Anemona Hartocollis writes for the New York Times: “[H]er case is part of a debate over the use of cesarean sections. It also raises issues about the rights of pregnant women to control their own bodies, even if that might compromise the life of a fetus.”
Marjorie Valburn writes for The Washington Post: “Black women are among the lowest paid workers in the United States. In many professions they’re near the bottom of the pay scale. They earn less than white men – on average just 64 cents for every dollar paid to white men – and less than women overall, Read more …
Mark Follman writes for Mother Jones: “As Jennifer Longdon her wheelchair through the Indianapolis airport on April 25, she thought the roughest part of her trip was over.”
At a podium on the capitol steps in Jefferson City, Liz Read-Katz kicked off what activists are calling a “women’s filibuster” – a 72-hour protest in opposition to a bill that would triple the waiting period for abortions to three days and make Missouri one of only three states in the US with a 72-hour mandate.
When Divergent actress Shailene Woodley told an interviewer recently that she didn’t call herself a feminist because she “love[s] men,” many people were outraged. But there’s another side to this story: Shailene Woodley doesn’t understand what feminism is, and it’s not necessarily her fault.