by Mahin Hassibi The repression of women is the only visible “accomplishment” of the fundamentalist regime. Sixteen years ago, the …
by Suzanne Levine Ever wonder how the term “politically correct” became a fashionable assault weapon against progressive thinking on college …
by Martha Shelley “MY SISTER ENDED HER LIFE AS AN ACT OF PROTEST against the way the Islamic Republic is treating …
by Lynn Phillips From welfare to un-fare? That’s how it will go unless feminists rally behind better reforms. SAY YOU …
by Merle Hoffman The Congressman arrived flushed with triumph. He had just been part of the victorious vote on the …
by Merle Hoffman Somewhere in the course of planning my latest journey to Russia I lost my fear of flying. …
by Louise Armstrong IN 1978, WHEN PEOPLE ASKED WHAT I’D WRITTEN ABOUT, I’d say “incest.” And they would then most …
by Eleanor Pam When Lawton Chiles, Governor of Florida, recently announced that his state would deny foster care to undocumented …
by Lillian Afrkano Clearly, the home shopping church has its own convention for testifying. An ionizer for $29? A beaded …
by Elaine Rapping As everyone must surely have been reminded more than once by now, this summer marks the 25th …
by Merle Hoffman Why haven’t candidates, especially, women candidates, made violence against women – and specifically rape – a central …
by Mary E. Hunt Patricia M. is a history and women’s studies professor at a university where feminism is still …
by Suzanne Levine Longing to be independent, exuberant, popular, sexy, and slim? The tobacco industry spends more than $4 billion …
by Merle Hoffman Question: What would you do if you found yourself in a room with Hitler, Mussolini, and an …
by Merle Hoffman Nothing focuses the mind like the prospect of death. Contemplating the cessation of being immediately changes priorities. …
by Gina Ogden Women who what?” “Women Who Love Sex,” I repeat to the interviewer on the telephone. “That’s what …
by Bonnie Pfister What’s an activist to do when everyone from George Will to “Saturday Night Live” satirizes your work …
by Fred Pelka EXPOSING HEALTH CHAUVINISM “Nothing comes to an individual that he has not…summoned…. A person’s external circumstances do …
by Elayne Clift “You’ll have to have a hysterectomy, of course,” my doctor said nearly three years ago. Maybe, I …
by Andrea Wolper Resort hotels should be filled with laughter, but in March 1993 the atmosphere at this one in …
by Loretta J. Ross Dorothy Brown, MD, the first black female surgeon in the U.S., was also the first American …
by Elayne Clift The controversial Arkansas physician answered questions from ON THE ISSUES contributing editor Elayne Clift in November, 1993. …
by Phyllis Chesler These are the times that try feminist souls. “Femininity” is back – even among feminists – and …
by John Stoltenberg This is written to men – but so that women can overhear every word. It discloses some …
by Neil deMause It was September of 1991, and thing were looking up for foes of the bogus clinics that …
by Merle Hoffman All told 1985 was not an unusually dangerous year. There had been a rash of fire bombings …
by Lynn Phillips We’re supposed to revere our feminist foremothers, but most of us don’t. One friend of mine describes …
by Maxine Lipner Imagine having oral contraceptives as available as aspirin – a steady supply no further away than the …
by Ronni Sandroff AS THE DAUGHTER OF TWO LABOR ORGANIZERS, my early childhood education included how to spot FBI agents …
by Heather Rhoads Arch-conservative Phyllis Schlafly and long-time ERA proponent Ellie Smeal came head-to-head in Iowa last year, where “shocking” …
By Neil deMause The murder of David Gunn was just the warning shot in a right-wing campaign to cleanse America …
by Jeannine O. Howitz I am seven months pregnant, slithering along my kitchen floor. The ruler I clutch is for …
by Ellen Levy Listening to feminists wage war over anti-pornography legislation is a bit like watching characters face off in …
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