by Jessica Yee I am proud to be Native. I am also proud to be a woman. I am proud …
by rebecca s. a. connie and Tara Malik When TOMS Attack is the name of a short video created by …
by Sharon Collingwood In November of 2008 a conference was held at Ohio State University. Over 50 academics from Europe, …
By Jen Nedeau Democrats in the Senate got what they wanted this Christmas: a passed health care reform bill. Low-income …
by Angela Poh Heroines of Jiangyong: Chinese Narrative Ballads in Womens Script, translated by Wilt L. Idema, is the first …
by Andrea Smith In a society that, in large measure, condones gender violence, the problem cannot be solved by locking …
by Loretta J. Ross Sustaining a progressive movement based on shared politics requires not only unification on positive values, but …
by Eesha Pandit Why care about women’s health in health care reform? I think it’s critical for reproductive justice advocates …
By Clare Coss What is the role of the artist as we strive to understand issues that divide us How …
by Natalie Bell Women of color increasingly feel empowered and emboldened to defend their rights to make healthy decisions about …
by Cindy Cooper Editor’s Note: Urgent circumstances call for early publication of this story planned for our Winter 2010 edition …
by Betsy Hartmann It’s back to the bad old days of the population bomb. That was the title of an …
by Rinku Sen Something happened in the months leading up to and including the election of Barack Obama as the …
By Laurie Mazur In “The ‘New’ Population Control Craze: Retro, Racist, Wrong Way to Go” ( in this edition of …
by Maame-Mensima Horne For years reproductive justice activists have been calling for African American women to break the silence around abortion …
From the Editors What do postfeminism and postracialism have to do with liberation and freedom? The answer is clear: nothing …
By Serena Garcia The ascension of Justice Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court of the United States in fall 2009 …
by Josie Lehrer Before a standing room-only house at the debut presentation of the Mens Story Project in August 2008, Kenyatta, a …
by Ariel Dougherty Exuberance and bravado! Gumption and sweat! Vision and breadth! These are among the many elements that composed …
by Eleanor J. Bader It is the third week of classes at P.S. 130, The Parkside School in Brooklyn, New …
by Talia Carner At a mid-October U.N. session commemorating the 15th Anniversary of the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development in …
by Jacqui Patterson The effects of climate change threaten everyone, but they do not threaten all people equally. Women are …
by Suzanne Pharr Recently, I went to the Kentucky Social Forum, and spent time talking with a co-worker and friend …
by Heather MacGibbon What is Feminist Art This is a question that art historians and critics have pondered in the …
by Kate Bornstein Gender rights are often reduced to the rights of women and the rights of men. But over …
by Graciela Sanchez We are the survivors of physical and cultural genocide.All people of color in the U.S.Are survivors of …
by Nancy Genova The Death of Dream is a play about domestic violence that is slightly different from other artistic pieces …
In this edition of On the Issues Magazine on race, feminism and a new progressive movement, The Art Perspective features …
In our Fall ’09 edition, THE POET’S EYE features Marian Cannon Dornell and Cheryl Clarke;from Poetry Co-Editor Clare Coss. Naomi’s …
by Christine E. Hutchins There is very little new under the sun. Misogyny in art, literature and other records dates …
by Sir Jesse of Decatur Transmen and XX chromosomal men are equally affected by laws designed to chip away at …
by Barbara Kahn The arts, film, theater, music, literature, comic books and graphic novels, fine arts and craftsinfluence the image …
by Thea Hillman When I first learned about intersex, it was from a friend of mine who had just completed …
by Beverly Cooper Neufeld A small cadre of women rallied on the steps of New York’s City Hall on April …
by Natalie Bell By the early 1970s, nearly 20 years after the U.S. Supreme Court had found segregated schools to …
by Mary Lou Greenberg I will always remember the first time I realized that women did not have to live …
By Suzanne Grossman I recently had the pleasure of speaking on a career panel to young women enrolled in Feminist …
by the Editors It’s generally called “nontraditional” employment women working in jobs that are mostly held by men. While becoming …
By Georgia Kral Two indie bands with all female members, Mountain Man from Bennington, Vermont and Sleep Over from Austin, …
By Carol Downer To secure the availability of abortion, we who are “pro-choice” need to take the lessons from the …
by Jennifer L. Pozner Media literacy is our strongest tool against propaganda and manipulation in today’s media-saturated environment. As someone …
by Maureen McNeil Anne Frank wrote that when society fails to protect its people, it’s not just the politicians who …
by Rhea Hirshman When I was growing up in Brooklyn, a significant rite of passage for my friends and me …
In our Spring ’10 edition, THE POET’S EYE features Margaret Randall, Meena Alexander and Suheir Hammad;from Poetry Co-Editor Clare Coss. …
by Arlene Goldbard Citizenship. What with the errors and omissions of cartoon democracy and fervid anti-immigrant agitation, the word has …
by Barbara Becker Two decades ago, an encounter with a now-famous global trailblazer helped point me on a path of …
by Mary Lou Greenberg Several older women stood on the sidewalk a few feet from the entrance to Choices Women’s …
by Claire Reed flamboyant, Bella strides,stumps, marches, a lightening rod,raucous, rallying the troops, fierce, intense, prodding hard,under the big hat, …
by Jaye Austin Williams In a 2007 interview, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, Tony Kushner was asked, “Can theater or film make …
by Stephanie Gilmore and Sarah Barr As women – a faculty member and a student – at Dickinson College, a …
by Megan Carpentier When my parents instilled in me the belief that I could do anything a boy could do, …
by Eleanor Bader When I was growing up, my father had two favorite words, ignoramus and moron. He hurled them …
by Resa Crane Bizzaro If I ask my students to write about someone they admire, chances are they’ll write about …
by Maame-Mensima Horne I was raised in a feminist household where I was exposed to feminism and its theory early. …
by Susan Feiner As a feminist economist I am constantly amazed—though I suppose I should be used to it by …
by Carol Hanisch Consciousness-raising was birthed as a mass-organizing tool for the liberation of women in 1968 when the country …
By Elayne Clift Ive always felt ambivalent about Nicolas Kristofs columns in The New York Times, even though they have …
By Myriam Miedzian The issue of violence touches me in a very personal and profound way. I am a Holocaust …
In our Spring ’10 edition, On The Issues Magazine contributors look at ways to enhance and augment our understanding of …
by Fran Luck Political feminism barely exists in corporate mainstream media. Shows like “Oprah” and “Tyra” – boasting female audiences …
By Carol Downer The women of Iran and Afghanistan used International Womens Day this year to carry forward their struggle …
by Maureen McNeil Editors Note: Janet Benshoof wrote about the Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi in our Winter 2010 …
by Merle Hoffman It was a major tactical and long-term strategic error of the Pro-choice movement to not have unleashed …
by Gloria Feldt Whenever I set foot in Brooklyn where Margaret Sanger opened the first American birth control clinic 93 …
By Gail Kregel On Christmas day, 2008, Guatemalan Congresswoman Anabella De Leon, called me. A new president had taken office …
by Barbara Becker When I was in college, I had a small book of questions meant to serve as conversation …
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