The Forgotten Fight
The Forgotten Fight

Our Essays

Feminist Perspectives for a Changing World

Insights, histories, and stories that amplify voices too often silenced — from justice to allyship and beyond.

Andrea Masters • August 18, 2025
Rethinking Superiority: Strength Isn’t About Violence

Too often, superiority is measured by who can hurt whom. But what if true superiority is about who can heal, create, and uplift?

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Andrea Masters • August 15, 2025
The Bathroom Myth: Why Safety Talk Misses the Point

The “bathroom threat” is political theater. Real danger isn’t in restrooms — it’s in the places we refuse to regulate.

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Andrea Masters • August 11, 2025
The Power Games of Religion

"When you use God to justify oppression, everyone is afraid to criticize." Nawal El Saadawi reminds us: religion is not a neutral guide — it's a political tool used to control women and protect the status quo.

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Andrea Masters • August 5, 2025
The Invisible Labor of Listening

Women are often expected to absorb emotions, smooth conflicts, and offer comfort without question. This invisible labor drains time, energy, and selfhood — and it’s long past time we called it work.

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Andrea Masters • August 1, 2025
The Erasure of Older Women

Older women are often treated as if they’ve aged out of relevance. In a culture obsessed with youth, ageism and sexism work together to make their experience — and their value — disappear.

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Woman at doctors office
Andrea Masters • July 26, 2025
What They Call Care

Women have long been left behind by modern medicine — misdiagnosed, excluded, and unheard. The cost is measured in pain, silence, and lives.

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Andrea Masters • July 23, 2025
It’s Not a Gender War. It’s a System.

The call for gender equality is not blame — it’s recognition. To move forward, we must stop interrupting pain with defensiveness and start listening with intent.

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Andrea Masters • July 21, 2025
The Perfect Villain

Ghislaine Maxwell’s conviction closed a chapter — but not the book. The deeper system that enabled Epstein remains intact, mostly untouched.

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Allyship
Andrea Masters • July 18, 2025
When Allyship Stays Quiet

Allyship isn't a title — it's a test. Too many pass when the spotlight's on, but fail when it counts. Real support shows up even when no one's watching.

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Two women holding cracked teacups
Andrea Masters • July 14, 2025
The Price of Politeness

Women are taught to be nice before they're taught to be safe. But politeness, when weaponized, becomes a quiet kind of silencing.

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Woman standing outside courthouse
Andrea Masters • July 12, 2025
Progress Isn’t Protection

We were told to be grateful for progress. But when rights can be rolled back, they were never truly secure.

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The Price of Being a Woman
Andrea Masters • July 7, 2025
The Price of Being a Woman

Inequality isn't theoretical for women — it's lived. From pay gaps to property laws to everyday safety, the system is stacked, and the cost is constant.

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What the World Steals From Girls
Andrea Masters • July 1, 2025
What the World Steals From Girls

More than 130 million girls are out of school — and not by choice. From child marriage to systemic neglect, the world keeps telling girls they don't belong in the classroom. That message has consequences.

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Why Feminism Still Scares People
Andrea Masters • June 21, 2025
Why Feminism Still Scares People

Most Americans support gender equality — but far fewer call themselves feminists. This post unpacks why the word still scares people, who benefits from that fear, and why reclaiming it matters more than ever.

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Invisible at the Crossroads
Andrea Masters • June 17, 2025
Invisible at the Crossroads

Black women are too often erased from the movements they help build. Intersectionality names what justice still refuses to fix.

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