Selecting The Same Sex
by Merle Hoffman There is one place where the definition of gender remains binary – in the womb. When it ...
by Merle Hoffman There is one place where the definition of gender remains binary – in the womb. When it ...
by Angela Bonavoglia On a sizzling summer night, I head to the Outpost Lounge in Brooklyn to Switch N’ Play’s Open Drag ...
by Carolyn Gage The bathroom has been a site of “gender anxiety” historically, as well as a battlefield, and, although ...
by Joel VigGender in the theatre has always been open to change. From Shakespeare’s plays, where women’s roles were performed ...
by Janis Hashe Two twentysomething women reviewed the movie, Terminator Salvation, in my local Chattanooga paper earlier this summer. “Generally one of ...
Compiled by Mary Lou Greenberg Strict and immutable gender roles are the cornerstone of right wing theology and politics and ...
by Helen Boyd It’s been a surprise to find out what a sexist I really am. I’ve been calling myself ...
by Mary Lou Greenberg In the Winter 1998 issue of On The Issues Magazine, writer Angell Delaney projected a bright ...
by Merle Hoffman Growing up in Philadelphia in the 50s, girls were labeled sluts if they dressed provocatively, let boys ...
by Eleanor J. Bader Robert Eads was visiting friends in the late 1990s when he woke up in a pool ...
By Molly M. Ginty One progressive “line in the sand” is the conviction that all people are entitled to clean ...
By The Editors The question of gender has been an ongoing theme in On the Issues Magazine – Gender roles, ...
In our Summer ’09 edition, THE POET’S EYE features Julie Enszer, Judith Barrington and Toi Derricotte;from Poetry Co-Editor Judith Arcana. ...
In this exhibition of On the Issues Magazine on gender and the fluidity of sexuality, the OTI Art Perspective features ...
by Rev. Donna Schaper Who tells women and girls who we are? Of course it is we who tell us ...
by Meghan Rhoad As a feminist and as an American working on immigration policy, I have a clear line in ...
by Georgia Kral Longtime gamer Michael Duff sits at his computer regularly to play “World of Warcraft,” the most popular online ...
by Mahin Hassibi The feminist movement began to raise questions about the cultural root of male supremacy. The simplified male-female ...
by Diana Whitten Last June women throughout Quito, Ecuador looked up at the iconic statue of the Virgin Mary at ...
By Judy Gumbo Alpert I am one of the 45 million American women who’s had an abortion. But I wouldn’t ...
by Carolyn Jessop and Laura Palmer Had I not escaped one night five years ago with my eight children from ...
By Simon Fisher The need for a youth-focused and culturally appropriate HIV/AIDS educational platform is urgent. Despite growing infection rates, youth-centered prevention ...
By Carol Stuart The St.James Infirmary is one of the first of its kind — an occupational health clinic for ...
by Victoria Neilson When “Cristina” calls Immigration Equality, where I am the legal director, she’s called the right place for ...
By Yifat Susskind Human rights, feminism, literature and science are all aspects of our common human heritage. Women in the ...
By Stephanie Gilmore Sexual violence is a problem on this campus!” “Your silence will not protect you!” “What do we ...
By Loretta J Ross I believe President Obama should show strong leadership in repealing the Hyde Amendment that prohibits public funding for ...
By Galen Sherwin Laurel Simons, (not her real name) who lives in a small town in Western New York, was ...
By Adrien Hilton Almost 40 years ago, the New York radical feminist group Redstockings pledged in its manifesto: “This time we are ...
By Lu Bailey I am saddened by today’s pop-culture version of feminism, and especially by the number of women who ...
by Charlotte Bunch Violence against women is an issue that has come onto the global agenda from the grassroots level ...
by Merle Hoffman As a person who feels that war should be the strategy of last resort, I still like to ...
From Poetry Co-Editor Clare CossWhat if your mother by Judith ArcanaBirth Control by Judith ArcanaResponsibility by Grace PaleyGentleness Stirred by ...
By Marylou Greenberg Editors Note: In light of the devastating earthquake in Haiti and in tribute to the courage of ...
by Linda Stein How does Wonder Woman do it? She is able to stop the bad guys—even convince them to ...
by Judith Arcana I’ve been thinking about Grace Paley, the late activist and writer, in relation to this theme of ...
by Janet Benshoof Aung San Suu Kyi’s unwavering commitment to a nonviolent path to democracy in Burma, and her decades-long ...
by Theresa Braine In mid-December 2009, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights condemned Mexico’s handling of the cases of three ...
by the Editors When On The Issues Magazine decided to pursue Passion, Freedom, Women and the topic of women fighting for freedom around the ...
On The Issues Magazine provides an Online forum for artists to exhibit their art, including moving images and audio, as ...
In our Winter ’10 edition, THE POET’S EYE features Heather Davis, Susan Eisenberg and Renny Golden;from Poetry Co-Editor Judith Arcana. ...
Ms. Michael angel Johnson Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller, a woman of African descent too often overlooked in arts history, was ...
by Dr. Sakena Yacoobi When I saw the Afghans in refugee camps in Pakistan in 1992, I couldn’t believe what ...
by Merle Hoffman Children are natural resistance fighters. From the time they realize that they have the agency (if not ...
by Resa Crane Bizzaro Over the years, much of my writing has been in response to news articles. Among stories ...
by Mary Lou Greenberg and Eleanor Bader Abortion is one of the safest medical procedures in the country; ironically, those ...
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 ...