Thoughts on SlutWalk from a Wheelchair
October 11, 2011 by Jennifer Scott · 8 Comments
As a sexual violence prevention educator, I find hope in the grassroots activism and passion that radiates from SlutWalk. Anything that gets people talking, that breaks down the myths and reduces ...Read More
Woman is the “N” of the World?
October 6, 2011 by Aishah Shahidah Simmons · 42 Comments
In 1969, Yoko Ono coined the phrase, and I quote, “Woman is the N****R of the World.” Shortly thereafter, she and her husband, the late John Lennon, wrote and he recorded a song with that ...Read More
Black Feminist Reflections on a Small Town SlutWalk
October 5, 2011 by Rachel Griffin · 30 Comments
This past Saturday, while thousands of SlutWalkers took to the streets of New York, I attended my local SlutWalk, 840 miles away in Carbondale, Ill. I went to the anti-rape march not only because ...Read More
Testosterone Damages Verbal Skill. Yet We Have Shakespeare
October 3, 2011 by Georgia Platts · 4 Comments
Penn State psychologists assert that career choice begins in utero, hinging on exposure to sex hormones in the womb. Since testosterone damages both verbal and social skills, it simply makes sense ...Read More
Leslie Feinberg—Embodying Solidarity
October 1, 2011 by Kyla Bender-Baird · 1 Comment
In honor of Queer History Month, Ms. Bloggers will be giving shout-outs to some of their queer heroes of the present and past. Leslie Feinberg has been fighting the fight (or more accurately, fights) ...Read More
Imagine There’s No Gender: It’s Not Easy, But We Can Try
September 30, 2011 by Jessica Holden Sherwood · 10 Comments
“Imagine a world without gender.” That’s the directive in the email signature of Judith Lorber, author of Breaking the Bowls: Degendering and Feminist Change. It’s one I find ...Read More
Playing With Gender
September 28, 2011 by Holly L. Derr · 6 Comments
I am gendered, just not in all the ways you might think. Whatever part of my brain makes me like makeup and sparkly jewelry isn’t going away any more than is my tendency to argue, solve problems ...Read More
Should Black Women Oppose the SlutWalk?
September 27, 2011 by Janell Hobson · 42 Comments
An Open Letter from Black Women to the SlutWalk, signed by a hefty list of black anti-violence activists, scholars and community leaders, has been stirring conversation online since it was posted ...Read More
Missouri Schoolgirl Is Not Alone
August 22, 2011 by Diane Shipley · 5 Comments
Last week we covered the disturbing story of a 12 year-old girl in Missouri who was allegedly forced to write a letter of apology to the classmate she said raped her on school grounds. When he raped ...Read More
Chaz Bono, Shiloh Jolie-Pitt, and the Way We Gender Children
June 2, 2011 by James Worsdale · 2 Comments
Chaz Bono’s documentary Becoming Chaz, which recently premiered on OWN, and his new book, Transition: The Story of How I Became a Man, both chronicle his metamorphosis from female to male and the ...Read More
