“Choices, not discrimination, deter women scientists.” So read the headline that summed up a few weeks of articles, blog posts and opinion pieces about Stephen J. Ceci and Wendy M. Williams’ article “Understanding current causes of women’s underrepresentation in science” in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. And that’s the conclusion I would come […]
Author: Veronica Arreola
Veronica Arreola is a professional feminist, writer and a mom. You can learn way more than you want to know about Veronica at her personal blog, Viva la Feminista.com.
Latinas: We’re So Hot We Broke Google
When Google released “Google Instant”–a “search enhancement” that suggests content before you finish typing your Google search words– I thought it was pretty fun to see which suggestions would pop up as I began typing random words. While I was just goofing around, others were seriously testing out “controversial” words like bisexual, lesbian and Latina. […]
A Month into Summer of Feminista
In June I launched Summer of Feminista, a blogging experiment where I am asking Latinas to write about their relationship with feminism, and after a month of posts I am in awe of how similar our stories are, yet how unique as well. Elizabeth, at 8, was teaching feminism to other third-graders. A grammar school […]
What Do Latinas Really Think About Feminism?
There are a lot of theories about how Latinas view feminism. We’re pro-life, unless we’re too American. Our men are full of machismo and make our decisions. We reject feminism based on the movement being too white and too middle class. But Latinas are a diverse group of women. We can trace our familias back […]
Chicago Scribes Find Sisterhood at She Writes
She Writes is a social network for writers of all kinds–bloggers, television news journalists, business writers, novelists and editorialists. To celebrate its one-year anniversary, a small but eclectic group of Chicago She Writers gathered at the home of Bethany McLean, author of The Smartest Guys in the Room. In true Midwest fashion, we dispensed with […]
Pledge to Attend Women’s Sports in 2010!
We can move from supporting women’s sports in theory to supporting them in reality by the simple act of going to a single event, sliding $10 under that glass window and saying, “One, please.”
Save The Association for Research on Mothering — the First International Feminist Org for Moms!
“The Association for Research on Mothering (ARM), founded in 1998, is the first international feminist organization devoted specifically to the topic of mothering-motherhood. Our mandate is to provide a forum for the discussion and dissemination of research on motherhood and to establish a community of individuals and institutions working and researching in the area of mothering and motherhood. “