Anna Clark, RH Reality Check. November 20, 2009. Historically, the burden of family planning has almost always fallen on women. Isn't it about time for that to change?
Don Hazen, AlterNet. November 16, 2009. The NY Times has just discovered that "douche" is used as an insult in mainstream media. Why do they seem to see the spread of a term derogatory to women as progress?
Vanessa Richmond, AlterNet. November 7, 2009. Digitally-enabled mating culture has opened up the mate-finding process while also generating a whole new set of dating anxieties.
Jodie Evans, CODEPINK Women for Peace: Action Blog. November 6, 2009. Meddling in Afghanistan’s elections and U.S. failure at every turn to deliver security and justice is increasing the potency of the Taliban.
Terry J. Allen, In These Times. November 3, 2009. The pharmaceutical industry wants you to think that if you don't have sex like a porn star, you're in need of their drugs.
Maureen Fiedler, Ms. Magazine. October 27, 2009. The Vatican's secretive investigations of American nuns is seen by many as attempts to intimidate outspoken, liberal nuns into submission.
Rabbit White, SeXis Magazine. October 21, 2009. I wanted to have sex with both women and men. But how could I tell if I was really bisexual, or acting out "Girls Gone Wild" faux lesbianism?
Ronnie Koenig, AlterNet. October 21, 2009. Screaming at women about their appearances reinforces some men's sense of dominance -- but it's street harassment.
Jill Filipovic, Feministe AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. October 19, 2009. The nasty comments women make about their bodies are uncomfortable and harmful.
Gloria Steinem, Women's Media Center. October 19, 2009. The Shriver Report stands to attract some serious (and overdue) attention to a woman's role in the workplace. Whether that will translate to action is yet unclear.
Don Hazen, AlterNet. October 17, 2009. Armed with the signatures of thousands of Afghan women asking him not to send more troops, Evans told Obama that women must have a seat at the negotiating table.
Barbara Ehrenreich, Tomdispatch.com. October 14, 2009. Much-discussed study claims that women are more depressed relative to men in recent decades, when it actually suggests that neither marriage nor children make women happy.
Lucinda Marshall, Feminist Peace Network AlterNet: PEEK. October 7, 2009. It only addresses a small part of the continuing blatant disregard for women's human rights as a result of U.S. military actions.
Cherry Trifle, SeXis Magazine. October 5, 2009. Thanks to a media marketing machine bent on making money by making women feel bad, women used to pour Lysol in their vaginas. Some still douche. But why?
Saucy Sarah, SeXis Magazine. October 1, 2009. Being bisexual means that you are attracted to members of both sexes, even if you’re not sleeping with them. Here are some things bisexuality doesn’t mean.
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. September 30, 2009. Just so we're clear, a leading conservative writer at one of the premier conservative political outlets, argued publicly against a woman's right to vote.
Natasha Chart, Open Left AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. September 30, 2009. Our rights and health are often the first bone offered up on the altar of bipartisan consensus.
Tanya Gold, The Guardian. September 29, 2009. Drugs, money, revenge, because it's fun -- those are just a few of the reasons women have sex, according to a new book that interviewed 1,006 women from around the world.
Anonymous, RH Reality Check. September 28, 2009. Every day that our doors are open to women seeking abortions, the sidewalk in front of our clinic is occupied by stalkers, harassers, and creeps.
Vanessa Richmond, AlterNet. September 25, 2009. By and large, women do far more housework than men and are better at it. It's creating a dirty situation.
