Barbara Crossette, The Nation. June 24, 2009. The pervasive presence of women in the Iran uprising have been cast into sharp focus by the murder of Neda Agha-Soltan during a street protest.
Lily Quateman, The Frisky AlterNet: Sex and Relationships. June 16, 2009. Porn star Grey, who has achieved success as a mainstream actress, has gotten tons of criticism for working in porn.
Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check. June 4, 2009. Every person who trots out vicious nonsense and misinformation about abortion played a part in the murder Dr. George Tiller.
Sal Renshaw, Ms. Magazine. March 11, 2009. There have been a lot of shout-outs to feminism on the "L Word", albeit not a consistent feminist politics that will please everyone.
Shannon Drury, Minnesota Women's Press. March 3, 2009. Many of the new wave of women stitchers and bakers see kitchen work as part of a lost culture that belonged only to women.
Jill Filipovic, Feministe AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. January 29, 2009. We didn’t win the birth control battle, but the stimulus package is still very good for women.
Kathryn Joyce, Religion Dispatches. January 22, 2009. A disturbing number of Christian women are throwing their support behind the "patriarchy movement."
Eleanor Smeal, Huffington Post. January 20, 2009. Both the national and feminist hopes for Obama are high, and the list of what's at stake is strikingly long.
Dr. Logan Levkoff, Huffington Post. January 17, 2009. For years, women were led to believe that being a girlfriend or wife was a special achievement. Facebook may be bringing that mentality back.
Stacey May Fowles, Seal Press. December 29, 2008. There is a guilt and shame among women who have fantasies of their own violation and express a desire to be demeaned.
Frederick Clarkson, The Public Eye. December 25, 2008. The Christian right has launched a permanent religious war to thwart, and even to roll back, advances in civil rights.
Amanda Marcotte, Pandagon AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. December 2, 2008. Don't worry, Tina Fey comes out unscathed (and as awesome as ever).
Adrianne Appel, IPS News. November 20, 2008. From women's reproductive health worldwide, to child care and equal pay, women activists are ready to speak with Obama about what needs to be done.
Stephane Dunn, Ms. Magazine. November 15, 2008. The women in Blaxploitation pics didn't accept victimization and often fought for causes larger than themselves. Imagine what they would do today.
Andi Zeilser, Seal Press. October 16, 2008. Promoting pleasure for women has been difficult, thanks to a pop culture view of female sexuality riddled with moralism and classic double standards.
