Reading Materials The first novel, " A Love Story: Starring My Dead Best Friend " by Emily Horner involves musical theater, road trips and most importantly, a LGBTQ story. And the 2011 Rainbow Project has listed it in the top ten books of the year. For more information about the book, click here.  How easy is it [...]

Last week I was irritated by an article in the Washington Post about mean girls and what happens to them when they grow up.  Apparently, they change.  Amanda Judson, a senior at Union College in Upstate New York, wrote her senior honors thesis on the same subject, comparing freshmen with seniors. She reported that freshmen women [...]

Today, I just want to do a brief follow-up on my activism post from last week with a few additional links and suggestions. With the GOP’s current “war on women,” this question has become more important than ever, and we’re not the only ones talking about it. Glorida Feldt on Blogher offered some great suggestions [...]

What do anti-abortion US activist Lila Rose and the Karzai-led government of Afghanistan have in common?  Turns out, a lot.  It seems that people who are out to deny women basic health services and control over their lives like to use similar techniques – mainly, accusing the groups that actually DO help women of misusing [...]

Reading Materials Cindy D. Ness, in her new book "Why Girls Fight: Female Youth Violence in the Inner City" discusses fights in inner cities and how young women must prove themselves in west and northeast Philly through physical aggression. Check out her book via Amazon.  Janet Jackson recently released her new memoir, "True You: A Journey [...]

Cross-posted with permission from Madama Ambi "In the public discourse the fetus has been elevated to an equal status with a living, breathing human being.  More and more, women are viewed as the enemy of children, requiring the State’s intervention to protect their developing children from them.  But, in reality, women still conceive, nurture, give [...]

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the dichotomy between online advocacy and activism in the real world. The lines between the two can sometimes blur. Both have a role to play in organizing individuals and pushing change. However, I’ve been thinking about cases in which we mistake the former for the latter—when does online [...]

Five years ago, my boyfriend and I had been together for about three weeks when Valentine’s Day arrived.  We decided to exchange gifts – because it’s nice apply a little pressure to a new relationship.  We didn’t exchange any stereotypical Valentine’s gifts, although there were roses waiting for me at home at the end of [...]

Interested in murdering abortion providers without penalty?  You may soon have your chance!  A provision expanding the definition of "justifiable homicide" to include killings that are intended to prevent harm to a fetus was added to HB 1171, a law under consideration in South Dakota.  This bill was voted out of committee and is now [...]

Reading Materials: How hard is to move to a new place and start your life from scratch? What if you had never had a real home? In Haldana, Britanny Shoot shares her personal stories and experiences of moving to Denmark and starting over (via elevate difference).  You Know When Men are Gone by Siobhan Fallon [...]