en years ago, Marie Claire published a groundbreaking series that explored the complex world of females and firearms. A decade later, we’re returning to the same topic to understand what’s changed—and what hasn’t.
Over the course of nearly a year, writers and photographers traveled the country—from Las Vegas, Nevada to Austin, Texas; Baltimore, Maryland to Newtown, Connecticut—to connect with women in their communities and listen to their experiences with guns. We heard from women whose loved ones were killed with a weapon and teachers who still carry the trauma of mass shootings. We talked with “gunfluencers” who are using social media to reshape gun culture and spent time with women who find community at gun clubs all across America. We also partnered with the Harvard Injury Control Research Center to produce a survey that put what we saw into focus.
The result is a multi-part collection of articles, essays, research—and our first Marie Claire documentary—that tell a wide-ranging story. One that is complex, personal, and varied.
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How Do Women Really Feel About Guns?
Reports suggest attitudes around firearms are changing. To understand, we partnered with the Harvard Injury Control Research Center on a survey that looks at everything from interest to fears to political feelings.
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What Gun Violence Cost Them
Six women share what it’s like to have a loved one killed with a firearm.
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What Will the Future of Firearms Look Like?
Women are buying guns at record rates. They’re also winning elections and organizing against gun violence like never before. Where we go next is unclear, but one thing is certain—it will be shaped by women on both sides of the fight.
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The Gunfluencer Effect
How a wave of female social media personalities became the firearm industry’s most powerful weapon.
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No Teacher Left Behind
Mass shootings continue to happen in classrooms at alarming rates. Will the educators ever be alright?
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Inside a Gun Club for Women
All across the country, on any given night, ladies from a wide range of ages, beliefs, and backgrounds, come together to make friends and shoot firearms. This is what it’s like.
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How Do Women Really Feel About Guns?
Reports suggest attitudes around firearms are changing. To understand, we partnered with the Harvard Injury Control Research Center on a survey that looks at everything from interest in guns to fears to political feelings.
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How Do Women Really Feel About Guns?
Reports suggest attitudes around firearms are changing. To understand, we partnered with the Harvard Injury Control Research Center on a survey that looks at everything from interest in guns to fears to political feelings.
READ MORE
How Do Women Really Feel About Guns?
Reports suggest attitudes around firearms are changing. To understand, we partnered with the Harvard Injury Control Research Center on a survey that looks at everything from interest in guns to fears to political feelings.
READ MORE
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