By Nicole Witte Solomon In 2004, Rachel Aimee, Rebecca Lynn and Raven Strega hit upon a radical notion. The media sensationalizes sex work — services
by Carol Leigh Prostitutes are “the only street fighters we’ve got,” wrote radical feminist Ti-Grace Atkinson in her 1974 book, Amazon Odyssey. The prostitutes’ rights movement
By Jane Roberts I look at the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle and cringe. I don’t give a damn about those protruding heads, those slightly
By Mahin Hassibi I have come to the conclusion — albeit reluctantly — that selling sex for money or a dollar-substitute, cannot be posed as
by Shere Hite “I always wanted to have orgasm during intercourse with him — seems like the impossible dream. I used to blame him, I
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by Bernadette Barton Every semester I assign my undergraduate students in my gender and sexuality courses a class project on the media. They bring examples
by Mary Lou Greenberg “Silence = Death.” The shout of AIDS activists cut like a knife through public ignorance, denial and official disregard of HIV/AIDS in
by Dr. Ann Boyer When I began working with HIV in the 1980s, women still had a 9 to 30 percent chance of passing it
by Mahin Hassibi Medical specialists in different fields complain about insurance companies or the Medicare rates; otherwise “talking shop” only occurs when a new disease
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“Merle Hoffman has always known that in a democracy, we each have decision-making power over the fate of our own bodies. She is a national hero for us all.” —Gloria Steinem
In the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe V. Wade and a country divided, Merle Hoffman, a pioneer in the pro-choice movement and women’s healthcare, offers an unapologetic and authoritative take on abortion calling it “the front line and the bottom line of women’s freedom and liberty.”
Merle Hoffman has been at the forefront of the reproductive freedom movement since the 1970s. Three years before the Supreme Court legalized abortion through Roe v. Wade, she helped to establish one of the United States’ first abortion centers in Flushing, Queens, and later went on to found Choices, one of the nation’s largest and most comprehensive women’s medical facilities. For the last five decades, Hoffman has been a steadfast warrior and fierce advocate for every woman’s right to choose when and whether or not to be a mother.