I am currently visiting my family in Utah. I love my family, but the gender dynamics in their household have really got me down. My stepmom works a full time job, then comes home to cook dinner, water the garden, and clean up after my dad and brother. My dad and brother both work full [...]
Feminist Conversations is a weekly column here at Feminists For Choice. We spotlight activists from around the country to find out what feminism means to them. Today we’re talking to Henry Howard, a long-time anti-war and and reproductive rights activist, originally from New York, who is now a writer in Los Angeles. Henry is a [...]
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. [...]
Last week I shared a clip from NBC’s “Today Show,” where California’s First Lady Maria Shriver discussed the changing roles of men and women. Shriver has co-authored a new report, called “A Woman’s Nation Changes Everything,” about the impact that the economic downturn has had on women in the US. Women have taken fewer job [...]
Another Round in the Abortion Battle – Tulsa World You Say Regret, I Say Relief – Association of Reproductive Health Professionals The Irony of Anti-Sex-Positive Feminist Arguments – Womanist Musings Will Men Ever Share the Burden of Birth Control? – Fox News Sexpert Coming Out as HIV Positive – RH Reality Check Gardasil: Do the [...]
A few nights ago, I gave a new acquaintance a ride home after a party, and before I knew it I was in the middle of an abortion heart-to-heart. I felt a little out of my element talking about abortion with (a) a man (b) a man I didn’t know well and (c) a man [...]
On Tuesday I posted Jimmy Carter’s brave op-ed distancing himself from the Southern Baptist Convention on the Moral Courage Project blog. The post prompted some interesting dialog on the site. I was particularly struck by the words of Erin: Although it seems that disassociating with an organization that discriminates against women is the right thing [...]
Yesterday the headlines and the Twittersphere were dominated with health care reform news. Here’s a change of pace for you. What is the Role of Men in the Feminist Movement? – NOMAS Abortion Providers are Human Rights Defenders – Center for Reproductive Rights Susan B. Anthony: The Good Fanatic – The Nation Center for Reproductive [...]
Guest writer Jonathan Grindell is an activist from Long Island, New York. He is a committed pro-choice advocate who attended the 2004 March for Women’s Lives in Washington, DC. These are his words . . . I am pro-choice because as an anarcha-feminist who society has forcibly identified as a male, there is no other [...]
