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Author: Laura Gottesdiener

Laura Gottesdiener is a freelance journalist based in New York City. She is a former Ms. editorial intern who is enjoying exploring and writing in the Big Apple.
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Serena and Venus Play for the Male Gaze

Laura Gottesdiener

Don’t get me wrong. I’m happy that Serena and Venus Williams were on the cover (left) of The New York Times Magazine last week. Sure, I might have been happier […]

  • National
  • Politics

Thousands in New York Rally Against War on Women

Laura Gottesdiener

Feminists gathered in 55 cities worldwide on Saturday in a “Walk for Choice,” spurred by a recent wave of anti-abortion legislation in the U.S. Congress that detractors have dubbed “the […]

  • Arts & Entertainment

Oscar Nominee “Poster Girl” Puts A Face to Women Iraq Vets

Laura Gottesdiener

For Iraq veteran Robynn Murray, the current discussion over whether to allow women soldiers to serve in combat is not a debate–it’s a reality. When the National Honors Society student […]

  • Justice & Law

Can You Promise It Gets Better?

Laura Gottesdiener

In President Obama’s “It Gets Better” speech—released this fall after the suicides of Tyler Clementi, Seth Walsh, Asher Brown and others—the President deplored teenage bullying and promised adult protection for […]

  • Money & Jobs

We Expect This from Goldman Sachs, But from Nonprofits?

Laura Gottesdiener

In 2005, Pittsburgh’s newspaper the Tribune-Review reported that women nonprofit executives were fleeing the state to avoid Pennsylvania’s “pink collar ghetto”–a pay gap $6,000 greater than the national gap for […]

  • Arts & Entertainment

Judith Bernstein Makes a Name for Herself

Laura Gottesdiener

Feminist artist Judith Bernstein was hours from completing her signature piece–literally a massive rendition of her own name charcoaled on the walls of Manhattan’s Alex Zachary Gallery–when the nine-foot-tall “B” […]

  • Voices

What’s the Feminist Solution to Surnames?

Laura Gottesdiener

My 12-letter, four-syllable surname is Gottesdiener. Its German translation–“servant of God”–is quite beautiful, but the name itself has given me my fair share of trouble. In elementary school I was […]

  • Money & Jobs

Paycheck Fairness Act Stalls in Senate–Grrrr!!

Laura Gottesdiener

The U.S. Senate failed to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act this morning, provoking anger and disappointment from women. According to the National Committee on Pay Equity, women still make just […]

  • Money & Jobs

Take Action for Pay Equity: Call In Today!

Laura Gottesdiener

As the “lame duck session” of Congress got underway yesterday, the impending vote on the Paycheck Fairness Act gives the current sitting senators the opportunity to prove that they are […]

  • National

For Women Veterans, the Battle Continues

Laura Gottesdiener

Today, Veteran’s Day, we Americans will pause for moments of silence, listen to bells tolling and guns firing and remember the deaths of thousands of our troops in Iraq and […]

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