This year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo will mark the first year that surfers will compete in the world largest athletic competition. Following the 2016 Olympics, the international Olympic Committee added surfing as a sport. Now, 40 surfers will represent for their countries at Tsurigaski Beach on the Japanese coastline of the Chiba Province.
Though it will be the first time surfers are completing in the Olympics, many badass female surfers have already won many global competitions. Here are a few who have already made their mark in the surfing world and will compete for the gold in the Olympics.
Talking with the founder of MOSAIC-MENA Charbel Maydaa, we learned more about the LGBTQI+ experience in the Middle East. MOSAIC-MENA is an organization based in Beirut, Lebanon focused on providing legal, social, and psychological aid to LGBTQI+ youth while working to reduce discrimination against the Lebanese queer community.
Menstruation has long been a topic from which many tend to shy away, but in the past decade, large-scale movements have appeared aiming to destigmatize menstruation and to end period poverty. Since it is (wrongly) assumed that all menstruators are cisgender women, transgender and nonbinary menstruators are often underrepresented in this fight. Here are a few of the many transgender and nonbinary people courageously working to ensure that every menstruating person is heard in the push for proper access to menstrual products.
Everybody’s talking about the future of work - especially the potential of permanently working from home. But are women’s voices truly being respected when it comes to permanent remote work? Join Akytech & The Fem Word as we explore the conversation and take a deeper look at women, work, and working from home.
Veganism is on the rise globally. In fact the sale value of vegan and vegetarian food reached around 2 billion dollars in 2017 just in the U.S.! But so many of us don't know how to incorporate it into our lives because of the cost and effort involved. For Earth Day, The Fem Word looks beyond mainstream vegan culture to find accessible forms of sustainable eating.
Recognize this lady? Priyanka Chopra was the first person of Indian descent to ever be a lead on a network TV show in the US in 2016. But the road to paving the way for Indian women started with feminist icons in the 1800s. For Women’s History Month, The Fem Word takes a look at the activist and leader who became the first Indian woman to be president of the Indian National Congress to India’s first feminist who couldn’t read or write - yet established 18 schools for women and girls and was honored for her work by the British government in 1848.
Women in France have been changing history since the French Revolution when the concepts of equality and comradery inspired women from all backgrounds to make their voice heard. For Women’s History Month, The Fem Word takes a look at three french influential women - from fashion icons like Coco Chanel to the world's best pastry chef - these ladies changed the course of history.
Egypt’s history is long - it has existed as a nation for over five thousand years, and throughout the centuries women have played a major role in the development and culture of this iconic land. From nearly-forgotten Pharaohs to bold and daring activists, Egyptian women have broken countless barriers in a country that can be as empowering as it is challenging for the people who live there.
For Women’s History Month, The Fem Word is featuring women who have changed the world. This article spotlights women in Brazil who are inspiring girls across the globe. Brazil is still struggling to close the extensive gender gap, but these strong Brazilian women are taking steps to change the course of history for women.
For Women’s History Month, The Fem Word looks across the globe to highlight women who have changed the course of history. This article focuses on New Zealand: despite its relatively recent founding, it has been a trailblazer for women’s rights since the beginning. Just a few weeks ago, it became one of the first countries to provide free menstrual products to every one of its students. Check out this piece to read about three powerful women who have shaped New Zealand into the country it is today.
For Women’s History Month, The Fem Word is going back in time and across the globe to highlight women who have changed the course of history. This piece focuses on incredible women who broke barriers in Japan from the 11th century to the 21st — including the first novelist and first female physicist from Japan.
The recent New York Times documentary, “Framing Britney Spears,” was an eye-opener for many when it comes to the kinds of abuse celebrity women face. Conversations are happening and change is being demanded on a grand scale thanks to Ms. Spears’ story. What has her suffering taught us as a society, and is there hope for a better, brighter, and more empathetic future for our female icons? TFW’s managing editor takes a deeper look at what Britney’s story means for us as individuals, feminists, and as a society.
For the final week of Black History Month, The Fem Word travels back in time to highlight the first trailblazers. These women paved the path for their successors by challenging stereotypes and breaking barriers in a wide variety of spaces. From the first self-made Black female millionaire, to the first Black model to appear on the cover of British Vogue, this week’s featured women have left a long-lasting legacy.
It’s week three of The Fem Word’s Black History Month series, and TFW is highlighting Black women who have inspired generations. From the woman who helped invent the GPS system, to the first Black woman to become a judge in the United States in 1939 and the first Black model to appear on the cover of the U.S. edition of Vogue. These women have become role models in a variety of spaces including activism, fashion, sports, leadership, STEM, writing, culinary arts, and entertainment.
It’s week two of Black History Month and The Fem Word’s special tribute to the many important contributions of Black women continues. From activism to fashion, sports, leadership, STEM, writing, culinary arts, and entertainment..we’re highlighting it all! This week TFW is focusing on Black women who have made recent history.
To celebrate Black History Month and acknowledge the many important contributions that Black women have made throughout history, The Fem Word is highlighting Black women’s accomplishments in a variety of spaces — including activism, fashion, sports, leadership, STEM, writing, culinary arts, and entertainment. For week one, TFW is focusing on women who are making history now and will be remembered long into the future.
As The Fem Word continues to pursue its mission to tell the stories of bold women in creative spaces, we are extremely proud to announce our newest corporate partnership - say hello to TFW X Akytech Consulting! Together we can do more to amplify, exemplify, and celebrate the stories of girls and women all over the world. Find out more about this partnership and the shared values that forged it in our latest article.
Women have been turned into statues and paintings, symbols and concepts and everything that is both beautiful and ugly in the world - Women are Art, but for millennia the pictures we see in gilded frames rarely match up to our lived reality. Join The Fem Word as we explore women, art, and the world of contradictions the two of them have inhabited across the ages.
Multiple Sclerosis is a disease that can only be understood from the inside. Painful and often debilitating, it attacks the body and turns everyday tasks into battlegrounds. Like many “invisible illnesses,” people with MS often feel ignored, misunderstood, or denied by people who don’t “see” what they’re silently enduring. TFW welcomes our latest guest, Jessica Reynolds, who shares what it’s like to live and cope with MS.
“Creative women as we know them are a testament to the power of bold exceptions to immovable rules. The fact that they are so far from the norm is a poignant reminder that the playing field has never, in all of its long and blood-soaked history, been equal for artistic women. It’s never even come close.
