Dear Friend,
Feminist.com was founded in 1995, as a few women and I gathered around the kitchen table in my New York City apartment. The web was pretty new back then (at the time only 15% percent of Internet users were women), and we wanted to tap into its amazing power to offer people around the world access to information about human rights, women's issues, health, anti-violence resources, grassroots activism, women's businesses, and pretty much anything that could possibly support a more just and equitable world for everyone.
Over 30 years later, we're proud to be what longtime Advisory Board member Gloria Steinem dubbed "the folks who put the dot com in feminism." As we look toward our future, we are excited to be relaunching Feminist.com as a vibrant multimedia hub and ecosystem that offers a dynamic space for conversation, learning, and action. (Find out how you can support us here.)
Feminist.com has always played a unique and much needed role as a trusted convener and connective tissue of feminist voices and organizations, one that aims to serve the collective movement and foster much needed collaboration. Since our founding in 1995 when we offered the first web presence for groups like V-Day, the Ms. Foundation, Girls Inc., and Equality Now, we have worked to amplify, support, and bring together the work of other organizations, which too often operate in silos.
Now more than ever — with so many critical issues to address and the abundance of mis- and disinformation being spread through biased online media algorithms — it’s important that we reclaim the narrative, uplift diverse voices and organizations, and harness the power of our collective movement to build a more equitable and just world.
Thank you to everyone who has supported Feminist.com over the years. We are excited about leveraging the powerful opportunity to use our iconic url and history as a trusted resource to provide a space to unify and uplift the diverse voices and organizations of the feminist movement; to provide a feminist context and lens to understand the issues and news of the day through a diversity of perspectives and viewpoints; and to connect people to further resources, groups, and actions. Sign up for our mailing list to keep in touch as our plans evolve!
Thank you for visiting and being a part of our community!
Marianne Schnall
Feminist.com Founder & Executive Director
To learn more about Marianne’s work and journalism, visit Marianne Schnall.com
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