by Marge Piercy How dare a woman choose?Choose to be pregnant,choose to be childless,choose to be lesbian,choose to have two …
by Merle Hoffman Carol Adams sees feminism as a visionary philosophy that includes stewardship of the earth. Over the years, On …
by Peggy Simpson The fight to regain reproductive rights The scaffolding covering the Chopin Palace in Warsaw didn’t hide the …
by Merle Hoffman For in other ways, a woman Is full of fear, defenseless, dreads the sight of cold Steel; …
by Phyllis Chesler Like most women, I’ve been sexually harassed by my professors, employers, boyfriends, and husbands – and by …
by Olivia James “IN MY DAY, IT ALL STARTED when you were fourteen. . .at Easter time,” she says, pulling …
Bella Abzug, “the Bronx’s gift to the nation, and now the world,” was awarded the 1994 Veteran Feminists of America …
by Laura Flanders One week after Aristide’s return to Haiti, ON THE ISSUES sent journalist Laura Flanders to Port-au-Prince to …
by Patricia Riley Dunlap Mocking poetry graced each issue of the The Reply. The 1913 “A Dream of Fair Women” …
The Chinese government did their best to see that we had as little contact as possible with the people of …
by Frances Kissling Fundamentalism responds to people’s fear of the modern world, and there are some very good reasons to …
by Jeannette Batz “Basically, you’ll learn how breast examinations should be done, then you’ll teach and evaluate the medical students,” …
by Phyllis Chesler It’s almost as if people expect men to rape, beat, and murder women and children. No one’s …
by Merle Hoffman By nature, I am a romantic and have had warrior fantasies since my early adolescence. Surrounding myself …
by Marlene C. Piturro Legal secretary Rena Weeks was astonished when a jury awarded her $7.1 million dollars for being …
by Nicole Bokat “I did it!” a beaming Elizabeth announced to our mother’s group. “Chloe was born naturally” The other …
by Elayne Rapping In a review of the autobiography of Norma McCorvey—the Jane Roe of Roe v. Wade—in a recent …
By Edith Pearlman The Ugly Duchess haunts me. She has haunted me since our first encounter, when I was seven. …
by Mary Lou Greenberg Anti-abortion leader and former Ku Klux Klan member John Burt and two of his associates called …
by Katherine Eban Finkelstein Under George Bush, the halls and rooms of the White House were closed to us. We …
by Mahin Hassibi The repression of women is the only visible “accomplishment” of the fundamentalist regime. Sixteen years ago, the …
by Suzanne Levine Ever wonder how the term “politically correct” became a fashionable assault weapon against progressive thinking on college …
by Martha Shelley “MY SISTER ENDED HER LIFE AS AN ACT OF PROTEST against the way the Islamic Republic is treating …
by Lynn Phillips From welfare to un-fare? That’s how it will go unless feminists rally behind better reforms. SAY YOU …
by Merle Hoffman The Congressman arrived flushed with triumph. He had just been part of the victorious vote on the …
by Merle Hoffman Somewhere in the course of planning my latest journey to Russia I lost my fear of flying. …
by Louise Armstrong IN 1978, WHEN PEOPLE ASKED WHAT I’D WRITTEN ABOUT, I’d say “incest.” And they would then most …
by Eleanor Pam When Lawton Chiles, Governor of Florida, recently announced that his state would deny foster care to undocumented …
by Lillian Afrkano Clearly, the home shopping church has its own convention for testifying. An ionizer for $29? A beaded …
by Elaine Rapping As everyone must surely have been reminded more than once by now, this summer marks the 25th …
by Mary E. Hunt Patricia M. is a history and women’s studies professor at a university where feminism is still …
by Suzanne Levine Longing to be independent, exuberant, popular, sexy, and slim? The tobacco industry spends more than $4 billion …
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