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My Five Favorite Stories July 6-July 12

My Five Favorite Stories July 6-July 12

From quiet bonds to bold truths at Fourth Wave
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MunibaKasi
Slapped, Shamed, and Silenced

Slapped, Shamed, and Silenced

Women’s pain ignored in healthcare
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MunibaKasi
The Calabar Fattening Room: A Beauty Tradition I Once Longed For

The Calabar Fattening Room: A Beauty Tradition I Once Longed For

Growing up where fat was beauty, and learning that even softness has sharp edges
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Esther Uwanah Edet
The Cost of Bride Price: A Woman’s Blood, A Man’s Bargain

The Cost of Bride Price: A Woman’s Blood, A Man’s Bargain

How women’s bodies became the currency of marriage
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Nofisat Damilola
Have Women Grown Too Comfortable With The Patriarchy?

Have Women Grown Too Comfortable With The Patriarchy?

We need to rid ourselves of the idea that a career is “optional”
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Stuti Thakur
Why Feminism Without Intersectionality Fails

Why Feminism Without Intersectionality Fails

Mainstream feminism can’t fix inequality if it refuses to see who’s most at risk
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Krishna
Flowers To All the Women Not Loved By Their In-Laws

Flowers To All the Women Not Loved By Their In-Laws

Has their son changed because of you?
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I breathe here
I’m Going to Camp!

I’m Going to Camp!

But Uwanah and Muniba will keep the home fires burning
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Patsy Fergusson
And Just Like That, I Became an AWID Member

And Just Like That, I Became an AWID Member

A personal moment of joy, gratitude, and believing that even one woman’s voice can reach the world
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Fazeela Saleem
What Happens to Girls Before They Even Become Women

What Happens to Girls Before They Even Become Women

The war on girlhood begins early
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ThuoWanjiru
The Fear of Humanity Is At An All-Time High

The Fear of Humanity Is At An All-Time High

How can anyone be right if no one is wrong?
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Celestial Lighthouse
Donald Trump: The Emperor Has No Clothes

Donald Trump: The Emperor Has No Clothes

Naked as a jaybird, yet acclaimed as an icon
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Magali M.
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