by Martha Coventry Sexual conformity at the point of a knife is being forced on women whose genitals are declared …
by Rita Nakashima Brock In the mid-1990s, Asian feminists concerned about the sexual exploitation of children and women and the …
by Carolyn Gage ANNIE OAKLEY HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR FEMINISTS. The world’s champion sharpshooter, she stalwartly refused to …
By Lori Adelman In her influential 1938 essay “Three Guineas,” Virginia Woolf portrayed war as an expression of male power …
By Elizabeth Creely January 19, 2012 On the first day of 2012, an abortion clinic in Florida was firebombed. The …
ALARM BELLS ARE SOUNDING THROUGHOUT THE nation over the phenomenon of the absentee father. And with good reason – though …
Pioneer, visionary, feminist, mentor, revolutionary, woman of the people, principled politician. She had a great heart and extraordinary energy – …
by Mary Lou Greenberg The action starts at 7 a.m. every Saturday when volunteers start arriving, women and men, some …
by Eleanor J. Bader Ramona, 32, mother of a four-year-old daughter, is dropped off at the Summit Women’s Center in …
by Caelainn Hogan: On The Issues Special Correspondent Belfast, Northern Ireland – On October 18, 2012, the first clinic to …
by Ann Rossiter On the Issues Special Correspondent – Dublin, Ireland A 17-weeks pregnant woman with severe back pain is …
by Eleanor J. Bader Prior to the 1960s, women and girls heard a steady banter when it came to sports: …
by The Editors “The Day After” refers, of course, to a real-time event: the presidential election. The dizzying buzz and …
by Elizabeth Black The erotic novel, 50 Shades of Grey by E.L. James, has taken the public, media and the literary world …
by Susan F. Feiner President Franklin Delano Roosevelt gave his fourth and final State of the Union Address in 1944. Because …
Featured Video:“Bella Abzug: In Her Own Words” is a reminder of the New York politician who carried her powerful commitment …
by Eleanor J. Bader Deborah Burger, one of three presidents of National Nurses United, the largest union of registered nurses …
by Kimberly Roberson “Nuclear meltdown” is a term for a catastrophic reaction in a nuclear reactor that has overheated. The …
by Tanya Melich A U.S. Senatorial nominee for the Republican party arguing that a woman who is raped can simply …
by Jamie Hagen As a political scientist concerned with securing minority rights, I have had to ask myself what “security” …
by Samuel Huber and the Feminist Press It’s easy to get tunnel vision during election season. In these months of …
by The Editors Challenging the personal, political and economic realities of women and pushing toward a more liberatory future is …
by Jan Goodwin Unless you’ve been living on a desert island for the last couple of years, you’ve probably heard …
by Amanda Marcotte There can be no doubt now: this is a war on sex. More than most campaign seasons …
by Mary Lou Singleton I’ll never forget the excitement I felt the day I came home and found a note …
by Diane Vacca “How do women achieve true parity in political representation?” The question is simultaneously simple and impossibly complex, …
by Mary E. Plouffe Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs tells us that basic needs (food, shelter, safety) must be satisfied before higher …
by Juhu Thukral What will the next president mean for the way we live and pursue safety in our daily …
by Jennifer L. Pozner Two months. That’s how long it took for three high school girls to reverse a two-decade …
by Nick van der Graaf Currently, Canada is the only country in the world where there are no criminal laws …
by Dani McClain One highlight of Election Day 2012: voters in Maryland, Washington and Maine deciding, with their ballots, whether …
by Meg Heery August 6, 2012 Where to begin This weekend was so jammed with unbelievable moments for women Olympians …
By Meg Heery August 5, 2012 Last week, the world glimpsed women from Brunei, Qatar and Saudi Arabia as they …
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