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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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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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2013 Winter

Merle Hoffman: Passionate, Generous and Visionary

by Phyllis Chesler The acclaimed Sallie Bingham Center for Women’s History and Culture at Duke University celebrated its 25th Anniversary recently with …

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2013 Winter

Sharansky’s Non-Solution For Women Worshippers

by Phyllis Chesler I do not understand what motivates sensible, even heroic, people to claim what is clearly a defeat …

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2013 Winter

WOMEN OF THE WALL: THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES

by Phyllis Chesler Nearly 25 years ago, I was blessed with the privilege of being part of the first-ever woman’s …

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2013 Winter

Social Justice Conference Uses Police and Threat of Arrest to Suppress Anti-Porn Views

by Sunsara Taylor On April 12, 2013, eight members of End Pornography and Patriarchy: The Enslavement and Degradation of Women …

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2013 Winter

Is World War Needed to Protect Our Children?

by Phyllis Chesler Every time a news story breaks about a woman imprisoned as a sex slave (for example the Cleveland …

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2013 Winter

Everyday Bravery: Reflections While Going to the 2013 March on Washington

by Linda Stein I boarded the bus for the 2013 March on Washington with bravery very much on my mind. …

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2013 Winter

Stand up and Bark: Military Leadership and Women’s Rights

by Jamie Hagen The U.S. Military’s January 24th lifting of the ban on women soldiers serving in combat  is a …

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2013 Winter

In the Shadow of the Prayer Tower: Forty Years of Pro-Choice Activism in a Red State

by Barbara Santee At a time when women’s reproductive freedom is under constant attack, it is critical that younger women …

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2013 Winter

Related Articles, January 2013

by Mary Lou Greenberg The tragedy of Savita Halappanaver who died on Oct. 28, 2012 after being denied an abortion …

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2013 Winter

Suggested Reading

by Anna Platt and the Feminist Press Complaints and Disorders (Second Edition) by Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre EnglishOrder at Feminist …

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2013 Winter

The Poet’s Eye

(untitled) By Rosellen BrownThree months into Nothing To Do,I asked if he wanted my mail route: Youdrive, I said, I’ll …

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2013 Winter

The Poet’s Eye: Back and Forth

By: Judith Arcana Looking for meaning, I found, first, that roe isa small species of deer inhabiting parts of Europe …

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2013 Winter

The Art Perspective: Transition Art

by Linda Stein I’m caught in an artistic state of transition. I didn’t plan it. It came slowly, over a …

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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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2013 Winter

The Love of Strangers

by Merle Hoffman “Patient #4 in recovery was moved by your work and wants to see you.” When my assistant’s …

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2013 Winter

I Remember Her Hand…

I want to share with all of you the pleasure of being the recipient of the 2015 “Bella” Award given …

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Rezaie, Mahnaz

How My Friend From Kabul Escaped an Honor Killing and Saved Her Life, So Far

by Mahnaz Rezaie I am from Afghanistan. I am now an undergraduate student on scholarship at an American college. I …

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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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Fischkin, Barbara

BRILLIANCE OUTSIDE THE BOX – SHULAMITH FIRESTONE REMEMBERED

by Barbara Fischkin, Senior Editor It was a memorial service – and a call to action. Shulamith Firestone, the brilliant, …

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2012 Winter

Why Women Still Do Not Vote for Women

by Phyllis Chesler Cross-posted at Phyllis Chesler’s website.  Democratic women  rejected the only woman candidate, Christine Quinn, who ran for …

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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

A Crowdfunding Primer: Feminist Media Producers Engage A Community of Backers

by Ariel Dougherty “This is what feminism looks like,” shout young women in a contemporary street demonstration in the “She’s Beautiful …

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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 Winter

Military Women Thankful as SWAN Combats Sexual Abuse

by Jamie J. Hagen The world may be concentrating on General Petraeus’ dalliance. But the real story of sexual misbehavior …

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