Posts tagged Women's rights
#MeTooMpls —The Music of the #MeToo Movement
#MeTooMpls —The Music of the #MeToo Movement

The power of a single story becomes stronger when that story becomes a movement for change. That is what the #MeToo Movement is about: survivors sharing their stories of harassment, assault, and violence in order to promote awareness, change, and empathy. In using music as a catalyst for storytelling, Mischa Suemnig organized the #MeTooMpls project, a songwriting collective of Minnesota Women/Femmes/Trans/Non-Binary Folk. The mission of #MeTooMpls is straight forward: It is aimed at creating songs to raise Minneapolis Women/Femmes/Trans/Non-Binary Folk voices; Supporting sexual assault survivors; And raising funds for Planned Parenthood. All the songwriters involved were asked to write and record an original song on the subject of #MeToo. Without any further guidelines, the artists delivered songs ranging from heartbreaking songs about surviving sexual assault to inspiring songs about feminist icons and their influence on their lives. The album that they created is at once polyvocal and unified —it is a a mixture of lamentation, hope, and demand for change. It is the music of #MeToo.

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Art, Editor's Pick, zIssue 33, Most PopularForrest Johnson#metoo, empowering women, empowerment, empowering girls, women, women of color, Women's rights, women supporting women, music, music artist, female artists, feminism, feminist, women in musicComment
Women’s Unemployment Rate During the Pandemic
Women’s Unemployment Rate During the Pandemic

Though women have made strides in gaining equality, the Coronavirus has set our progress back significantly. The pandemic hit the country and the economy so fast that mass layoffs were a necessary evil. During times of crisis some executives need to compile their lists quickly, and they generally look to position or tenure, aka “last hired, first fired.”

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Articles, zIssue 31Kimberly Richmanpandemic, covid-19, unemployment, unemployment rate, women, women's unemployment, NWLC, Emily Martin, CNBC, labor statistics, Women, women's rights, womens, Women's rights, women supporting womenComment
Rest In Power - Notorious R.B.G.
Rest In Power - Notorious R.B.G.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg dedicated her life to the pursuit of justice. She was a trailblazer who fought vigorously for gender equality as a lawyer. RBG not only changed the law, but she also altered the fabric of society. And during her 27 years on the Court, she became an unlikely pop-culture icon, influencing an Oscar-nominated documentary film, and even her own action figure. Sadly the beloved hero passed on Friday from pancreatic cancer. She was 87 years old.

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Articles, Editor's Pick, zIssue 26, zIssue 26.2Kimberly RichmanRuth Bader Ginsburg, R.B.G, Notorious R.B.G, Notorious B.I.G, Biggy Smalls, pancreatic cancer, Harvard Law, Columbia School of Law, Shelby County v. Holder, The New York Times, Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, conservative, liberal, Supreme Court, Women's rights, equality for all, Martin Luther King Jr., MLK, justice, powerful women, feminist, trailblazing, trailblazer, empowering girls, empowering, empowering women, politics, political, Jewish, Iconic, iconic, legendComment