Breakthrough

Here’s Mallika with Alex at the North Star Fund annual gala last night where she was honored for her more than 30 years of work of advancing human rights for women and girls.

-Nadia

Breakthrough Institute hits Bangladesh with our inaugural session ‘Pop Culture With A Purpose’ - We’re working with our partners in Dhaka to share our experiences and methodology working against violence against women! -Radhika

Chandler Massey stands up for the rights of immigrant women this election. Join him and say #ImHereIVote: www.breakthrough.tv/ImHere

We ♥ @Baratunde! He is seriously funny & seriously serious about voting to support immigrant women’s rights this election. Join him: www.breakthrough.tv/ImHere

Conor Oberst of Brighteyes is standing up for the rights of immigrant women this election.

Join him: www.breakthrough.tv/ImHere

In the July/August issue, Dwell magazine asked their readers if the Architect Barbie doll was a friend or foe to aspiring female designers. Eight-year-old Olivia Steger decided to weigh in. Read on for her killer advice:  

If you’re going to send a girl an Architect Barbie, then you should send something about architecture with it so that she knows what that doll means…. You could send LEGO blocks, or a book, like You Can Be a Woman Architect, or Arcitecto, a game where you have to figure out what blocks are used to make models on the cards. I myself like architecture books and books about Frank Lloyd Wright, but that might not encourage other girls because, after all, Frank Lloyd Wright was a man. I also like to build with wooden blocks, LEGOs, pillows, chairs, and blankets. 

There you have it: You can love Architect Barbie and architecture. Now, am I naïve for thinking that this is essentially what’s at the heart of the “good feminist” debates we’ve been having for so long? (Related: Have you seen Feminist Enough? I know 9 months is, like, 9 centuries in internet years, but it’s still so good.)

Olivia, we see a double major in your future. Luckily for you, Cornell University has the top Architecture program in the country — and a badass Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies program, too. Think about it!!  

— Katie

(via the fabulous jessicavalenti)

Our #ImHereIVote Twitter Party during the second Presidential Debate created more than a million impressions online. We had the twitterverse buzzing with talk about the human rights of immigrant women and especially loved all those virtual cheers when Lorraine asked the Presidential candidates their stance on immigration - finally!