This piece was cross-posted at the Sidney Hillman Foundation Unaccountably, Washington Post The LA Times gave Charlotte Allen space to insinuate that skimpy Halloween costumes cause rape. Allen, a contributing editor at a conservative website called “Minding the Campus” is deeply concerned that the feminist anti-rape activists of SlutWalk and the Halloween-industrial-complex are accessories to sexual [...]

There she was – pretty and flirty and blonde and sexy and damn cute.  Like all female political interns, of course. Because both I and the guy are former political staffers and current young professionals living in our nation’s capital, I wasn’t surprised at all when his idea for a first date was to go [...]

For much of our history, domestic violence was viewed not as a matter for law enforcement but as a personal or family matter. Because of that communities often stood by while women and men were being hurt or murdered. Finally, those laws have changed. Today, my former police department in Orlando has a zero tolerance [...]

As the recent tragedy of Alecia Wheeler has shown in the District of Columbia, legal representation is incredibly important for survivors of domestic violence to be sure they receive the remedy they deserve; in most jurisdictions, a civil protection order.  During domestic violence awareness month, we must keep in mind the significant hurdles that still [...]

While Occupy Wall Street is not necessarily tied to the women’s movement (at least, not yet?), it’s always been my thought that the women’s movement, one that has been ongoing for hundreds of years and one that covers countless and specific topics and issues, one that has seen multiple waves and incarnations, one that involves [...]

With an estimated 27 million slaves worldwide in 2011, modern-day slavery is a global enterprise. However, in countries like the United States, it is often considered a distant problem – taking place in the back alleys of Cambodia and Ukraine. This assumption is incorrect. Trafficking is not secluded to the far reaches of the globe, [...]

Although law school has been keeping me busy, I took a break yesterday to volunteer at NARAL Pro-Choice California’s annual luncheon. This was my first pro-choice event since my move to California, and it reminded me why keeping in touch with the movement is so important. One of the speakers, Slate Senior Editor Dahlia Lithwick, [...]

I just returned from a two week trip to Kabul, Afghanistan, where I was working on a project focusing on reaching women as voters, candidates and election officials as the country plans for its next election in 2013. It was a challenging time for Afghanistan, as the attack on the US Embassy occurred right before [...]

Recently a friend told me about something I’d never heard of before: the informational interview. An informational interview is a job hunting strategy where you meet casually — yet professionally – with prospective employers and learn about job opportunities.   It’s a way to earn face time with employers and possibly learn “inside” knowledge about upcoming [...]

Last week, I had the pleasure of attending via conference call (thank you, Google Phone), the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) Roundtable on Women & the Economy. The purpose of the Roundtable was to formally present two very significant research studies put together by the IWPR and the Rockefeller Foundation, Women and Men Living [...]