The Art Perspective provides a visual and audio forum for artists to exhibit their art and present exciting responses to …
By Marge Piercy An embryo is precious;a woman is a vessel. A fertilized egg is a person;a woman is indentured …
by Aram A. Schvey What’s chutzpah? Until December 2011, I would have deferred to the classic definition in Leo Rosten’s The …
by Ayesha Chatterjee and Judy Norsigian As current staff members at Our Bodies Ourselves (OBOS), an organization that has advanced …
By Gabrielle Korn January 20, 2012 It’s no secret that the United States is in the midst of a War …
by Carol Mason A new anti-abortion DVD is being distributed on America’s campuses. It is called 180 to suggest that society has …
by Corinne A. Carey Our nation’s health care system is in a period of rapid and dramatic change, and the …
by Carol Downer If working in the abortion movement for over 40 years qualifies me to gaze into my crystal …
By Sunsara Taylor January 18, 2012 The first time I stood up for abortion rights was back in 1994 in …
By Manis Rayles January 18, 2012 I am a believer. If I had to name my religion, it would be …
By K Salis January 18, 2012 War can be an intimate experience, often in a deeply personal way, even though …
By Merle Hoffman January 17, 2012 It’s been over 40 years since I founded Choices Women’s Medical Center, one of the …
By Abigail Collazo January 17, 2012 What does war look like Taste like Smell like Images and soundtracks come to …
By Sarah Flint Erdreich January 17, 2012 It had been a lovely wedding, and now the reception was packed. We …
by Tanya Melich Republican women have become a not-so-subtle weapon for breaking apart the Democratic coalition, grounded in the women’s …
by Carol Jenkins It was my brilliant friend, the writer Marilyn French, who presciently and prodigiously wrote about the war …
by Kathryn Joyce These days anti-abortion ingénue Lila Rose needs no introduction. In advertisements for this year’s Values Voter Summit, …
By Gabrielle Korn January 12, 2012 Maayan Melamed, a first-year medical student at The Medical School for International Health at …
by Merle Hoffman When I first opened a clinic for women’s abortion care in Flushing, New York in 1971, women …
by Carole Joffe What about abortion gives it staying power as the central issue in domestic politics, even in the …
by Alexis Greene Words of Choice first emerged as a theatrical performance in the late 1990s when Cindy Cooper, its creator, …
by Tobe Levin January 5, 2012 That African kid with a sand belly, as the author and activist Khady calls …
by Gloria Feldt The day before the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was expected to rule, rumors circulated that the …
by Dulcey Lewis December 23, 2011 “We want revenge and we want it now! Lesbians! Dykes! Gay Women!” The six …
by Ida Hammer December 14, 2011 Trans women are disproportionately impacted by murder and violence, and yet there is a …
by Sarah Elspeth Patterson December 8, 2011 Sexuality education is, in many ways, an esteem-building practice. Knowledge of any kind, …
by Alison Yager December 1, 2011 In August 2011, New York City announced that all public middle and high schools …
by Anne Galisky My first feature-length documentary film, “Papers: Stories of Undocumented Youth,” was produced by a scrappy crew, undocumented …
by Susie Cagle Graphic journalist Susie Cagle researched anti-abortion Crisis Pregnancy Centers by visiting several in the Bay Area “pretending …
By Carolyn Gage November 23, 2011 The emergence of the Occupy Wall Street movement would not have been a surprise …
by Gabrielle Korn “What does activism mean to you?” Jennifer Baumgardner: For me, activism is putting into action my feminist …
by Leslie Cagan My mind is racing as I begin to address this quite large topic: the state of progressive …
Student Think Tank is a new feature of On The Issues Magazine to host and include the writings of students on feminist and …
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