To My Male Relatives on Facebook Who ‘Like’ Sexism
Jessica Valenti at The Nation writes: “
issue: Stopping Violence Against Women
Gayle Trotter’s Ideas Will Not Keep Women Safe
At Slate’s “XXfactor” blog, Amanda Marcotte writes: “The conservative claim, made by Trotter, that guns are an ‘equalizer’ is about as serious a misrepresentation as you can muster when it comes to violence against women. Most violence against women is p…
No Justice for College Rape Victims
Jessica Valenti writes at The Nation: “For two weeks, Melinda Manning—a former dean of students at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill—was called again and again from school administrators hounding her about the school’s rape statistics. In a com…
A Tale of Two Dead Girls and Notre Dame Football
Amanda Marcotte at Slate writes: “Notre Dame’s football team had the ghosts of two dead young women following it this past season. One of the women was an inspiration to us all, selfless as she lay dying from her terminal illness, her only wish for her f…
NOW Supports President Obama’s Goal of Reducing Gun Violence in U.S.
The National Organization for Women applauds President Obama and Vice President Biden for taking swift action after last month’s devastating shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. We strongly support the administration’s admirable goal of reducing gun violence in the United States.
