by Rita Nakashima Brock In the mid-1990s, Asian feminists concerned about the sexual exploitation of children and women and the …
By Lori Adelman In her influential 1938 essay “Three Guineas,” Virginia Woolf portrayed war as an expression of male power …
By Elizabeth Creely January 19, 2012 On the first day of 2012, an abortion clinic in Florida was firebombed. The …
by Mary Lou Greenberg The tragedy of Savita Halappanaver who died on Oct. 28, 2012 after being denied an abortion …
by Anna Platt and the Feminist Press Complaints and Disorders (Second Edition) by Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre EnglishOrder at Feminist …
(untitled) By Rosellen BrownThree months into Nothing To Do,I asked if he wanted my mail route: Youdrive, I said, I’ll …
By: Judith Arcana Looking for meaning, I found, first, that roe isa small species of deer inhabiting parts of Europe …
by Linda Stein I’m caught in an artistic state of transition. I didn’t plan it. It came slowly, over a …
by Mary Lou Greenberg The action starts at 7 a.m. every Saturday when volunteers start arriving, women and men, some …
by Eleanor J. Bader Ramona, 32, mother of a four-year-old daughter, is dropped off at the Summit Women’s Center in …
by Caelainn Hogan: On The Issues Special Correspondent Belfast, Northern Ireland – On October 18, 2012, the first clinic to …
by Ann Rossiter On the Issues Special Correspondent – Dublin, Ireland A 17-weeks pregnant woman with severe back pain is …
by Eleanor J. Bader Prior to the 1960s, women and girls heard a steady banter when it came to sports: …
by Jennifer Baumgardner Almost 15 years ago, I picked up my ringing phone and the voice on the other end …
by Meg Heery August 6, 2012 Where to begin This weekend was so jammed with unbelievable moments for women Olympians …
By Meg Heery August 5, 2012 Last week, the world glimpsed women from Brunei, Qatar and Saudi Arabia as they …
By Meg Heery August 4, 2012 Thankfully, it looks like Olympics fans are finally embracing big, and embracing it where …
By Meg Heery August 3, 2012 Thursday, August 2nd, was a huge day for American women in the prime-time Olympic …
August 2, 2012 If you watched Olympic fencing this week, did you ever wonder what all that screaming was about …
By Meg Heery August 1, 2012 To borrow a line from Tina Turner, we really do need another hero. Smiling, …
July 30, 2012 By Meg Heery London 2012 made good on its hype as the Year of the Woman on …
July 29, 2012 (In daily postings, On the Issues Magazine looks at the 2012 Summer Olympics through a feminist lens.) …
July 28, 2012 By Meg Heery (Every day of the 2012 London Olympics, look to this space at On the …
July 27, 2012 by Carolyn Gage The Internet is abuzz with the posthumous outing of astronaut Sally Ride. Everyone seems …
by The Editors July 26, 2012 This week, Washington is host to the 19th International AIDS Conference. It differed from …
by Lula Belle July 24, 2012This past spring, something happened where I live, something perhaps unexpected in my adopted hometown …
You cannot open a paper or magazine (or their digital counterparts) lately and not read a story about an Olympian, …
by Bill Baird (In yesterday’s installment, pro-choice pioneer Bill Baird reported from the stages of the Right to Life Convention. …
by Bill Baird July 17, 2012 My wife Joni and I were the only ones protesting in front of the …
By Meg Heery July 16, 2012 When I was a kid, running was something boys did, usually scrambling through backyards …
by Carolyn Gage June 28, 2012 As a playwright attempting to reclaim the lesbian lives of historic women athletes like …
By Gwen Deely May 24, 2012 My life aquatic was in full swing before I was born. Evidently I was …
By Avory Faucette May 21, 2012 As the Summer 2012 Olympics in London gear up, the media will be presenting …
by Rita Nakashima Brock In the mid-1990s, Asian feminists concerned about the sexual exploitation of children and women and the …
by Carolyn Gage ANNIE OAKLEY HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR FEMINISTS. The world’s champion sharpshooter, she stalwartly refused to …
By Lori Adelman In her influential 1938 essay “Three Guineas,” Virginia Woolf portrayed war as an expression of male power …
By Elizabeth Creely January 19, 2012 On the first day of 2012, an abortion clinic in Florida was firebombed. The …
Pioneer, visionary, feminist, mentor, revolutionary, woman of the people, principled politician. She had a great heart and extraordinary energy – …
by Dr. Phyllis Chesler Racism is real and it is ugly but so is sexism. Who has been fined and …
by Phyllis Chesler In the course of human events, certain actions and special individuals have been known to inspire operas. …
by Phyllis Chesler The acclaimed Sallie Bingham Center for Women’s History and Culture at Duke University celebrated its 25th Anniversary recently with …
by Phyllis Chesler I do not understand what motivates sensible, even heroic, people to claim what is clearly a defeat …
by Phyllis Chesler Nearly 25 years ago, I was blessed with the privilege of being part of the first-ever woman’s …
by Sunsara Taylor On April 12, 2013, eight members of End Pornography and Patriarchy: The Enslavement and Degradation of Women …
by Phyllis Chesler Every time a news story breaks about a woman imprisoned as a sex slave (for example the Cleveland …
by Linda Stein I boarded the bus for the 2013 March on Washington with bravery very much on my mind. …
by Barbara Santee At a time when women’s reproductive freedom is under constant attack, it is critical that younger women …
by Mary Lou Greenberg The tragedy of Savita Halappanaver who died on Oct. 28, 2012 after being denied an abortion …
by Anna Platt and the Feminist Press Complaints and Disorders (Second Edition) by Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre EnglishOrder at Feminist …
By: Judith Arcana Looking for meaning, I found, first, that roe isa small species of deer inhabiting parts of Europe …
by Linda Stein I’m caught in an artistic state of transition. I didn’t plan it. It came slowly, over a …
by Mary Lou Greenberg The action starts at 7 a.m. every Saturday when volunteers start arriving, women and men, some …
by Eleanor J. Bader Ramona, 32, mother of a four-year-old daughter, is dropped off at the Summit Women’s Center in …
by Merle Hoffman “Patient #4 in recovery was moved by your work and wants to see you.” When my assistant’s …
I want to share with all of you the pleasure of being the recipient of the 2015 “Bella” Award given …
by Eleanor J. Bader Prior to the 1960s, women and girls heard a steady banter when it came to sports: …
by Phyllis Chesler Cross-posted at Phyllis Chesler’s website. Democratic women rejected the only woman candidate, Christine Quinn, who ran for …
by The Editors “The Day After” refers, of course, to a real-time event: the presidential election. The dizzying buzz and …
by Ariel Dougherty “This is what feminism looks like,” shout young women in a contemporary street demonstration in the “She’s Beautiful …
by Elizabeth Black The erotic novel, 50 Shades of Grey by E.L. James, has taken the public, media and the literary world …
by Susan F. Feiner President Franklin Delano Roosevelt gave his fourth and final State of the Union Address in 1944. Because …
by Eleanor J. Bader Deborah Burger, one of three presidents of National Nurses United, the largest union of registered nurses …
by Tanya Melich A U.S. Senatorial nominee for the Republican party arguing that a woman who is raped can simply …
by Samuel Huber and the Feminist Press It’s easy to get tunnel vision during election season. In these months of …
by The Editors Challenging the personal, political and economic realities of women and pushing toward a more liberatory future is …
by Jan Goodwin Unless you’ve been living on a desert island for the last couple of years, you’ve probably heard …
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