Tag: feminism

• Virginia is finally giving felons like me the right to vote. We deserve it. – The Washington Post

  ” I have never voted. By the time I was 18, I had a felony shoplifting conviction, which meant that I forever lost my right to vote in Virginia. I never had a chance. Not that I cared about voting at 18. I started getting into trouble very young — running away from serious issues…

  ellemadelyn

  June 7, 2016

  Around the Web, Inspiration, Social Justice Activism

  civil rights, feminism, personal_accounts, social_justice

• Meet Haben Girma, Harvard Law’s first deaf-blind graduate

  Haben Girma was born deaf-blind but she had access to opportunities afforded by the Americans with Disabilities Act. Girma is Harvard Law School’s first deaf-blind graduate and her academic achievements have catapulted her advocacy career, fighting for the rights of people with disabilities Source: Meet Haben Girma, Harvard Law’s first deaf-blind graduate

  ellemadelyn

  November 22, 2015

  Around the Web, Inspiration, Uncategorized

  feminism, Women Being Awesome, womenbeingawesome

• 11 things women were told not to do in 2014

  11 things women were told not to do in 2014.

  ellemadelyn

  January 3, 2015

  Around the Web

  activism, feminism, social_justice