First Time Not Required to Play in Bikinis

by | Aug 9, 2012 | Blog

While You Were Staring at Their Butts, Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings Just Won Their Third Gold Medal By Justin Peters | Posted Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012, at 7:38 PM ET Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings celebrate at the end of the women beach...

Your Rapist Is Your Work Supervisor?

by | Jun 3, 2012 | Blog

Your Rapist Is Your Work Supervisor? It should be no surprise that on America’s farms, many women are treated as less than human, since not even the government sees them as worthy of respect under the law. There aren’t many jobs in the U.S. that are tougher than...

Pregnancy, Sexual Congress and the (In)Visibility of Men

by | Apr 5, 2012 | Blog

Pregnancy, Sexual Congress and the (In)Visibility of Men Wednesday, 04 April 2012 00:00 By Ellen Dannin, Truthout | Op-Ed Now you see men. Now you don’t. When it comes to being an expert on birth control and women’s sexuality, men are apparently the...

U.S. Republicans Are Nuts

by | Mar 24, 2012 | Blog

10 Reasons The Rest Of The World Thinks The U.S. Is Nuts by Soraya Chemaly Feminist, Satirist, and Media Critic This week the Georgia State Legislature debated a bill in the House that would make it necessary for some women to carry stillborn or dying fetuses until...

Turkey: He Loves You, Then Beats You

by | Jun 15, 2011 | Media Exploitation Gallery

As told by Gauri van Gulik, researcher and advocate, Women’s Rights Division Photo Caption: A Turkish woman shouts slogans on March 8, 2009 in Istanbul where more than 5,000 women gathered to mark International Women’s Day. Purple symbolizes feminism in...