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Three Ways to Save Women's Lives (Part 1) FRANCINE COEYTAUX & BELLE TAYLOR MCGHEE ON 06.07.2010 The rate of maternal deaths and illnesses worldwide is shockingly high. We can and must do something about it now. Here's one way; stay tuned for more. (This is the first of a three-part series.) more...   Three Ways to Save Women's Lives (Part 2) FRANCINE COEYTAUX & BELLE TAYLOR MCGHEE ON 06.08.2010 The rate of maternal deaths and illnesses worldwide is shockingly high. We can and must do something about it now. Here's another way; stay tuned for more. (This is the second of a three-part series.) more...   Three Ways to Save Women's Lives (Part 3) FRANCINE COEYTAUX & BELLE TAYLOR MCGHEE ON 06.09.2010 The rate of maternal deaths and illnesses worldwide is shockingly high. We can and must do something about it now. Here's another way; stay tuned for more. (This is the third of a three-part series.) more... Happy 50th Birthday To The Pill ELAINE TYLER MAY ON 05.20.2010 Today it can be easy for U.S. women to take birth control access for granted. American studies Professor Elaine Tyler May looks back to when the Pill was revolutionary, coming on the scene just as the feminist movement was gaining momentum. The potent combination of the Pill and the movement changed history. more...   A Title IX for Health Care? ELEANOR SMEAL ON 05.20.2010 Feminist Majority Foundation President and Ms. Publisher Eleanor Smeal lists 25 gains for women in the health care bill—some you’ve heard of, and some you probably haven’t. Smeal also covers the setbacks for women, including the restrictions on abortions coverage and the revival of domestic abstinence-only sex education funding. And intriguingly, she opens the question of whether language in the bill prohibiting sex discrimination—which actually references Title IX—could have far-reaching benefits for women and girls. more... Condoms =Arrest? NADIA BERENSTEIN ON 03.18.2010 "First [the police officer] asked me what I was doing with all these condoms. Then he took the bag and threw it in the garbage. Then he arrested me." more... Why Men’s Health Is a Feminist Issue ADINA NACK ON 02.24.2010 As new uses are approved for the so-called cervical cancer vaccine, women learn once again how intimately their well-being is tied to men's. more... Bishops Lose the Faith(ful) JON O'BRIEN ON 02.23.2010 What happens to the separation of church and state when U.S. Catholic bishops insert themselves into the legislative process, as they did with health-care reform? As President Obama rolls out his latest health-care agenda this week, the bishops might once again try to hold reform hostage. more...   BREAKING UPDATE: What a Difference a Tested Rape Kit Can Make NINA BOUTSIKARIS ON 11.23.2009 “Every two minutes someone is sexually assaulted somewhere in the United States. DNA evidence doesn’t forget and it cannot be intimidated….” more...   Bad Habits? SR. MAUREEN FIEDLER, SL ON 11.24.2009 Over the past year, the Vatican has initiated two chilling investigations of American nuns’ communities. Nuns are not singing “hallelujah.” more... BREAKING UPDATE: Fear of Feminist Nuns FREDRIKA THELANDERSSON It turns out Sister Maureen Fiedler was right in her article Bad Habits?, which appears in the latest issue of Ms., now on newsstands. more...
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New Millennium, Same Old Backlash MAYA SCHENWAR ON 03.26.2010 Circa 1999, it might have been possible to imagine a bright feminist future. But the past decade has seen many reactionary encroachments on women's rights. Ms. blogger Maya Schenwar sat down with Barbara J. Berg, author of Sexism in America, to talk about what went wrong and how we can beat the backlash. more...     Iran Continues Crackdown on Women's-Rights Advocates ELHAM GHEYTANCHI ON 02.17.2010 Though Iran was condemned for its treatment of dissidents at a special United Nations session February 15th, the Iranian government detained a prominent feminist lawyer the next day. Meanwhile, censorship of womens-rights websites continues. more...     The Brave Life of Abortion Provider Susan Hill MICHELE KORT ON 02.16.2010 Until her recent death from breast cancer, Susan Hill fought long and hard to provide access to abortions for women in smaller, underserved communities. more... In Asia, It’s Progress Not Perfection CATHERINE A. TRAYWICK ON 02.11.2010 Although Asian women leaders have often been related to previous male officeholders, that's not the whole story of their ascension, nor does it belie the progress they've made. more... The Super Bowl: No Place for an Anti-Abortion Ad KIM GANDY ON 02.03.2010 In the past, CBS had a stated policy to reject all message-oriented ads it deemed controversial, including ads from MoveOn.org, PETA, and the United Church of Christ, which dared to suggest that their church would model tolerance ("Jesus Didn't Turn People Away. Neither Do We"). Then came word that this year it had accepted an ad from the ultra-conservative group Focus on the Family. more... Terror in Charlotte CAROL JOFFE, Ms. WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT ON 12.01.2009 "Wanted” posters have appeared in North Carolina, calling two abortion doctors murderers and suggesting that people contact them. They are chilling reminders of posters put up in the 1990s, a time when three abortion