In the last four years, President Obama has done some great things for women: the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, expansion of women’s health services under the Affordable Care Act, support for Planned Parenthood. And I was happy last night, in his State of the Union address, to hear him push for Congress to [...]
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The 20th Annual Young Women of Achievement Awards: Cecile Richards Will Deliver Keynote Address
We are thrilled to announce that Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Action Fund (PPAF), will deliver the keynote address at the 20th annual Young Women of Achievement Awards (YWA). In honor of the 20th anniversary, this year’s theme is, “20/20 Vision: 20 Years of YWA. 20 Women Senators. Headed Towards a Perfect Vision.” Ms. [...]
The Silent Multitudes: Eating Disorder Awareness Week
I have had the honour of helping to facilitate groups for university women with eating disorders and eating issues for the past 4 years. Each week, for a six-week period, we come together to discuss our stories; detailing our successes, our challenges, our joys, and our heartbreak. For a short moment in time we offer [...]
Dispelling the “Super Bowl Myth”
This Sunday, millions of people will tune in to watch the Super Bowl. While it’s an exciting time for football fans across the nation—including this lifelong 49er fan—it also conjures up an old study that has been historically misquoted and misused surrounding domestic violence and the Super Bowl. There is no hard evidence to support [...]
Who Gets To Be A Leader? The Athena Film Festival
When you think of what a leader looks like, what comes to mind? A strong person. With influence over their lives and environments. A man, probably white. Maybe he’s part of a group of men who lead and take action. How about weak people, needing protection? Mean people in groups? Do images of women and [...]
Woman Raped by Uber Cabdriver: From New Delhi to DC, We Need Solutions to End #VAW
In December, a Yahoo! Group for DC’s Cleveland Park neighborhood, posted a message detailing a rape allegedly committed by an Uber cab driver a few days prior. According to the post a 20-year-old woman who used Uber, an “on-demand” cab service accessed via a smartphone app, was attacked, knocked unconscious, and raped by her driver after receiving a ride to her [...]
On Topic Of Rape: As Men We Mostly Don’t Know What We’re Talking About
It really didn’t have to come to this, but now that we’re here: why are we men suddenly so intent to make asses of ourselves in conversations about rape? I’m an American man — like many other American men, I was raised to believe my opinion has inherent value. Like other American men, I feel entitled [...]
40 Years of Roe: Choice in a Post-Choice Era
Join us next week (1/22) from 1-2 pm EST for our #RoeAt40 tweetchat. We’ll be joined by the Women’s Information Network, DC Abortion Fund, Jodi Jacobson (Editor in Chief at RH Reality Check), and Caroline R. O’Shea (Deputy Director of NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia). Follow the conversation at #RoeAt40. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the landmark Roe [...]
To India: A Letter Back From Washington, DC
When I was a girl, I had a pen pal in New Delhi. I hadn’t thought about her in years, until today when I read A Letter from New Delhi in The Washington Post. The author poignantly describes how a young female college student in New Delhi, Avantika Shukla, must carefully consider every moment of [...]
The Stigma of Being One in Four
I have been in therapy, off and on, for the past six years. In hindsight, I would describe the younger Kathleen as anxious, worried, and concerned about the future. As I got older, I became a perfectionist; one of those over-achieving kids who never felt as though they were ‘getting it right’. In university I [...]