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  • Abortion
1998 Summer

The Tyranny of the Esthetic Surgery’s Most Intimate Violation

by Martha Coventry Sexual conformity at the point of a knife is being forced on women whose genitals are declared …

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2008 Summer

Religious Repugnance Obscures Need for Sex Work Decriminalization

by Rita Nakashima Brock In the mid-1990s, Asian feminists concerned about the sexual exploitation of children and women and the …

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1996 Summer

Why Annie Got Her Gun

by Carolyn Gage ANNIE OAKLEY HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR FEMINISTS. The world’s champion sharpshooter, she stalwartly refused to …

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2011 Summer

Fighting to Gratify a Sex Instinct? War Attitudes Vary by Gender

By Lori Adelman In her influential 1938 essay “Three Guineas,” Virginia Woolf portrayed war as an expression of male power …

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2012 Winter

Occupying the Air: Banner Wave Truths about Abortion & Rights

By Elizabeth Creely January 19, 2012 On the first day of 2012, an abortion clinic in Florida was firebombed. The …

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1997 Winter

IS A BAD DAD BETTER THAN NO DAD?
The myth of the male role model
by Olga Silverstein

ALARM BELLS ARE SOUNDING THROUGHOUT THE nation over the phenomenon of the absentee father. And with good reason – though …

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1998 Summer

Zen and the Art of Motherhood

Pioneer, visionary, feminist, mentor, revolutionary, woman of the people, principled politician. She had a great heart and extraordinary energy – …

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2013 Winter

It’s Up to Us to Defend Abortion Rights

by Mary Lou Greenberg The action starts at 7 a.m. every Saturday when volunteers start arriving, women and men, some …

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2013 Winter

Forty Years After Roe v Wade, Getting An Abortion Is Still A Major Challenge

by Eleanor J. Bader Ramona, 32, mother of a four-year-old daughter, is dropped off at the Summit Women’s Center in …

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2013 Winter

First Irish Abortion Clinic Opens Amid Controversy, Threats And Confusion

by Caelainn Hogan: On The Issues Special Correspondent Belfast, Northern Ireland – On October 18, 2012, the first clinic to …

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2013 Winter

“She Had a Heartbeat Too” The Tragic Death of Savita Halappanavar in an Irish Hospital

by Ann Rossiter On the Issues Special Correspondent – Dublin, Ireland A 17-weeks pregnant woman with severe back pain is …

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2012 Spring

Bodies in Motion: Physical Females Face Different Risks

by Eleanor J. Bader Prior to the 1960s, women and girls heard a steady banter when it came to sports: …

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2012 Fall

The DAY AFTER

by The Editors “The Day After” refers, of course, to a real-time event: the presidential election. The dizzying buzz and …

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2012 Fall

50 Shades Of Grey, Erotica and the Bondage Craze

by Elizabeth Black The erotic novel, 50 Shades of Grey by E.L. James, has taken the public, media and the literary world …

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2012 Fall

Living Up to “The New Deal”: Half the Nation Is Still Waiting

by Susan F. Feiner President Franklin Delano Roosevelt gave his fourth and final State of the Union Address in 1944. Because …

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2012 Fall

Featured Video – Bella Abzug: In Her Own Words

Featured Video:“Bella Abzug: In Her Own Words” is a reminder of the New York politician who carried her powerful commitment …

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2012 Fall

Nurses Unionize to Heal the System

by Eleanor J. Bader Deborah Burger, one of three presidents of National Nurses United, the largest union of registered nurses …

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2012 Fall

Fukushima’s Hot Water: Now Fallout in Our Kitchens?

by Kimberly Roberson “Nuclear meltdown” is a term for a catastrophic reaction in a nuclear reactor that has overheated. The …

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2012 Fall

Broken Politics: Republicans Assail Suffrage Itself

by Tanya Melich A U.S. Senatorial nominee for the Republican party arguing that a woman who is raped can simply …

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2012 Fall

Global “Security” Equals Human Security and Gender Rights

by Jamie Hagen As a political scientist concerned with securing minority rights, I have had to ask myself what “security” …

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2012 Fall

The Book Corner: Women Define the Agenda, Find the Power

by Samuel Huber and the Feminist Press It’s easy to get tunnel vision during election season. In these months of …

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2012 Fall

RELATED STORIES: The DAY AFTER in On The Issues Magazine

by The Editors Challenging the personal, political and economic realities of women and pushing toward a more liberatory future is …

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2012 Fall

Fracking’s Health Calamities Left to Fester

by Jan Goodwin Unless you’ve been living on a desert island for the last couple of years, you’ve probably heard …

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2012 Fall

No Dancing: The Right Aims to Take Down Sexual Liberation

by Amanda Marcotte There can be no doubt now: this is a war on sex. More than most campaign seasons …

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Singleton, Mary Lou

I Was Warned About Stop Patriarchy

by Mary Lou Singleton I’ll never forget the excitement I felt the day I came home and found a note …

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2012 Fall

Getting Closer to the Levers of Power

by Diane Vacca “How do women achieve true parity in political representation?” The question is simultaneously simple and impossibly complex, …

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2012 Fall

Standing Our Ground: Going Beyond Maslow’s Basic Needs

by Mary E. Plouffe Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs tells us that basic needs (food, shelter, safety) must be satisfied before higher …

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2012 Fall

Victims of Gender Violence Find Solutions Slipping Away

by Juhu Thukral What will the next president mean for the way we live and pursue safety in our daily …

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2012 Fall

Our Feminist Media Road Trip: Time to Take the Wheel

by Jennifer L. Pozner Two months. That’s how long it took for three high school girls to reverse a two-decade …

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2012 Fall

The Abortion Rights Looking Glass: Canada Reflects Women First

by Nick van der Graaf Currently, Canada is the only country in the world where there are no criminal laws …

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2012 Fall

Can Black Women Lead on Rethinking Marriage?

by Dani McClain One highlight of Election Day 2012: voters in Maryland, Washington and Maine deciding, with their ballots, whether …

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Culture

This is What Winning Looks Like

by Meg Heery August 6, 2012 Where to begin This weekend was so jammed with unbelievable moments for women Olympians …

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Heery, Meg

Pioneers? Yes. Is It Enough? No.

By Meg Heery August 5, 2012 Last week, the world glimpsed women from Brunei, Qatar and Saudi Arabia as they …

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