The three-day international conference Women Deliver 2010 opened in Washington, D.C., Monday morning, and the Ms. Blog was there on the scene. The conference intends to hammer home the point that maternal and reproductive health is a global priority. Want to do something to help? You can click here to urge President Obama to keep […]
Month: June 2010
FEMINIST HULK SMASH EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH MS.!
He’s big. He’s green. His favorite activity is smashing patriarchy and all forms of oppression. He’s Feminist Hulk, and since he first burst onto the Twitter scene less than a month ago he’s gathered more than 10,000 followers, who gleefully re-Tweet his 140-character commentaries on gender, feminism and his own personal superhero, feminist theorist Judith […]
Domestic Worker Bill of Rights Passes New York Senate
New York State is on the verge of enacting the first ever bill of rights for domestic workers. This week the state Senate passed the Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights by a vote of 33-28. A similar bill was passed by the New York State Assembly last year. Once the two bills are reconciled, it will […]
A Pre-Father’s Day Welcome to Good Men Project Magazine
Shopping for Father’s Day cards this year, I was struck by the limited range of familiar stereotypes about Dad: fisherman, golfer, grill-master, handyman, beer-guzzler, remote-control hog, king of the castle, and, of course, the sentimental dear old Dad. As far as I could tell from my informal survey of this domain, the only thing that […]
Yes, Men Can Raise Kids
We are often accused of having too many “politically correct” antennae up at one time. Donald Unger would like to add another.
Can Genetically Modified Foods Modify Your Fertility?
Genetically modified (GM) foods are increasingly found on supermarket shelves, but most consumers seem unaware of their potential impact on sexual health. Maybe a recently released report showing that hamsters are rendered sterile after just three generations of eating a diet of GM foods will change that apathy into concern. In joint research by Russia’s […]
Fishing for an Anti-Birth Control Ploy
I’m not often amused by the antics of anti-choice activists. But hearing about their sudden conversion to environmentalism sent me into howls of laughter. In a transparently opportunistic move, the American Life League and 26 other anti-choice groups announced their latest action, “Protest the Pill Day 2010: The Pill Kills the Environment.” They cite the […]
Congress Takes Historic Step to End Sexual Assault in Military
I appreciate the attention Ms. magazine has devoted to the issue of sexual assault in the military, including the most recent article in the Spring 2010 issue. Sexual assault within the ranks is without a doubt antithetical to values that define military culture: honor, trust and camaraderie. Any sexual assault undermines the moral foundation of […]
Women Clean Up After BP’s “Man-Made” Oil Spill
The oil and gas industry is dominated by men, but it’s mostly women who are cleaning up British Petroleum’s mess. According to Jenna Goudreau at ForbesWoman, President Obama…has dispatched women leaders like U.S. Homeland Security’s Janet Napolitano; Carol Browner, the assistant to the president for Energy and Climate Change; Dr. Jane Lubchenco, administrator of the National Oceanic […]
How Ms. Got the Story from George Tiller’s Murderer
One year after abortion physician George Tiller’s murder by Scott Roeder, who is now serving a life sentence in prison, Ms. magazine questions the “lone wolf” theory about anti-abortion extremist killers such as Roeder. In the current issue of Ms., now on newsstands, investigative journalist Amanda Robb probes this assumption that the killers have acted […]