The Twitter hashtag #IDidNotReport has been trending for over a week now. After being started by an English blogger called “The London Feminist,” men and women alike have been taking to the social network to share their stories of abuse and their reasons for not reporting the crime when it happened. But they’re reporting it [...]
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Abigail Collazo
Abigail Collazo is the previous Editor for Fem2.0 and worked as a Project Manager at Turner Strategies, where she managed digital strategy. Abigail has worked on women’s issues in the nonprofit and government sectors for 10+ years, with a focus on global women’s rights. She has a BA in Political Science from Mount Holyoke College and an MA in Global Security Studies from Johns Hopkins University. Abigail's writing on changing gender roles and young feminism has been published at Fem2.0, AlterNet, Role/Reboot, Abortion Gang, and the HuffingtonPost, among others. Abigail tweets from @LeftStandingUp.
Recent blog posts written by Abigail Collazo
Why Do We Report Abuse Online? Announcing Tweet Chat 3/22 3PM at #EndTheSilence about #IDidNotReport
Hate Crimes in My ‘Hood: What Could I Have Done?
“As his partner listened [on the phone], the attackers kicked him at least twice, shattering his jaw.” I wasn’t supposed to be there. Still dressed in work attire and heels, my canvass bag with schoolbooks heavily weighing down one shoulder, I had “stopped by” the march with my friend Doug, who had invited me only [...]
Please Stop Telling Me Why You Use Birth Control
There are things I care very, very deeply about. Especially when it comes to women’s health, and women’s lives. This isn’t because I think that women are special. This is because I care deeply about people’s health, and people’s lives, and for some reason still incomprehensible to me, many people do not view women as [...]
Sluts and Bitches: The Barnard Commencement Speaker Controversy and the Rush Limbaugh Show
I was eleven years old the first time a classmate called me a fucking bitch. I think he had tried to push in front of me to get on the bus first, and I had stood my ground. Something like that. Something totally deserving of being called a name like that. Over the course of [...]
Virginia Effectively Kills Modified State-Sanctioned Rape Bill, But There’s a Lesson to be Learned
Yesterday, Bob McDonnell, the Governor of Virginia, asked the state legislature to make changes to a bill that was causing a national firestorm. As was put so wisely by the folks over at RHRealityCheck, this bill sanctioned rape of a woman by the state. Yes, that’s true. This bill mandated that women undergo a trans-vaginal [...]
Women’s Rights? Meet Women’s Participation: #FemRoots12 at RootsCamp
Just last week, the all-male Republican contingent of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee refused to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act, legislation from 1994 that is literally the centerpiece of our national efforts to combat domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking. For those who don’t know, since this bill was originally enacted, reporting of domestic [...]
On Valentine’s Day, What Does Love Look Like?
I’m not really the dating type. I find first dates to be far more fun to prepare for and obsess over than I do to actually go on. Which is funny, because I do love going out. But I love comfort. I love familiarity. My favorite part of being in a relationship is recognizing an [...]
I Don’t Use Birth Control, But I Want Access To It
In my life, I have never purchased any form of birth control. I’ve never gone to a nurse’s office, a health center, a pharmacy, or any other health care provider to even inquire about it. I couldn’t name for you the side effects of each different type, and I do not know the name of [...]
Tone It Down: When the Women’s Movement Tries to Justify Its Support for Abortion
One of the best pieces of advice I ever read about professional development for women was to stop trying to not take up so much room. The author noted that when women sit down at a conference table for a meeting, we have a tendency of organizing all of our papers and folders and pens [...]
What Did the Fem2.0 Executive Board Think of the State of the Union?
If you’ve been following us, you know that over the past few years Fem2.0 bloggers have written extensively about public policy, and its role in women’s lives not just here in the United States, but abroad as well. Most of us tuned in last night to watch President Obama’s Third State of the Union to [...]