by Martha Coventry Sexual conformity at the point of a knife is being forced on women whose genitals are declared not “normal” — with devastating
by Rita Nakashima Brock In the mid-1990s, Asian feminists concerned about the sexual exploitation of children and women and the growing epidemic of HIV/AIDS urged
by Carolyn Gage ANNIE OAKLEY HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR FEMINISTS. The world’s champion sharpshooter, she stalwartly refused to align herself with any of
By Lori Adelman In her influential 1938 essay “Three Guineas,” Virginia Woolf portrayed war as an expression of male power and self-interest. “If you insist
By Elizabeth Creely January 19, 2012 On the first day of 2012, an abortion clinic in Florida was firebombed. The clinic is now out of
ALARM BELLS ARE SOUNDING THROUGHOUT THE nation over the phenomenon of the absentee father. And with good reason – though not the reasons usually given
Pioneer, visionary, feminist, mentor, revolutionary, woman of the people, principled politician. She had a great heart and extraordinary energy – and the courage always to
As the founder of Choices Women’s Medical Center, today a comprehensive women’s health facility that I began as a small abortion clinic 44 years ago,
by Dr. Phyllis Chesler Racism is real and it is ugly but so is sexism. Who has been fined and “clipped” for calling women “hoes,”
by Ariel Chesler I had the privilege and honor of being with my wife in the delivery room for the birth of both of our
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