Hysteria: A Double Take
Editor’s Note: Sorry for the delays in posting this week. Today I am featuring an awesome guest post by Marissa Zappas. Marissa is currently a student at The New School, majoring in Global Studies...
View ArticleCan we please stop “What about rape and incest” -ing?
This election season, the issue of abortion in the case of rape seems to be the only thing that both parties might be able to agree on. I say might because, of course, there are plenty of Republican...
View ArticleRepresentations of Poverty in “The Casual Vacancy”
Though I stood in line for the midnight release of almost every Harry Potter book, I was a bit more hesitant about reading J.K. Rowling’s newest book. The Casual Vacancy has been hailed as an “adult”...
View ArticlePlanned Parenthood to Move Away from “Choice”
Realizing that I identified with the “pro-choice” label was one of my very first “click” moments as a young feminist. From the Second Wave’s fight for legal abortion to our current struggle in the...
View ArticleWhat Google Thinks About Feminisms
Disclaimer: The title of this post is NOT meant to indicate that Google as a company OR as a collection of employees thinks these things. By “Google” I mean to indicate collective internet...
View ArticleReproductive Justice on TV: Call The Midwife
There is a special place in my heart reserved for British television and period costume dramas–anything from Pride and Prejudice to Bleak House to Downton Abbey. So, when I heard that BBC’s newest...
View ArticleRace and Reproductive Freedom in the Childfree Community
This is a direct response to Melissa McEwan’s post at Shakesville today about being childfree, but it’s also something I’ve been thinking about for quite some time in regards to mainstream feminist...
View ArticleWhat The Bible Really Says About “Illegal” Immigration
If you can take this: “You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination.” (Leviticus 19:22) and turn it into this: (while ignoring all the other laws in The Bible which tell you its...
View ArticleFederal judge upholds most of restrictive abortion law in Texas
The biggest news in abortion access this week comes from Texas, where parts of one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the nation–part of the bill that the now legendary Wendy Davis filibustered...
View ArticleGender, Race, and the Wage Gap: Why Intersectionality Matters
We often talk about the wage gap solely in terms of gender. From the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act to the argument over whether a wage gap exists at all, we are usually only talking about men vs....
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