Does Feminism Need a Face Lift? – Feministe
Emma Goldman: Warrior for Choice – Feminists For Choice
Femininity in Flight: The History of Women in Flight – The Diane Rehm Show
We Can’t Continue to Pay Lipservice to Gender Equality – IPS News
New York Times Article on Racial Bias Misses the Point – RH Reality Check
Black Like Me [...]
Each Women’s History Month the portrait of Susan B. Anthony decorates classroom walls around the country. What many people this year will not realize is that a heated debate is taking place involving the life of the 19th Century suffrage leader, and of all things, whether or not she opposed abortion.
Several conservative organizations, calling themselves [...]
Battle Over Abortion Moves to the Senate – Women’s e-News
The Pros and Cons of the Vaginal Ring – National Partnership for Women & Families
Idolize This! Feminism – Womanist Musings
CDC Releases “Abortion Surveillance” Report – RH Reality Check
Abortion’s New Battleground – Newsweek
I have a confession to make. For me its probably Feminist Confession Number 484. But that’s beside the point. Here goes nothing. Rabid Radical feminist that I am, I have a major crush on Edward Cullen. Yep. The Edward Cullen–dark hero of the Twilight Saga.
This past Saturday, [...]
Yesterday I attended a women’s leadership event that was attended primarily by women in their 40’s and 50’s. The particular group hosting the event is struggling to engage new members in the 20- and 30-something age set. And yet at last night’s event, there were maybe 3 out of 100 women there in [...]
This has been an exciting week when it comes to men, masculinity, and feminism. From so called “men’s rights” groups, to male feminists strategizing about ways in which masculinity can be redefined; the male-feminist hype has definitely surfaced. I’ve always operated from the assumption that men are completely capable of being feminists. Hell…i’m a feminist. [...]
Join Feminists For Choice for our next choice chat. Our guest will be Carol Adams, the author of The Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory. Carol’s book has been called “ground-breaking” and “pioneering.” Many say it is an underground classic, which Adams supposes means that lots of people know and love [...]
I just have to rant for a second. Hang in there, OK?
“Feminism” does not exist as a singular ideology that always looks at any given subject in any particular way. Rather than reduce an analysis down to a universal conclusion, by and large, feminists hope to inject topics with larger perspectives that may [...]
News wise, there’s a lot going on this week. Chicago isn’t getting the 2016 Olympics, researchers found that women choose shoes that aren’t good for their feet (DUH!) The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its cost projections for the current incarnation of health care reform. And, on the heels of yesterday’s meeting [...]
If my life goes according to plan I will be attending the National Equality March this Sunday October 11, 2009 in Washington D.C. If you are in the area or can make it down (I live about six hours away just to give you an idea) please join us. There are a list of activities throughout [...]
