by Merle Hoffman All wars are intimate. For women whose bodies have become battlegrounds in the struggle for reproductive freedom, the intimacy is profound. In
Barbara Seaman was an author who persistently challenged the “givens” of the medical establishment. In the 1970s, she became a pioneer in a bustling new
by Merle Hoffman All my life there was a kind of disconnect between my internal and external realities. “Funny,” people would say, “you don’t look
by Merle Hoffman As we celebrate the 38th anniversary on Jan 22nd of the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion nationwide, this day must also signal a
by Merle Hoffman It was a major tactical and long-term strategic error of the Pro-choice movement to not have unleashed a massive outpouring of political
by Merle Hoffman Children are natural resistance fighters. From the time they realize that they have the agency (if not the power) to push back
by Merle Hoffman There is one place where the definition of gender remains binary – in the womb. When it comes to sonograms, amniocentesis and
by Merle Hoffman Growing up in Philadelphia in the 50s, girls were labeled sluts if they dressed provocatively, let boys “tongue kiss” them or behaved
by Merle Hoffman As a person who feels that war should be the strategy of last resort, I still like to read military history. I find
by Merle Hoffman In our Spring ’09 edition, On The Issues Magazine writers and artists discuss feminist and progressive values that transcend politics — our
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