Running On M-Tea

[runningonmtea]

5 black women birthworkers you should know about | ourbwbj

Black Women Birthworkers were honored at the Human Rights in Childbirth U.S. Summit Birthing Justice Forum & Maternal-Child Health Champion Awards Ceremony in L...

[runningonmtea]

Swagger Like Us

I peeked one more time at the clock and there was five seconds. I was like, “Dang, this is our moment.” And I put it up.

[runningonmtea]

On Mandela, freedom and our concept of democracy

Why is it that in the U.S. we can recognize Nelson Mandela’s contributions to creating South African democracy, but too often fail to see our own as genuinely established by people who were rejected as citizens at the founding?

Wow! Some really fascinating new perspectives for me.

[runningonmtea]

To fight harassment, we must learn how to break up

“We are taught how to fall in love, but we are never taught how to deal with love ending.” A young man said this recently during a community discussion on sexual harassment and violence. It struck a chord in me. Intimate partner violence, after all, tends ...

See also, learning to hear “no”

[runningonmtea]

5 Ways We Teach Rape Culture in Schools

How do we teach sexual consent in schools? You’ll probably say, “Well, we don’t teach it,” which is mostly true. Most schools don’t have consent

[runningonmtea]

2018 could be a wave election — for Minnesota women

In districts across the state, women are stepping up in a big way to run for office.

[runningonmtea]

The Most Important Question You’re Not Asking Yourself

Why? forces us to stand face-to-face with questions of motivation and impulse. It requires us to confront the reason behind the actions.

A good reminder to be really honest when answering this question.

[runningonmtea]

LibGuides: Gratia Alta Countryman: Outstanding Librarian & Community Servant: Overview

So neat!

[runningonmtea]

10 Works From Indigenous Authors to Read Right Now

Writer and scholar Elissa Washuta tweeted an extensive list of books and essays from Native American writers as sexual harassment accusations mount against author Sherman Alexie.

[runningonmtea]

Natalie Weiner on Twitter

“this took me forever bc i am terrible at GIFs and technology in general, but every one of these makes me so happy”

These are so good.

[runningonmtea]

Ruth Bader Ginsburg ranks the best cities to buy scrunchies

She's been a loyal fan for years.

Typical Fox News.

[runningonmtea]

No, I Won't Get Your Coffee. Now Can You Hire More Women of Color? [OPINION]

Journalist and educator Jessica Brown on why newsroom diversity efforts fail so frequently.

[runningonmtea]

Women’s basketball does have a media problem, and Jason Lisk helps prove it

There are great stories in women’s basketball, but national media fails to do the legwork on it in part because it’s a male-dominated industry.

“To all of you broadcasters and reporters who don’t follow or care, please, for the love of all things holy, spare us your opinion. Your ‘coverage’ is unbearable and unsustainable. We get it: you don’t care. Nobody cares that you don’t care.”

[runningonmtea]

Is it fair for UC women's basketball, volleyball teams to play at St. Ursula?

Observers say UC's decision to put its women's basketball team in a high school gym is unfair and violates federal Title IX law.

"If you ask the men would they switch, what would they say? That answers the basic fairness question.”

[runningonmtea]

[runningonmtea]

When Jennifer Almanza gave birth to her first child at age 22, she wanted a midwife who looked like her. Almanza, who is biracial, identifies as Chicana. She

[runningonmtea]

We rank ’em: The Top 25 HBCU athletes of all time

Is your bracket broken? Well turn your attention to our list of the top 25 HBCU athletes of all time.