From the Editors This edition of On The Issues Magazine – Our Genders, Our Rights – discusses a topic that …
Edited by Linda SteinArt by Judith K. Brodsky On The Issues Magazine provides an Online forum for artists to exhibit …
by Merle Hoffman In our Spring ’09 edition, On The Issues Magazine writers and artists discuss feminist and progressive values …
by Eleanor J. Bader Our Bodies, Ourselves started with a small group of strangers talking to one another at a …
by Jennifer S. Macleod Many established institutions and forces in our country are still fighting desperately against the Equal Rights …
by Rebecca Chalker The Ancient Greek aphorism, “Know yourself,” was inscribed on the Temple of Apollo at Delphi. Whatever this …
by Donna Schaper I am interested in an overall reversal of course when it comes to preparation for sexual intimacy, …
By Lauren Guy McAlpin A young woman, we’ll call her Amanda, walked into an agency she saw advertised in her …
by Pam Chamberlain When I was in college, a group of radical women dressed as witches ran around major U.S. …
By Irasema Garza In the struggle for gender equality, the legal victories have been historic. Women’s employment and educational rights …
by Jessica T. Solomon What if the people responsible for protecting our nation, writing our laws or discovering new medicines …
by Lois Uttley Twelve years ago, Jane Van de Bogart took a stand: Kingston Hospital in rural Ulster County, NY, …
by Emily May HollabackNYC started in 2005 the way a lot of good revolutions must begin – as conversations with …
by Gloria Feldt Were you thinking we were done with elections and could take a few minutes to celebrate a …
By Sarah Hackley Instead of a time of hope, pregnancy too often means death for women in developing countries. In …
by Loretta J. Ross I’m not a policy wonk. I am very ill suited to talk frequently to legislators to …
by Donna Schaper Attach fair and just policies to the “emergency” economic stimulus bills and you will find a powerful …
Submitted to and Rejected by: The Los Angeles Times By Carol Downer International Women’s Day on March 8 has special …
by Myra Kovary We are living in a new era for persons with disabilities. One sign of this occurred in …
by Margot Mifflin How did it happen? One day I was a twentysomething heaping scorn on Tipper Gore and her …
By Lesley Cohen Healthcare remains a forefront issue for the American public. With a new president who acknowledges the need …
by Janet Benshoof American women need legal tools to fight patriarchy. Women outside of the U.S. are pushing for and getting …
by Diana Egozcue I get a lot of questions and statements when I explain that I am campaigning for the …
By Mahin Hassibi For the past century and a half, every new discovery of biology has left intact, and even …
by Mahin Hassibi A clear consensus exists among women writers of varied ages, educational backgrounds and life circumstances in the …
by Merle Hoffman We asked leading thinkers to describe New Revolutions We Need for a feminist and progressive future. Here’s one response. Oscar …
by Alexis Greene Over the years, Bill Baird, the reproductive rights activist, has been threatened, arrested and jailed. He’s been called …
By Gloria Feldt Lars Larson is a conservative radio talk show host with a following of four million listeners. His …
by MaryLou Greenberg The print editions of On the Issues Magazine (1983-1999) carried many articles, editorials and interviews with vision and hopeful projections …
by Eleanor J. Bader We asked leading thinkers to describe New Revolutions We Need for a feminist and progressive future. …
On The Issues Magazine provides an Online forum for artists to exhibit their art, including moving images and audio, as …
by Susan Jacoby We asked leading thinkers to describe New Revolutions We Need for a feminist and progressive future. Here’s …
Poems by Diane Lockward, Lois Rosen, Marge Piercy and Annie FinchFrom Poetry Co-Editor Judith Arcana The Missing Wife – By …
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 …
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 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 …
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