By Merle Hoffman, cross-posted at On The Issues Magazine All my life there was a kind of disconnect between my internal and external realities. "Funny," people would say, "you don’t look Jewish. Funny, you don’t look like a concert pianist. Funny—you don’t look like a feminist." But I was all of those things and more. [...]

By Megan Carpentier; posted with permission from On the Issues Magazine This summer, Hanna Rosin warned readers of The Atlantic that the apocalypse was nigh — for boys, at least. In an article provocatively titled The End Of Men, Rosin used the increasing preponderance of women in higher education and the low rungs of our [...]

By Cindy Cooper; posted with permission from On the Issues Magazine Perhaps one of the biggest impediments to women’s equality in the United States is a pervasive, persistent and too-common myth: it’s all been done. It’s a cruel trick, as if the exhortation to girls that they can do anything is turned on its head [...]

by Fran Luck; posted with permission from On The Issues Magazine. Political feminism barely exists in corporate mainstream media. Shows like “Oprah” and “Tyra” – boasting female audiences in the tens of millions – owe their existence to space opened up by the feminist movement, but rarely, if ever, acknowledge that such a movement has [...]

by Megan Carpentier; posted with permission from On The Issues Magazine. When my parents instilled in me the belief that I could do anything a boy could do, I’m not sure they really knew what they were going to get. They probably pictured me playing baseball (I turned to ballet) and taking calculus (I chose [...]

By Loretta J. Ross; posted with permission from On The Issues Magazine. Sustaining a progressive movement based on shared politics requires not only unification on positive values, but an understanding of the opposition and their tactics. Analysis of the various elements of opposition can do much to improve our own eyesight and path forward. “Birthers" [...]

By Eesha Pandit; posted with permission from On The Issues Magazine (thanks for cross-posting with us!) *Note from Fem2.0: Did you catch NWLC’s November 4 carnival for healthcare reform? Check out their widgets, donate to get t-shirts and bumper stickers and tell Congress to pass healthcare legislation that respects women’s and families’ needs. For more, check [...]

Posted with permission from On The Issues Magazine It’s been a surprise to find out what a sexist I really am. I’ve been calling myself a feminist for two decades, and surely was one for the two decades before that. I’m a woman who found myself with a female husband – the man I married [...]

Posted with permission from On The Issues Magazine There is one place where the definition of gender remains binary – in the womb. When it comes to sonograms, amniocentesis and standard pre-natal testing, there are no nuances. Here, the pronouncement, “It’s a girl,” can translate into fierce and instant parental rejection. The fact is that [...]

by Gloria Feldt from On The Issues Magazine Were you thinking we were done with elections and could take a few minutes to celebrate a pro-woman administration and a Democratically-controlled Congress that appears ready to embrace pro-choice and pro-equality measures? Sorry, my Sisters. Elections are never over when they are over. Candidates are already gearing [...]