Yoo-Hoo Mrs. Goldberg, film about the life and work of Gertrude Berg, who spoke Matriarch to a nation before the advent of I Love Lucy.
Pray the Devil Back to Hell, film about the women’s peace movement in Liberia, led by Leymah Gbowee, who remembered her mother-tongue and used it.
This morning, during my usual twirl [...]

Comprehensive Reproductive Healthcare for Women

It just so happens that Honey Alexander, wife of Senator Lamar Alexander, was the first name on my list. As I read her bio, I couldn’t help thinking that we would probably agree on many issues, especially those impacting children. This letter asks wives of senators to prevail upon their husbands [...]

(This was originally written during the presidential campaign of 2008, specifically to submit a feminist platform to the Democratic party.)
Imagine the world without mothers.  Do we have a world?  No.  The center circle in the middle of our world of concentric circles is a mother, a woman who wants to be a mother and is [...]

I’ve been through burnout so many times you’d think by now I would know how NOT to get thoroughly depleted, but there are many sources that keep me chugging along, some of which I know very well, some I’m just confronting. As someone who has a background in psychotherapy, I know, theoretically and clinically, how [...]

Dear Senator Boxer: I am a HUGE HUGE HUGE fan not only for your stance on issues impacting women and girls, but also because you’re courageous and know how to handle your colleagues and the press with sechel! (I hope I’ve spelled that correctly.)
I used to live in the Bay Area but am now [...]

Recently I’ve had several interchanges with women on Twitter that have concerned me.  I’m talking about a fellow tweep personalizing a point I made, taking exception, becoming resentful, interpreting my point as an arrow I’ve flung at her.  Not only have I had this happen in my online conversations, but I’ve also witnessed this happening [...]

Imagine a box big enough to fit 25 women reduced to video-game size.  Imagine this is all happening on a screen before your very eyes, and that the box has 4 sides at least 5 times higher than any of the women but has no top, so that you can observe.
Imagine a narrow band of [...]

Dear Group:  Yesterday I posted my Letter to President Obama: Plea for the Human Rights of Women, Tribute to a Matriarch at http://feministadvisoryboard.blogspot.com.
I’m asking that people sign the letter using the comments box.  Today I received this update (below) on life in Afghanistan, and thought I would include part of it with my request for [...]

Dear Leader:  If you’re receiving this email you are either an acknowledged leader in women’s movement or a woman in whom I see emerging leadership. 
I am increasingly impressed and depressed at the same time:  impressed with the work happening everywhere, with the talent abounding wherever I look, and yet depressed by no sense of movement [...]

Emily–I see myself as a bridge-builder and a cross-pollinator among women’s groups, and I have been spending time getting to know all the players in the femisphere, as well as forming Feminist Advisory Board for Obama, which now exists on both Facebook and Organizing for America.  I’m very impressed with Feminist Campus’ energy and organization, [...]