Habladora, Feministe AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. July 18, 2008. "It isn't being different that put kids at risk, it's being punished for being different."
Miriam Pérez, RH Reality Check. July 15, 2008. The media give the impression women opt for c-sections for the sake of convenience. In fact, the procedure is often pushed by doctors.
Kelly Nuxoll, Huffington Post. July 13, 2008. And he has help from Clinton, whose post-primary season message to her supporters is: Get over it and move on. I have.
Riane Eisler, The Wip. July 11, 2008. Until people (including progressives) stop thinking of "women's issues" secondary, the U.S. will continue on its path of poverty and war.
Heidi Schnakenberg, AlterNet. July 11, 2008. A lesson from second-wave feminism: Women will continue to be oppressed unless they stop prioritizing other causes over their own.
Lisa Witter, Newsday. June 27, 2008. The media bring us the most important issues of election 2008: which candidate's wife bakes, cleans and most closely resembles Jackie-O.
L.L. Wynn, American Sexuality Magazine. June 26, 2008. In Egypt the label "prostitute" is often applied to women who defy traditional social and sexual codes of conduct.
Melissa Silverstein, Women & Hollywood. June 24, 2008. Brick Lane tells a story rarely heard or seen in popular culture: an immigrant woman's experience in an arranged marriage.
Ellen Goodman, Washington Post Writers Group. June 20, 2008. Retrofitting women to make them sexually attractive and "marriageable" is more than a Hollywood fad. It's life or death for many.
Britt Wahlin, AlterNet. June 11, 2008. Filmmaker Jennifer Fox turned her camera on women around the world and came back with a radicalized view of feminism and freedom.
Natalie Krinsky, The Frisky. June 9, 2008. When are we going to see a slacker, overweight female lead who's married to her bong score with a hot, successful dreamboat?
Lisa Witter, Lisa Chen, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.. June 2, 2008. Contrary to popular belief, women make a lot of money -- and they spend a good amount of it on charitable causes.
Robert Jensen, AlterNet. May 30, 2008. Much of what made progressive movements great has been lost in America's pathological entitlement, exceptionalism, and imperialism.
Jessica Valenti, Seal Press. May 30, 2008. "Slut" is applied to women engaged in any activity besides knitting, praying, or sitting perfectly still lest any sudden movements be deemed whorish.
Melissa McEwan, Shakesville AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. May 27, 2008. A 12 year old girl who is six feet tall was banned from playing with the boys because she was too good.
Tana Ganeva, AlterNet. May 24, 2008. Professor M. Gigi Durham discusses the corporate media's sexual objectification of girls and how to help young women fight regressive media messages.
Joseph Mayton, Women's eNews. May 22, 2008. Egypt has appointed its first female official to certify marriages and divorces. The move has been met by public opposition from some clerics.
Lindsay Beyerstein, Majikthise AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. May 21, 2008. Not two weeks after pledging a clean campaign, one McCain advisor labels gendered attacks on Clinton as fair game.
Melissa McEwan, Shakesville AlterNet: PEEK. May 21, 2008. A new study reveals that race and class play a larger role than gender in educational disparities.
Amanda Marcotte, Pandagon AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. May 19, 2008. A high school in Staten Island has ruled that only girls with (male) dates can attend prom.
