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Knocked Up: Republican Presidential Candidates' Plan for American Women

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. February 7, 2012.

Birth control is under attack by all of the candidates competing for the Republican presidential nomination.

6 Things You Need To Know About the Komen Foundation/Planned Parenthood Controversy (Updated: Komen Reverses Decision)

Sarah Seltzer, AlterNet. February 2, 2012.

Whether Americans were suspicious of Komen to begin with or just fed up with the politicization of women's health, this feels like the last straw.

Why is Hollywood So Afraid of Black Women?

Channing Kennedy, ColorLines. January 30, 2012.

"The Help" is building Oscar buzz despite historical mistruths -- while white/male Oscar contenders derail serious conversation about structural racism in Hollywood.

Why New Birth Control Benefits are the Right Choice and Why Religious Conservatives Have it Wrong

June Carbone, Naomi Cahn, AlterNet. January 29, 2012.

In a country of alarmingly high unplanned pregnancy, American women need access to affordable birth control for economic and health reasons.

Where Is the Anti-Choice Outcry Over North Carolina's Forced Sterilization of Women of Color?

Pamela Merritt, RH Reality Check. January 27, 2012.

A task force in North Carolina recently ruled that survivors of that state’s eugenics program should be paid $50,000 each in financial compensation.

3 Ways Conservative Christianity's Obsessions Promote Abortions

Valerie Tarico, Away Point. January 24, 2012.

One of the great ironies of American society is that most abortions in the U.S. are caused by conservative Christians.

New Look at Mitt Romney's Time as Mormon Leader Shows He's Always Been Bad for Women

Jodi L. Jacobson, RH Reality Check. January 16, 2012.

While Romney is widely derided for his constantly changing political positions, it seems he is clear on one thing: Patriarchal order.

Why Does Everything Seem to Be Going Wrong for Women's Progress?

Irin Carmon, Salon. December 21, 2011.

Whether you look at job stats or the pay gap, at the movie awards or Sunday morning TV, it's been a rough 2011.

Image of Unknown Woman Beaten by Egypt's Military Echoes Around World

Ahdaf Soueif, Comment Is Free. December 19, 2011.

The arrest and brutal treatment of this young woman reminds us that the revolution is far from over.

Woman Jailed, Ostracized After Resorting to Self-Administered Abortion: What Is This, Puritan America?

Amanda Marcotte, AlterNet. December 14, 2011.

When we deprive women of access to abortion, shun them, and even throw them in jail, we as a society become weaker.

Obama's Woman Problem

Rebecca Traister, Salon. December 11, 2011.

The president shamefully uses his daughters to justify limiting the healthcare options of America's young women.

Women, Sex, and Death — From Vampires to Psychoanalysis

Lynn Parramore, AlterNet. December 7, 2011.

"Melancholia," "Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn," and "A Dangerous Method" explore dark passions, along with remembrances of death, violence, and dangerous female sexuality.

Forced Pregnancy? Right-Wing Women's Group Thinks Women Raped in the Military Shouldn't Get Abortions

Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check. December 4, 2011.

Concerned Women for America claims that allowing military women access to abortion is somehow a "cover-up" of the crime committed against them.

Women’s Media Center Awards Night Celebrates the Vision and Vigor of Female Journalists

Lynn Parramore, AlterNet. December 1, 2011.

The media industry is overwhelmingly male-dominated and rife with sexist portrayals of women. But a bold organization is determined to change all that.

How Creepy Conservative Christian Modesty Doctrines Harm Young Women

Sierra, RH Reality Check. November 27, 2011.

When you argue that what’s modest and what isn’t is a valid concern for women, you tell them that their appearance matters most.

8 Obnoxious Cliches about Men, Women and Sex in Otherwise Good TV Shows

Amanda Marcotte, AlterNet. November 24, 2011.

As television becomes more daring, there are still many basic feminist ideas that read as taboo on the small screen.

"As Revolutionaries, We Must Win The Battle For Voters’ Hearts": Egyptians Speak Out About Their First Post-Revolution Election

IRINNovember 19, 2011.

Egyptians of all stripes speak out, clearly and plainly, about their hopes, dreams and fears for the future.

Will Libya's Revolution Bring About Sharia Law?

Karlos Zurutuza, IPS News. November 16, 2011.

Women and secularists decry the coming introduction of Islamic law in post-Gaddafi Libya

Horrific Peek into Women's Prisons Finds: "Sisters, Fighting For Our Lives Together'

Ida Hartmann, AlterNet. November 16, 2011.

New book offers a horrific peek behind the walls of US prisons and reveals the human rights violations suffered by women in confinement.

Rape Cases Soar in Somali Camps

IRINNovember 13, 2011.

Gangs of armed men terrorize internally displaced women in Somalia

An Unlikely Journey: How a Man From the Conservative Bible Belt Is Fighting Violence Against the World's Women and Girls

Jill Iscol, Jimmie Briggs, AlterNet. November 8, 2011.

In this excerpt from the recently released book "Hearts on Fire," Jimmie Briggs discusses founding the Man Up Campaign, a global initiative to stop violence against women.

Anti-Choicers Still Just Want to Control Women's Sex Lives

Angi Becker Stevens, RH Reality Check. November 6, 2011.

Opposition to abortion today is about the same thing it has always been about: not the humanity and personhood of fetuses, but the humanity and personhood of women.

Post Revolutionary Egypt's First Woman Candidate Begins Her Presidential Campaign

Khaled Moussa al-Omrani, Adam Morrow, IPS News. October 31, 2011.

When Egypt holds presidential elections next year, Buthaina Kamel is set to become the first woman in the country's modern history to run for the highest office.

Are Male Baby Boomers Doomed To Become Lonely Seniors?

Ruth Rosen, AlterNet. October 27, 2011.

Why are women more psychologically prepared for old age?

What Happens When the Woman Wants Sex Way More Than the Man? How Unfair Sex Stereotypes Strain Relationships

Hugo Schwyzer, The Good Men Project. October 20, 2011.

Men with lower libidos than their female partners are subject to a slew of unfair stereotypes.