Susan Waldman, This year, on the 15th anniversary of V-Day, the Morris County Chapter of the National Organization for Women (MCNOW) is joining women all around the world who are lifting their voices as One Billion Rising. We are rising because one of ev…
NOW lauds today’s Senate vote to pass an inclusive and long-overdue reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). Despite efforts by a handful of misguided Republicans to undermine the bill’s important provisions, the Senate reauthorized the act with a bipartisan vote of 78-22, sending it to the House for immediate action.
Soraya Chemaly at RH Reality Check writes: “I find it strange that Pope Benedict XVI chose a week that will culminate in a global strike to protest violence against women to retire. And for health reasons no less. Orange smoke and irony and all that. On…
The editors of The Nation write: “As Nation contributor and co-editor of the anthology Yes Means Yes Jessica Valenti explains, ‘Rape is a standard result of a culture mired in misogyny, but for whatever reason—denial, self-preservation, sexism—Americans…
By now, Super Bowl ad watchers have grown accustomed to GoDaddy producing one of the most shamelessly exploitative commercials every year. The internet company faithfully uses blatant sexual come-ons involving well-known women to brew up controversy before the game and draw viewers onto its website afterward.
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