Remember last election when you got to the polling place and were turned away because you were a woman? Of course, you don’t–thanks to the ceaseless work of suffragists for the 70-plus years before passage of the 19th Amendment! There are so many reasons to vote tomorrow, but one that tends to be overlooked is [...]
On Tuesday, each of us will have the opportunity to take a stand about our rights. The War on Women is frighteningly real, and when you walk into the voting booth you’ll also be stepping to the front of the firing line. Here is a reminder of five of the key issues at stake for [...]
Those who aren’t old enough to remember how scary it was to be a woman in the pre-Roe United States are wont to take reproductive rights for granted. Legal abortion has long been seen as a guarantee to a younger generation; tales of coat hangers and back-alley operations are just nightmarish visions in history books. [...]
All through October, we’ve been wagging our fingers at inane products that will pink up your life but do little to actually help those with breast cancer. For the final day of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we decided to shine a light on some pampering items that are directly useful to people battling the disease. [...]
“My career in journalism was accidental,” said Azerbaijani investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova when asked how she got her start. “I was 21. I was a translator for the newspaper, and one day, they didn’t have a reporter to go out, so they asked me to go. Then, it just happened to me.” The next 14 [...]
Egypt has been in relentless flux since last year, but the contempt shown towards women remains a constant. Sonia Dridi, a correspondent for France 24 TV, was attacked near Cairo’s Tahrir Square last Friday night, reminiscent of the sexual assault CBS correspondent Lara Logan faced in February 2011 while covering the celebrations in Tahrir over [...]
Viviane Reding has been the vice president of the European Commission for nearly three years, making her one of the most politically powerful women in Europe. In her three terms, she’s been extremely effective in challenging everything from exorbitant roaming charges from cell phone companies to France’s treatment of the Roma. But now, she’s gearing [...]
Race, class and gender snake their way into practically everything, and all of these identities come to a critical head with black women and breast cancer. In the past 25 years, the gap between the percentage of African American women and white women who die from breast cancer has only grown wider, with black women [...]
In the first study to compare medical records of girls vaccinated or not vaccinated against a strain of the HPV virus that can cause cervical cancer, researchers concluded that the vaccine does not make girls more promiscuous. Why did a dedicated team of researchers need to study this? Probably because when the shots first became [...]
Looks like plastic bags get more respect in San Francisco than victims of domestic violence. Ross Mirkarimi, the San Francisco police sheriff who was given three months probation for bruising his wife’s arm during a New Year’s Eve altercation, will keep his job after all. Mirkarimi was elected to the position last fall, then suspended [...]
