Take Your Foot off My Neck

by | Jun 15, 2011 | Blog, Sexism

By Charlotte Taft from Reality Check I am furious. As the Director of the Abortion Care Network, a non-profit organization that supports independent abortion providers and challenges stigma, I know more than I want to about the recent attacks on women’s reproductive...

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...

Frisk the Powerful

by | May 20, 2011 | Blog

With the growing discrepancy between rich and poor, we are witnessing more privilege in action. While privilege is typically enjoyed by rich, white males it is also shared with wealthy, white females, moneyed people of color, and all those born into the ruling class....

Osama bin Laden Killed

by | May 2, 2011 | Blog

According to a White House video Osama Bin Laden has been killed in Pakistan. Obama stated brave soldiers killed Bin Laden and that we took his body as evidence. I need to see the movie, In a Better World. Maybe we all need to see this movie and start thinking about...

Ann J. Simonton & Activism Archive

by | Apr 11, 2011 | Blog, Media

Sports Illustrated Retrospective of Swimsuit Covers Woman Warrior 25th Anniversary Issue Women of the Year Simonton shaves Hair Ms. Magazine Using Consumer Boycott for Social Change Throwing in the Towel by Bruce Horovitz Los Angeles Times, Business San Francisco...