag fundraisers and gay dance parties, the new MUNA album is on repeat…To put it simply: the feeling of, well, pride is in the air. But amidst […] The post Hey, Girls and Gays: It’s on Us to Defend the “T” i
Feminist Book Club: Yesteryear and Trad Wife Book Summer
Nothing will beat the high-water mark brat summer set. But with the fury around Caro Claire Burke’s Yesteryear and other recent books about trad wives, I’m calling it: this summer is trad wife book summer (it’ll catch on any minute now, just wait). The proliferation of literature on trad wife culture makes sense: though traditional […] The post Feminist Book
Five Reasons Birth Control is an Affordability Issue
Everyone is talking about affordability right now, mainly because of skyrocketing gas, grocery, and housing prices. But I’ve noticed this discourse lacks any mention of an essential expense millions of Americans rely on: birth control. As attacks on birth control ramp up in the states, it’s essential we understand how these attacks not only take […] The post