Women's March Chicago (WMC) will hold a March to the Polls on Oct. 13 as a follow-up to January's demonstration and a celebration of first-time voters. And when they say "March to the Polls," they …
When I was a teenager in the south suburbs in the early 1990s, I was a giant nerd. I was black and outspoken in a mostly white, conservative high school, and I was fortunate to make friends with a …
In the early 2000s, I had a series of part-time gigs as a proofreader in the pharma industry, largely tasked with editing things like print ads, brochures and, occasionally, drug labels. …
Almost exactly a year ago, two of us from Rebellious Magazine – Karen Hawkins and Jessie Kibbe – joined forces with a third badass cofounder to launch Ladies Room Chicago, the city's first co-working …
What is dreaming small? Among other things, it's safe, comfortable and, frankly, easier for other people to accept than Dreaming Big. Small dreamers are those people in your life who seem ala…
Four days, 70 shows and 400 hysterical ladies performing under one roof can mean only one thing: The Chicago Women’s Funny Festival is back, running from Thursday, Aug. 23-Sunday, Aug. 26. “The Chi…
The new Chicago Women’s Journalism Hall of Fame, presented by Association for Women Journalists Chicago (AWJ), has honored its first five inductees. These too-brief bios don't do justice to all of …
As the nation's only feminist media company run by a mouthy black lesbian over 40 named Karen, we take some pleasure in knocking the mainstream media. Legacy newsrooms. Big Box media. Journalism outle…
The only thing that makes it possible to get through another #BlackWomensEqualPayDay without snapping? Getting to talk to Luvvie Ajayi about it. I caught up with Luvvie – writer, activist and …
My high school guidance counselor didn’t call me dumb. He didn’t have to. Without looking at my grades, the number of AP classes I was taking or the pile of geeky journalism things I was involved in –…
