Allison Gaudet Yarrow, Women's eNews. July 15, 2008. A multi-billion-dollar wedding industry peddles the perfection myth more intensely than ever before.
Anja Tranovich, AlterNet. June 24, 2008. A group of gay rights activists are visiting Evangelical churches around the country in an effort to change hearts and minds.
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, AlterNet. May 28, 2008. The gay marriage movement should not be fighting for a 1950s model of white-picket fence "we're just like you" normalcy.
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.
Colleen Dealy, Taylor Baldwin, Huffington Post. May 16, 2008. A survey reveals that a majority of married moms are not sexually satisfied in their marriages. Many are making up for it on the side.
Melissa McEwan, Shakesville AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. May 15, 2008. In a 4-3 decision, the court ruled that domestic partnerships are not a substitute for marriage.
Evan Derkacz, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. May 12, 2008. In a move of political jujitsu, conservatives try to claim the legacy of Mildred Loving in an effort to bash gay marriage.
Pam Spaulding, Pam's House Blend AlterNet: PEEK. May 12, 2008. A ruling in New York held that same-sex marriages performed elsewhere must be recognized by the state.
Dr. Marty Klein, Sexual Intelligence AlterNet: Sex and Relationships. May 2, 2008. How can religious people believe that marriage is holy, and then deliberately limit its intimacy and shared experiences?
Lisa Gabriele, Nerve.com. May 1, 2008. For an institution associated with a 50 percent failure rate and bad sex, marriage still has surprisingly many takers -- not me.
Christie Church, Girlistic Magazine. March 26, 2008. Feminism helps us face the challenge of being complex people in a society that reduces us to pink and blue.
Amanda Marcotte, Pandagon AlterNet: PEEK. February 25, 2008. I was bemused, and not a little puzzled, when I read this tsk-tsking article about "sexy" wedding dresses in the NY Times.
