Feminism

Deepika Padukone is an Indian film actress. She is one of the highest-paid actresses in India.

McGowan then appeared in the 1996 hit horror film "Scream" and starring alongside Ben Affleck in the 1997 thriller feature.

she has ultimately concluded that Social Media is a powerful

Jessica Williams is an actress and comedian who was formerly a senior correspondent on "The Daily Show".

Hayek's increasingly intellectual and passionate approach to filmmaking culminated.

Taylor Swift is a singer-songwriter and producer known for her signature narrative-style songs.

Paulina Porizkova is an actor and author. She is the author of the novel, "A Model Summer" and co-author of the children’s book.

Heidi Stevens writes the daily "Balancing Act" column for the Chicago Tribune, where she has worked since 1998.

Ashley Nicolette Frangipane, known professionally as Halsey, is an American singer and songwriter.

Rashida Jones is an actress, writer, and producer. She is best known for starring as Ann Perkins on the NBC comedy series Parks and Recreation.

Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, known mononymously as Beyoncé, is an R&B and pop singer-songwriter, fashion designer, and actress.

A handsome, versatile character actor, St. Louis native Jon Hamm got his first taste of celebrity.

Mark Anthony Neal is the James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of African & African American Studies.

Veronica Chambers is a prolific author, best known for her critically acclaimed memoir.  

Rose Rollins was born in Berkeley, California and raised in Yonkers, New York.

With various ‘firsts’ in her already impressive career, Laverne Cox is a four-time Emmy-nominated actress.

Amanda Gorman is an American poet and activist from Los Angeles. Her poetry focuses on themes of race.

Featured in The New York Times and The Washington Post, Christine Michel Carter is a best-selling author.

Cleo Wade was born in New Orleans in Louisiana, USA. As an artist, speaker, and poet, Wade is an inspiring voice in today's world for gender and race equality.

Aisha Fukushima is a Performance Lecturer, Justice Strategist, Singer-Songwriter, and RAPtivist (rap activist).

Morgan is an NYC-based writer. She graduated from Princeton University with an AB in Comparative Literature, specializing in nineteenth century.

Mikki Kendall is a writer, diversity consultant, and occasional feminist who talks a lot about intersectionality.

Minna Salami is a Nigerian-Finnish and Swedish author and social critic..

Staceyann Chin is a spoken word poet, actor, and performing artist. She is the author of the new poetry collection.

Kristen Stewart is a film and television actress and director known for playing Bella Swan in the Twilight films opposite Robert Pattinson. She first gained prominence as a child actress playing Jodie…

On October 5, 2017, the New York Times published an article by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey — and then the world changed. But nothing could have prepared the two reporters for…

One of today's most important novelists, Terry McMillan has always written from an honest place, creating fresh, lively, and often poignant works that are enthralling and inspirational tonic for many…

Jodi Kantor is a prize-winning investigative reporter and best-selling author whose work has revealed hidden truths about power, gender, technology, politics, and culture.

Abigail E. Disney (President & Producer, Fork Films) is a filmmaker and philanthropist. Her longtime passion for women’s issues and peacebuilding culminated in her first film, the acclaimed Pray the…

Beverly Guy-Sheftall, the Anna Julia Cooper Professor of Women’s Studies at Spelman College, previously taught graduate courses as a visiting professor at Emory University’s Institute for Women’s Studies. A pioneer…

Ashton Kutcher is an actor, philanthropist, entrepreneur, investor and producer.

Alexis Jones is an internationally recognized speaker, media personality, activist and author. She is also a thought leader for the 21st century women’s movement, an expert on generation Y and…

Lisa E. Farrington, Ph.D., is the founding Chair of John Jay's Art & Music Department, as well as an accomplished curator, author, and art historian. In 2010 she won the…

Dr. Carole Boyce-Davies is a student-first, Caribbean-American radically intellectual committed to social justice.  Currently, Professor of Africana Studies and English at Cornell University, from the mid1980’s and throughout the 1990’s,…

Brittney Cooper is Assistant Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies and Africana Studies at Rutgers University. She is a Black feminist theorist who specializes in the study of Black women’s…

Throughout her performing career, Vanessa Williams has maintained a reputation as one of the most respected and multi-faceted entertainers in the world, amassing one accomplishment after another. She has conquered…

Time Magazine named Rebecca Walker one of the fifty most influential American leaders under forty because of her transformative views on race, gender, sexuality and power-an award which has been…

John Stoltenberg is a long-time activist against sexual violence and a radical-feminist philosopher of gender. In addition to creative writing, Stoltenberg is the author of Refusing to Be a Man:…

Christina Hoff Sommers, a resident scholar who teaches gender politics, feminism and free speech, is probably best known for her critique of late-twentieth-century feminism. a resident scholar at the American…

Eleanor Smeal, Co-Founder and President of the Feminist Majority Foundation and former President of the National Organization for Women (NOW), has played a leading role in both national and state…

Barbara Smith is best known for her innovating work as a critic, author, activist and lecturer. She was among the first to define an African American woman's literary tradition and…

Trying to survive in the male-dominated hip-hop industry, Kim Osorio excelled when she became the first ever and only female Editor In Chief of the Source Magazine. Having been with…

Cherríe L. Moraga is one of the most influential figures in Chicana/o, feminist, queer, and indigenous activism and scholarship. She is a playwright, poet, and essayist whose plays and publications…

Seth Meyers is an Emmy Award-winning writer and current host of "Late Night with Seth Meyers." Meyers was named one of the 2014 "Time 100," Time magazine's 100 most influential…

Ali MacGraw gained notice in the 1969 film Goodbye, Columbus, but real stardom came the following year with the popular film, Love Story, for which she was nominated for the…

Jean Kilbourne is internationally recognized for her groundbreaking work on the image of women in advertising and her critical studies of alcohol and tobacco advertising. Her films, lectures, and television…

Donna Richardson Joyner has sold millions of fitness videos including ESPN, Nike and Buns of Steel, Sweatin in the Spirit. She has the #1 Inspirational Fitness Infomercial in America “Body…

Jennifer Jako contracted HIV in 1991 at age 18. Through one intimate moment with a boy who didn't know he was infected, her future was forever changed. Jako's coping mechanism…

Arianna Huffington is the former chair, president, and editor-in-chief of the Huffington Post Media Group, a nationally syndicated columnist, and author of fourteen books. In May 2005, she launched The…

Eve Ensler, Tony Award-winning playwright, performer, and activist, is the author of The Vagina Monologues, which has been translated into over 48 languages, performed in over 140 countries, including sold-out…