by Natalie Bell Women of color increasingly feel empowered and emboldened to defend their rights to make healthy decisions about …
by Betsy Hartmann It’s back to the bad old days of the population bomb. That was the title of an …
by Rinku Sen Something happened in the months leading up to and including the election of Barack Obama as the …
By Laurie Mazur In “The ‘New’ Population Control Craze: Retro, Racist, Wrong Way to Go” ( in this edition of …
by Maame-Mensima Horne For years reproductive justice activists have been calling for African American women to break the silence around abortion …
From the Editors What do postfeminism and postracialism have to do with liberation and freedom? The answer is clear: nothing …
By Serena Garcia The ascension of Justice Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court of the United States in fall 2009 …
by Josie Lehrer Before a standing room-only house at the debut presentation of the Mens Story Project in August 2008, Kenyatta, a …
by Eleanor J. Bader It is the third week of classes at P.S. 130, The Parkside School in Brooklyn, New …
by Jacqui Patterson The effects of climate change threaten everyone, but they do not threaten all people equally. Women are …
by Suzanne Pharr Recently, I went to the Kentucky Social Forum, and spent time talking with a co-worker and friend …
by Kate Bornstein Gender rights are often reduced to the rights of women and the rights of men. But over …
by Graciela Sanchez We are the survivors of physical and cultural genocide.All people of color in the U.S.Are survivors of …
by Donna Nelson October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. This poem “Barrettes, Bandages and Butterflies,” was inspired by my friend who passed away …
by Nancy Genova The Death of Dream is a play about domestic violence that is slightly different from other artistic pieces …
by Christine E. Hutchins There is very little new under the sun. Misogyny in art, literature and other records dates …
by Thea Hillman When I first learned about intersex, it was from a friend of mine who had just completed …
by Merle Hoffman There is one place where the definition of gender remains binary – in the womb. When it …
by Angela Bonavoglia On a sizzling summer night, I head to the Outpost Lounge in Brooklyn to Switch N’ Play’s Open Drag …
by Carolyn Gage The bathroom has been a site of “gender anxiety” historically, as well as a battlefield, and, although …
by Joel VigGender in the theatre has always been open to change. From Shakespeare’s plays, where women’s roles were performed …
by Janis Hashe Two twentysomething women reviewed the movie, Terminator Salvation, in my local Chattanooga paper earlier this summer. “Generally one of …
Compiled by Mary Lou Greenberg Strict and immutable gender roles are the cornerstone of right wing theology and politics and …
by Helen Boyd It’s been a surprise to find out what a sexist I really am. I’ve been calling myself …
by Merle Hoffman Growing up in Philadelphia in the 50s, girls were labeled sluts if they dressed provocatively, let boys …
by Eleanor J. Bader Robert Eads was visiting friends in the late 1990s when he woke up in a pool …
By Molly M. Ginty One progressive “line in the sand” is the conviction that all people are entitled to clean …
by Rev. Donna Schaper Who tells women and girls who we are? Of course it is we who tell us …
by Georgia Kral Longtime gamer Michael Duff sits at his computer regularly to play “World of Warcraft,” the most popular online …
by Mahin Hassibi The feminist movement began to raise questions about the cultural root of male supremacy. The simplified male-female …
By Judy Gumbo Alpert I am one of the 45 million American women who’s had an abortion. But I wouldn’t …
by Carolyn Jessop and Laura Palmer Had I not escaped one night five years ago with my eight children from …
By Simon Fisher The need for a youth-focused and culturally appropriate HIV/AIDS educational platform is urgent. Despite growing infection rates, youth-centered prevention …
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