Greece has been a mainstay in the international press as it endures harsh austerity measures in the face of the global economic crisis. But recent news reports have also focused on […]
Tag: HIV/AIDS
On World AIDS Day, Remember Women
Joyce has 11 children. Mary says this casually, as if it’s commonplace. And in her experience as a midwife in Uganda, it is. For women in her community, contraception is […]
How Rachel Maddow Makes Queer History
What’s sexier than a brilliant, Internet-savvy, queer, liberal prime-time news host with an Oxford University degree? Yeah, I can’t think of anything either. Since her show on MSNBC began in […]
7 Billion Reasons
By Suzanne Petroni Chances are, you’ll hear or read soon that the world’s population is about to hit 7 billion. Get ready for cool graphics demonstrating its remarkable escalation over the […]
A Preventive Health Care Game-Changer for Women
In a huge victory for women’s health, an Institute of Medicine (IOM) report today advised that birth control and seven other women’s health services should be considered “preventive care” and […]
How to Reduce Abortion Stigma? Take A Clue from the Global HIV/AIDS Movement
One aspect of the global HIV/AIDS movement that’s always impressed me is the success advocates have had in reducing stigma around infection. In the 30 years that this disease has […]
Rivka Solomon Acts Up, Chronic Fatigue Be Damned
Rivka Solomon’s 2002 anthology, “That Takes Ovaries!,” still inspires action. That book (and play of the same name) even spurred its own international movement, serving as a blueprint for at least 600 open-mike speak-outs and performances in which girls and women celebrate their own “ovarian acts.” But Rivka has done much of this from bed.
We Heart: Westboro Baptist Church (Not Really)
The Westboro Baptist Church, infamous for picketing funerals among its other anti-gay activities, is donating $50,000 to the Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC). Sort of. After comedian and gay rights […]
The World Population Will Reach 7 Billion This Year
The UN announced Tuesday that the world population is estimated to reach 7 billion by October 2011. And that, says United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) executive director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, […]
Click! Doing the Dishes and My Rock n’ Roll Dreams
It was the 1980s. I was an oddball. I loved Tina Turner, Pat Benatar, Cyndi Lauper, Eurythmics, U2 and the Rolling Stones. I was dreaming of becoming a rock star. […]