Jasmine Louise

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ACTIVISTS PROMOTE ABORTION PILL AMID MOUNTING THREATS TO CLINICS

South Carolina has become the latest state to jeopardize women’s health by vilifying and attempting to outlaw abortion. On April 26th three male Republicans on the state’s subcommittee outvoted their two female Democratic colleagues in support of S.217, more commonly known as the personhood bill. The Republican votes mean that the bill, which defines a fertilized egg, also called a zygote, as a living person, will advance to the Senate Judiciary Committee. If voted into effect, zygotes would be
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PLANNED PARENTHOOD CELEBRATES 100 YEARS & HONORS HILLARY CLINTON

On May 2nd, Planned Parenthood celebrated 100 years with a star-studded centennial gala that featured the one-and-only Hillary Clinton and honored Shonda Rhimes. Meryl Streep, America Ferrera, Tina Fey, Julianne Moore, Annette Bening, Diane von Furstenberg, and many other PP supporters all showed up to see comedian Chelsea Handler open the event with a Donald Trump roast before watching Clinton receive the “Champion of the Century” award from organization president, Cecile Richards. On stage, th
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REPORTER IN HIDING AFTER BREAKING NEWS OF GAY DEATH CAMPS IN CHECHNYA

Yesterday, April 26, Elena Milashina, the Russian journalist who first revealed Chechnya’s systematic torture of gay men in the publication Novaya Gazeta, went into hiding following death threats. It is believed that the threats were partly motivated by a widely publicized sermon in which 15,000 people were present at a Chechen mosque where Muslim clerics called for “retribution” against her and other journalists, citing the news of the gay torture camps as “women’s gossip” and lies. Following t
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NO ROOM FOR THE ARTS IN TRUMP'S 'AMERICA FIRST' BUDGET

In a move that is heartbreaking to many and shocking to none, the Trump administration has proposed detrimental budget cuts (in some cases total elimination) of federally funded arts and humanities foundations. On March 16th, “America First” – A Budget Blueprint to Make America Great Again“ was released and it includes plans to end the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA); sister agency, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). It
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POLITICAL STATEMENTS & PARTY MANTRAS AT NYFW FW'17

Fashion can provide a welcome respite from reality but it can also be a comment on the times. From February 9th – 16th, New York Fashion Week designers mostly went for the latter, deciding that the current chaos of the United States is too dire to ignore. From big time labels to emerging talents, many collections were visualizations of the various reactions to an increasingly divisive political atmosphere. Some shows came from a place of anger or fear while others chose to highlight unity and op
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GET READY FOR THE REVOLUTION! MILLIONS MARCH AROUND THE WORLD IN SOLIDARITY AGAINST TRUMP

The future is female but more importantly, so is the new resistance movement! On Saturday, January 21st, one day after the presidential inauguration millions of people around the world took to the streets to participate in Women’s Marches. The main march was held in Washington DC where it is estimated that a crowd of at least 470,000 showed up to defend women’s rights.
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ART GALLERIES & INSTITUTIONS RESPOND TO THE INAUGURATION WITH CLOSURES AND ELECTION-THEMED EVENTS

Earlier this month more than one-hundred artists, curators, and galleries signed a letter that proposed the J20 Art Strike, a measure calling for American art and cultural institutions to close on January 20th, the day of the presidential inauguration. Signees, including feminist artists Cindy Sherman, Marilyn Minter and Barbara Kruger see the closings as a way to “combat the normalization of Trumpism – a toxic mix of white supremacy, misogyny, xenophobia, militarism, and oligarchic rule.” Othe
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ATTACK ON ABORTION CONTINUES WITH OHIO 'HEARTBEAT BILL' & NEW TEXAS LAW STATE GOVERNMENTS ATTACK ON ABORTION CONTINUES WITH OHIO 'HEARTBEAT BILL' & NEW TEXAS LAW

A volatile year for women’s reproductive rights continues. Tom Price, Donald Trump’s recent pick for Health Secretary is a vehement critic of the Affordable Care Act and he joins Vice President-elect, Mike Pence, in his goal to defund Planned Parenthood. While there will be much to fear at the federal level after January 20th, it is state governments that are currently the biggest threat to the right to choose. Buoyed by Donald Trump’s conservative cabinet appointments and his vow to appoint a p
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NO ELECTION END IN SIGHT AS JILL STEIN PUSHES FOR RECOUNTS

It’s been almost a month since the United States presidential election but recent recount efforts indicate that the race is far from over. Last week brought yet another twist in what has proved to be one of the most bizarre elections in US history. On November 23rd, Green party candidate, Dr. Jill Stein, launched an effort to raise $7million to fund a recount in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Michigan – three Trump-won states that were instrumental in Hillary Clinton’s failure to capture the pres
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A BROKEN POLITICAL SYSTEM RESULTS IN MASS PROTESTS AROUND THE NATION

On November 9th 2016,  a day of serious reflection was followed by a night of unified action. People around the country took to the streets to protest Donald Trump and his impending Republican reign of hate. In New York City, thousands walked from Union Square to Trump Tower on 59th street and Park, effectively shutting down traffic on numerous blocks in between. Protestors were motivated by anger, sadness, and disbelief but also by the determination. Liberal apathy no more! On the Manhattan str
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TRUMP’S MISOGYNY CREATES A NEW FEMALE SOLIDARITY

On October 19th, at the third and final presidential debate, Donald Trump out-Trumped himself with his most inane insult yet. As democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton, answered a question about social security, Trump interrupted her with the random statement, “Such a nasty woman.” While Trump’s comment was meant to put Clinton in a negative light, it in fact backfired on the Republican nominee. Within moments of the debate’s end, the internet lit up with the trending #IAmANastyWoman, a statement t
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DAUGHTER ON MUSIC, SEX, AND POLITICS

On stage at Panorama Music Festival, the European band, Daughter made a surprising move when they segued from new track, “No Care,” an aggressive and quick tempoed recollection of empty sexual experiences, to “Youth,” the emotional hit single that put them in the ears and hearts of the indie music world. Although unexpected, the transition made sense, their latest album, “Not To Disappear,” features a surprisingly wide range of emotions – from heartbreak to anger to sympathy and back again. Sinc
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SMILE B**CH! MISOGYNY ON THE PAVEMENT AND IN THE POLLS

Smiling was the last thing I wanted to do as I walked to the Subway station from my retail job where I had just spent eight hours with a “cheerful” expression plastered to my face as a deterrent to negative Yelp reviews. When this very imperfect stranger deigned to give me his unwarranted advice I was filled with a volcanic rage. In this particular case, this failed Casanova wrongly assumed that my life’s goal is be chauffeured around by some dude, which was infuriating, but there were even bigg