Occupy Wall Street Holds First Feminist General Assembly
May 18, 2012 by Melanie Butler · 2 Comments
“What took so long?” was the general sentiment among those gathered in Washington Square Park in Manhattan last night for Occupy Wall Street’s first ever Feminist General Assembly. Despite ...Read More
Just Say Yes…To Sexist Stereotyping?
May 10, 2012 by Katherine Stewart · 17 Comments
From the Ms. Editors: Despite doubts about the efficacy of abstinence-only sex education, U.S. tax dollars are still funding it. Conservatives earmarked $250 million for such programs under the ...Read More
Obama Evolves!
May 9, 2012 by Audrey Bilger · 4 Comments
It’s official. After a week of speculation about whether the White House was going to take a strong stand on marriage equality, President Obama has gone on record in support of same-sex marriage ...Read More
The Anti-Abortion Game of Life
May 5, 2012 by Sofia Resnick · 2 Comments
To bring down the high chlamydia infections rate among Tennessee teenagers, an anti-abortion pregnancy center in Athens, Tenn., has proposed spending federal tax dollars on a life-sized version of ...Read More
1,000 Reasons To Trust Women
May 4, 2012 by Colleen Crinion · Leave a Comment
As a clinic assistant at two Planned Parenthood clinics, I’ve listened to approximately 1,000 women tell me about their abortion decisions. These women came from all over the world. Some were ...Read More
Stand Up, Fight Back!: Unite Against the War on Women
May 3, 2012 by Kristen Schuetz · 13 Comments
“What do we do when women’s rights are under attack? Stand up, fight back!” That was the call that rang through downtown Los Angeles last Saturday, April 28, in protest against the ...Read More
Anything but “Secure”
May 3, 2012 by Premilla Nadasen · Leave a Comment
Last week, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced a small policy change in its Secure Communities Program (discussed below, in a news story from the current issue of Ms. magazine). ...Read More
Curious Tension: Feminism and the Sporting Woman
May 2, 2012 by Susan J. Bandy · 6 Comments
As a former athlete and a graduate student in sports studies, I embraced feminism in the 1970s. It seemed to be a natural alliance because I had experienced sports as personally liberating and felt ...Read More
For One Day, It Appeared Texas Would Restore Planned Parenthood Funds
May 1, 2012 by Andrea Grimes · Leave a Comment
Update: The following Friday, May 3, Planned Parenthood was refunded again, after a three-judge circuit of appeals ruled that Texas must continue to fund the organization while its defunding decision ...Read More
5 Reasons To March for Women’s Rights Today!
April 28, 2012 by Lauren Barbato · Leave a Comment
“I find this onslaught of anti-women legislation repulsive,” says 23-year-old Amanda Velez. “These proposed laws condescend to a level where women are treated as something much less ...Read More
