Vince Hall for the San Diego News Network reports: “Among her many achievements, Midge was the first woman to occupy a senior staff position on the White House staff (during the Carter Administration), where she pushed the President to protect abortion r…
Jessica Valenti writes in The Washington Post: “Every day, we hear about the horrors women endure in other countries: rape in Darfur, genital mutilation in Egypt, sex trafficking in Eastern Europe. We shake our heads, forward e-mails and send money. We h…
Susan J. Douglas writes for In These Times: “[E]nlightened sexism takes the gains of the women’s movement as a given, and then uses them as permission to resurrect retrograde images of girls and women as sex objects, still defined by their appearance and…
Mary Jordan of The Washington Post reports: “There are 25 female ambassadors posted in Washington — the highest number ever, according to the State Department. . . . Women remain a distinct minority — there are 182 accredited ambassadors in Washington…
Mikki Halpin from AlterNet takes a look back on the times in 2009 when feminists asserted ourselves and our belief in equality, often in the face of powerful opposition.
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