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2009 Winter

Youth Videos Push Back Gender Violence

by rebecca s. a. connie and Tara Malik When TOMS Attack is the name of a short video created by …

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2009 Winter

Female Avatars Hail ‘Second Life’

by Sharon Collingwood In November of 2008 a conference was held at Ohio State University. Over 50 academics from Europe, …

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2009 Winter

Healthcare Compromise: Low-Income Women Get Bumped

By Jen Nedeau Democrats in the Senate got what they wanted this Christmas: a passed health care reform bill. Low-income …

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2009 Fall

Race and Gender: Two Lovers Who Dare to Kiss

By L.A. Bailey What would happen to America if race and gender decided to unleash their passion and proclaim their …

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2009 Fall

Book Reveals Difficulties of Traditional Chinese Gender Roles

by Angela Poh Heroines of Jiangyong: Chinese Narrative Ballads in Womens Script, translated by Wilt L. Idema, is the first …

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2009 Fall

To Stop Gender Violence, Start Changing the Tune

by Andrea Smith In a society that, in large measure, condones gender violence, the problem cannot be solved by locking …

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2009 Fall

Birthers and Birchers: Hiding Behind Stars and Stripes

by Loretta J. Ross Sustaining a progressive movement based on shared politics requires not only unification on positive values, but …

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2009 Fall

The First of All Liberties: Making Health Care Meet All Women’s Needs

by Eesha Pandit Why care about women’s health in health care reform? I think it’s critical for reproductive justice advocates …

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2009 Fall

White Silence and Responsibility

By Clare Coss What is the role of the artist as we strive to understand issues that divide us How …

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2009 Fall

Exclusive: Women of Color Push Boundaries on Reproductive Justice

by Natalie Bell Women of color increasingly feel empowered and emboldened to defend their rights to make healthy decisions about …

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2009 Fall

In Peril: North African Freedom Fighter On Hunger Strike

by Cindy Cooper Editor’s Note: Urgent circumstances call for early publication of this story planned for our Winter 2010 edition …

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2009 Fall

The ‘New’ Population Control Craze: Retro, Racist, Wrong Way to Go

by Betsy Hartmann It’s back to the bad old days of the population bomb. That was the title of an …

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2009 Fall

Taking on Postracialism

by Rinku Sen Something happened in the months leading up to and including the election of Barack Obama as the …

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2009 Fall

Population & Environment: A Progressive Feminine Approach

By Laurie Mazur In “The ‘New’ Population Control Craze: Retro, Racist, Wrong Way to Go” ( in this edition of …

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2009 Fall

Black Abortion: Breaking The Silence

by Maame-Mensima Horne For years reproductive justice activists have been calling for African American women to break the silence around abortion …

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2009 Fall

Race, Feminism, Our Future

From the Editors What do postfeminism and postracialism have to do with liberation and freedom? The answer is clear: nothing …

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2009 Fall

Wise Words Cause Fearful Notions

By Serena Garcia The ascension of Justice Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court of the United States in fall 2009 …

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2009 Summer

Healthy Masculinities: A Pro-Human Endeavor

by Josie Lehrer Before a standing room-only house at the debut presentation of the Mens Story Project in August 2008, Kenyatta, a …

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2009 Summer

The Heretics: Film Invigorates Feminism, Art, Politics

by Ariel Dougherty Exuberance and bravado! Gumption and sweat! Vision and breadth! These are among the many elements that composed …

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2009 Fall

Beginning with the Children: To Teach Peace

by Eleanor J. Bader It is the third week of classes at P.S. 130, The Parkside School in Brooklyn, New …

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2009 Summer

Women Are the Solution, Not the Problem

by Talia Carner At a mid-October U.N. session commemorating the 15th Anniversary of the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development in …

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2009 Fall

Natural Disasters, Climate Change Uproot Women of Color

by Jacqui Patterson The effects of climate change threaten everyone, but they do not threaten all people equally. Women are …

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2009 Fall

Stimulating Social Change, Then and Now

by Suzanne Pharr Recently, I went to the Kentucky Social Forum, and spent time talking with a co-worker and friend …

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2009 Summer

Third Wave Video Art: Sarcastic and Serious

by Heather MacGibbon What is Feminist Art This is a question that art historians and critics have pondered in the …

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2009 Summer

Teens, Freaks, Outlaws and Alternatives to Suicide

by Kate Bornstein Gender rights are often reduced to the rights of women and the rights of men. But over …

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2009 Spring

Mujeres Take Back the Culture With Old Photos

by Graciela Sanchez We are the survivors of physical and cultural genocide.All people of color in the U.S.Are survivors of …

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2009 Fall

A Poem: Barrettes, Bandages and Butterflies

by Donna Nelson October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. This poem “Barrettes, Bandages and Butterflies,” was inspired by my friend who passed away …

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2009 Fall

The Death of A Dream: Layers of Domestic Violence

by Nancy Genova The Death of Dream is a play about domestic violence that is slightly different from other artistic pieces …

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2009 Fall

The Artist Perspective: Fall ’09

In this edition of On the Issues Magazine on race, feminism and a new progressive movement, The Art Perspective features …

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2009 Fall

The Poet’s Eye – Fall ’09

In our Fall ’09 edition, THE POET’S EYE features Marian Cannon Dornell and Cheryl Clarke;from Poetry Co-Editor Clare Coss. Naomi’s …

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2009 Summer

In A Word: The True History of “Misogyny”

by Christine E. Hutchins There is very little new under the sun. Misogyny in art, literature and other records dates …

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2009 Summer

Southern Reproductive Justice and Trans Alliance

by Sir Jesse of Decatur Transmen and XX chromosomal men are equally affected by laws designed to chip away at …

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2009 Summer

Women in the Arts: How They Can Change Your Life

by Barbara Kahn The arts, film, theater, music, literature, comic books and graphic novels, fine arts and craftsinfluence the image …

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