by Phyllis Chesler Women’s eight-year struggle to pray out loud at “the Wailing Wall” 1 Jewish women were first ordained as …
by Eleanor J. Bader DEEP IN THE BELLY OF AMERICAN POVERTY lies the Mott Haven section of the South Bronx, …
On The Issues selected a few people to read an advance copy of Teresa Yunker‘s story about street harassment. Here’s what they …
By Deborah Johnson SHE’S 48 YEARS OLD WITH TIGHT RED CURLS AND BAGS BEneath her eyes. She slouches slightly in …
by Gillian Murphy Greenpeace; Tahiti, August 23, 1995THE DECK HANDS ARE HAULING IN THE MOORING LINES. I’m standing on the …
by Mary Lou Greenberg Levels of clinic violence in 1995 declined substantially, according to a recent report by the Feminist …
by Deborah Cooksey & Marilyn Easter Q: What do you call hiring a nephew? A: White Affirmative Action We hate …
by Teresa Yunker Hey, babee! Hot-lookin’chick, man! Whoa-ee! Why dontcha wear somethin’tight?” “Fuck off!” I screamed, whirling around to face …
by Merle Hoffman Everest — avatar of the Himalayas.Everest — whom the Nepalese call Sagamartha and the Tibetans call Chomolungma …
REVIEWED BY SALLY OWEN Media coverage of the Million Man March on Washington generated five stories for every one accorded …
by Kay Mills In these anxious times, will women make a difference?Only if they’re on the ballot. Congresswoman Patricia Schroeder’s …
by Sheila Jeffreys Why has the Big O seduced so many feminists — even Ms. — into a counterrevolution from …
REVIEWED BY ELEANOR J. BADER Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus:A Practical Guide for Improving Communications and Getting …
by MERLE HOFFMAN Elizabeth I had a proper perspective on political marriage. Having seen both her mother and her stepmother …
by Peggy Simpson At 32, Irene Pivetti is the youngest speaker of the Italian Parliament in history. Irene Pivetti has …
by Jill Johnston I HAVE FLOWN TO LONDON, MY BIRTHPLACE, ON many occasions as an adult, but last September I went …
by Dawn and Mary E. Atkins a daughter’s story by Dawn E. Atkins I am the daughter of a fat …
by Sally Roesch Wagner The Untold Iroquois Influence on Early Radical Feminists: An intrepid historian tracks down the source of …
by Jennifer Gonnerman IN THE POSH BALLROOM OF CINCINNATI’S OMNI Netherland Plaza hotel, a 69-year-old man with a white, wicker …
By Bryna Taubman Better to live alone; with a fool there is no companionship.’ The Pali Canon (sacred scriptures of …
Dropping the laboring woman on the bed was an ancient method of hastening childbirth among the ancient Greeks in the …
By Anonymous EDITOR’S NOTE: The author of this true account led an apparently respectable life for over 20 years while …
by Merle Hoffman The symptoms arrived a few years ago. At first I experienced them as a generalized discomfort, amorphous …
by Andrea Peyser It took only minutes from the time some unseen hand blew a hole in the heart of …
with Julianne Malveaux The image, self-esteem and activism of African American women were the subjects of a wide-ranging conversation, arranged …
by Andrea Dworkin Thomas Jefferson, Sally Hemings, and the Real Story of the Bill of Rights Why isn’t the Constitution …
by Kathleen Barry Across nation-states, pimping, “living off the earnings of a prostitute,” is illegal. But pro-prostitution movements in the …
by Ronni Sandroff Social values support the “act” of marriage, but conspire against romance, passion, and equal relationships. “I’m definitely …
By Diana E. H. Russell How many ACLU lawyers does it take to screw over women harmed by porn? Try …
RESPECT FOR STARTER RELATIONSHIPS While living together was not unheard of in the 1960s and 1970s, it usually quickly led …
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