Hundreds of Chicagoans demonstrated downtown after a leaked draft of a SCOTUS draft decision threatened abortion rights.
Tag: feminism
Abortion is healthcare
Tips on obtaining an abortion and supporting abortion access in a post-Roe vs Wade world
Occupying the moment
Dr. Maura Reilly is a curator who understands feminist art. It is one of the reasons she was chosen to curate a historic exhibition at Bridgeport Art Center as a […]
Are neon signs really enough?
There’s a young person smiling, posing—hand on their hip—in front of a lit-up sign that reads: “EMPOWER WOMEN.” It intermittently flashes to include ED, making it “EMPOWERED.” The photo is […]
You’re not allowed to just be old and embrace it
Writers Heather Corinna and Kimberly Dark got together to discuss recent writing, menopause, body image, and more this summer while west coast resident Kimberly was in Chicago visiting her son […]
Sleater-Kinney explore new sonic directions, but their core remains the same on The Center Won’t Hold
If you were a young American feminist in the late 90s or early 00s with a penchant for punk and indie rock, there’s a good chance you grew up listening […]
Lit recs to dismantle violence, both the personal and systemic
The current book obsessions of Reader staff writer Maya Dukmasova and activist Mariame Kaba.
Lit recs for the reader exhausted by the weight of history
The current book obsessions of Reader culture editor Aimee Levitt and essayist and Women & Children First co-owner Sarah Hollenbeck.
What we learned at the Chicago Humanities Festival about witches
Kristen Sollée explained our current witchy moment, with detours into mythology, theology, and Bewitched.
Julie Doucet is done making comics
But the comics world is definitely not done talking about her.
What we learned this weekend at the Chicago Humanities Festival
Jerry Saltz, Alex Ross, women’s anger, and why historians sort of miss Richard Nixon
Jill Soloway wants you to stop arguing with people online
The Transparent creator comes home to Chicago to demonstrate how to do it in person.
Making All Black Lives Matter: Barbara Ransby talks politics and protesting in 2018
At a book talk Tuesday at the SEIU Healthcare headquarters in Pilsen, Barbara Ransby discussed her book Making All Black Lives Matter.
Everyone’s a sucker at a new kind of traveling circus—the Instagram trap
At Happy Place, 29Rooms, and a new wave of pop-up museums you can pay $30+ for great Instagrams—and not much else.
Alicia Swiz wants to make you a better feminist—by taking her online course
“I’ve always been a huge advocate of people becoming more critical thinkers of media.”