I felt a heart-warming spark of hope as I stamped my frozen feet this January in New York City, awaiting my beloved Ocasio Cortez at the 2019 Women’s March. Maybe we have finally wiped the fairy dust out of our eyes. Maybe we have started building a future that is not about our own individual love stories, but our love for humanity and our love for the Earth.
Month: February 2019
Today in Feminist History: The Suffrage Hike to the White House Goes On!
February 13, 1913: This has been an eventful, but exhausting, 27-mile day of hiking by General Rosalie Jones and her suffragist Army of the Hudson.
How Anti-Abortion Laws Hurt Pregnant Women
State legislatures have been passing laws to restrict abortion at breakneck speeds in the last decade—and their latest strategy is to do so by granting rights to fetuses. These laws take away pregnant women’s rights, whether those women intend to terminate their pregnancies or to give birth.
Unfiltered: Why Jessica Abo’s Book is the Perfect Galentine’s Day Pick
“Unfiltered” feels like a good talk with the one friend who can shake you out of a rut and get you back on track.
2019 Reads for the Rest of Us
These are the books written by Black and Latinx women, women of color and Indigenous women writers; lesbian, bisexual, aro/ace, queer, intersex, transgender and gender non-conforming writers; international writers; writers who are disabled, neurodivergent, justice involved or living in poverty; or any number of other writers whose stories haven’t been as visible coming out in 2019 that I can’t wait to read.
Today in Feminist History: Suffragists Kick Off a Protest Hike from Newark to the Nation’s Capital
February 12, 1913: “On to Washington!” “Votes for Women!” Those were the enthusiastic cheers of Rosalie Jones and her hardy group of suffrage hikers as they left this morning on a trek that will make their hike from New York City to Albany two months ago seem like a brief stroll in the park.
From Sexism to Sex Abuse in Southern Baptist Churches
I grew up Southern Baptist. I hold degrees from a Southern Baptist seminary. I taught at a Southern Baptist college. And I left the Southern Baptist Convention nearly 25 years ago because of their misogyny, anti-feminism and homophobia—but now, with headlines emerging about widespread abuse in the church, I feel compelled to offer an insider/outsider perspective.
Menstrual Equity’s Red Carpet Moment
Rayka Zehtabchi stands out in this year’s pool of Academy Award nominees for Best Documentary Short—not only because she’s the only woman among them, but because her film “PERIOD. END OF SENTENCE.” also tells a uniquely female story that emerged from a transnational feminist coalition fighting for menstrual equity.
ERA YES Pins: Fashionable (and Feminist) as Ever
The audience was awash in a sea of “suffragette white” during President Trump’s State of the Union Address last week—with a sprinkle of “equal rights green.”
Today in Feminist History: Amelia Earhart Wants to Fly Further—and Fight On for the ERA
February 11, 1937: Amelia Earhart—who five years ago became the first woman, and only the second person, to fly solo across the North Atlantic—announced plans today for a far more ambitious adventure.