A few years ago I walked into my bank. The pressure to buy my first car was brisk and my savings inadequate. I needed a loan. The loan officer looked me in the eye and shot straight, “are you married?

In an evocative piece at Salon, Myisha Cherry deconstructs racial and gender privilege. She says acknowledging such privileges forces people to admit they didn’t achieve everything on their own.

The media, doing its usual bang-up job, is framing Donald Trump’s 1.5-point win as a landslide, and making it to be the result of Black and Latino voters abandoning Democrats. What they’re trying to ...

Whether she’s voicing her support for trans teen Gavin Grimm at the Grammys, urging TV executives to cast more transgender actors and actresses, or discussing beauty standards governed by cisgender ...

Months ago, I witnessed a Black man attempting to censor a Black woman’s writing. He told her there was no need to write a “divisive” piece because he’s already speaking up for Black women. What this ...

According to the woman behind "check your privilege," the closest thing we have to a racial slur against straight white men, our debate over the advantages society grants some and not others hasn't ...

L-R - Nairobi Women Rep Esther Passaris, Chief Administrative Secretary Ministry Of Public Service, Youth and Gender Rachel Shebesh and Nairobi County Governor Ann Kananu during the MOU signing ...

Goal #1: Students will understand gender as an element of social, political, economic and legal structures as well as individual identities, critically interrogating understandings of gender divisions ...

It's not every woman, but rather those who feign ignorance around their privilege. Society tends to constantly acknowledge male privilege, but less is known about the nuances of women living ...

When my wife returned to work after parental leave, I took my first trip to the grocery with two kids, not knowing I would return home feeling like a hero. On a Monday morning, I pushed the green cart ...