Celebs Who Think They’re Ugly? Give Us a Break

Yahoo.com reporter Liz Brody (for Shine) interviews NOW VP Erin Matson about her struggles with body image issues and self acceptance, and talks about NOW’s Love Your Body Day, October 20: “How many ways can you skin a woman’s confidence? For years, we’…

Is Jim DeMint’s Hate Speech About Teachers a Teachable Moment?

NOW President Terry O’Neill opines for The Hill Newspaper about Sen. Jim DeMint’s comments about gays and women teachers: “DeMint and his crowd are bent on taking over the U.S. Congress this November. Would a government led by the likes of him actually…

Why ‘Mad Men’ is TV’s Most Feminist Show

Stephanie Coontz writes in The Washington Post: “‘Mad Men’s’ authentic portrait of women’s lives in the early 1960s makes it hard for some women to watch. . . . We should be glad that the writers are resisting the temptation to transform their female ch…

Politicians’ Intolerance Help Fuel Climate of Hate Against Gays and Lesbians

An editorial in The Washington Post states: “The news out of New York City this past weekend was horrifying. In what is being called the worst anti-gay violence in recent memory, two 17-year-old boys and a 30-year-old man were kidnapped and sexually tort…

Four Hundred Thousand Reasons to Vote

NOW President Terry O’Neill wrote an Op-ed for OtherWords.org about the importance of keeping Social Security intact for all women: “Women already comprise the largest group of elderly who live in poverty, a fact that reveals the urgency of improving–n…