providers were murdered. more... Previous reports: --Bellevue, Nebraska --Jackson, Mississippi --Allentown, Pennsylvania Taking a Bite Out of Twilight CARMEN D. SIERING ON 11.18.2009 Ms. questions what Twilight is really teaching young girls. more... New Moon, Same Old Sexist Story CARMEN D. SIERING AND KATHERINE SPILLAR ON 11.23.2009 Sure, the film New Moon is breaking box office records, but feminists can’t be too happy about how the latest episode in the Twilight series represents a young woman and her place in the modern world. more... More Outrage Over Stupak-Pitts CAROL JOFFE, Ms. WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT ON 11.18..2009 “Our medical experts have determined that your life was not in danger and you could have carried the pregnancy to term. And, by the way, you owe us $9,000.” more...   Why Women’s Reproductive Freedom Ensures Our Survival KAVITA N. RAMDAS ON 01.08.2009 Today, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivers a major address on newfound U.S. commitment to global reproductive health and family planning. Here, a leader in the field of global women’s rights reflects on what it means. more... Copenhagen: A Feminist Response HOLLY TOMLINSON ON 12.22.2009 Renowned ecofeminist activist Vandana Shiva tells Ms. what should have happened at the U.N. climate change conference—and why women’s voices are essential to head off a planetary crisis. more... Farewell to a Pioneer of Women’s Sports MICHELE KORT, Ms. SENIOR EDITOR ON 12.02.2009 Rena “Rusty” Kanokogi, who first practiced judo when only men were allowed to compete, brought women’s judo out of the closet and into the Olympic Games. more...   Where the Men Are: Historic feminist conference convenes In Minnesota SHIRA TARRANT ON 11.13.2009 What does the feminist movement need from men? That was the question posed at the first National Conference for Campus Based Men’s Gender Equality and Anti-Violence Groups in Minnesota. This was no drum-beating, fire-in-the-belly, touchy-feely gathering in the woods. more...   Thousands March in Solidarity with Fired Boston Hotel Workers NOELLE WILLIAMS ON 11.23.2009 In September, Hyatt of Boston fired 98 veteran housekeepers — all women except for one man — and replaced them with minimum-wage workers. Now thousands of hotel workers around the nation are staging mass protests in solidarity. more... When Women Play Rough… Watch Out for the Backlash MICHELE KORT, Ms. SENIOR EDITOR ON 11.16.09 It was the ponytail pull seen ‘round the world - University of New Mexico soccer player Elizabeth Lambert suddenly became the most famous woman in sports this past week, after a video of her aggressively punching and tripping her opponents, and ultimately throwing another player to the grass by her hair, went viral. more... Under the Bus: Stupak amendment sours health reform act for women ELEANOR SMEAL ON 11.09.2009 How quickly joy can turn to outrage. Women had a lot to cheer about Saturday night when the House passed the historic Affordable Health Care Act.... But our celebration was quickly dampened by an ugly amendment to the bill, the so-called Stupak amendment. more... Scientific Careers And Reproductive Ones: Can They Go Hand In Hand? CAROL JOFFE, Ms. WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT ON 11.08..2009 Here’s the good news: Over the past 30 years, women’s entrance into graduate programs in the sciences and engineering has significantly increased. more...   Will We Ignore Brooksley Born AGAIN? KATHERINE SPILLAR, Ms. EXECUTIVE EDITOR ON 11.04.2009 Eleven years ago, U.S. economic leaders should have listened to Brooksley Born. more...   10.28.2009 No Dignity For NBC | by Michele Kort, Senior Editor Anyone who’s watched the long-running NBC series Law and Order—the original, not the spinoffs—knows that its stories are often “ripped from the headlines.” So it wasn’t all that surprising that the October 23 episode, entitled “Dignity,” was obviously inspired by the murder this past spring of Kansas abortion provider Dr. George Tiller in his church. more... 10.21.2009 A "Woman's Nation" Should Change Everything, But Will It? | by Carole Joffe, Ms. Washington Correspondent more... 10.16.2009 Sanity in Sight? Congresswomen Push for Gender Equality in Health-Care Reform | by Carole Joffe, Ms. Washington Correspondent more... 10.12.2009 HARD TIMES = HARD CHOICES | by Carole Joffe, Ms. Washington Correspondent more...
ARTS & REVEIWS
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest By Stieg Larsson REVIEWED BY ERIN AUBRY KAPLAN ON 07.20.2010 True to its title, this last installment of Swedish author Stieg Larsson’s popular trilogy of spy thrillers Read full review... Behind the Mask of the Strong Black Woman: Voice and the Embodiment of a Costly Performance by Tamara Beauboeuf-Lafontant AUTHOR INTERVIEW BY EVA MCKEND ON 12.04.2009 Author Tamara Beauboeuf-Lafontant unpacks the stereotype of black woman as superwoman, finding unspoken vulnerabilities under the expected bravado. read interview...   When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present By Gail Collins read review... When Gay People Get Married: What Happens Why Societies Legalize Same-Sex Marriage By M.V. Lee Badgett read review... The Year of the Flood By Margaret Atwood read review... I Am Your Sister: Collected and Unpublished Writings of Audre Lorde read review... FIND MORE REVIEWS ON GOODREADS >>