Did you know that last week a pregnant woman in Memphis was arrested and charged with DUI and “child endangerment” even though passed a test and had no children in her car. She is four months pregnant, however. Whose issue is this? In general, people don’t like thinking women have “issues” unless they’re personal. Individuals, [...]
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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 [...]
Let’s Seize This Month To Prevent Human Trafficking
As the first US anti-human trafficking organization dedicated to prevention, we are particularly gratified by the President’s focus on prevention in his proclamation of January as “National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month.” Founded in 1999 – before the US passed the first anti-trafficking legislation in late 2000, Prevent Human Trafficking (PHT) just celebrated [...]
Does ‘Argo’ Suffer from a Woman Problem and Iranian Stereotypes?
When I saw Argo in the theatre, I wasn’t really expecting to have a whole lot to say regarding gender in the film. In the majority of the trailer, all you see is men, men, brief glimpse of the women, and more men. Did Argo reaffirm my fears of making women silent and invisible? Based on the 1979 Tehran [...]
Feticide Laws Encourage A System Of Gestational Slavery
Anti-choice advocates have a friend in feticide laws. Akin to personhood laws, as far as I can tell, there is no upside to feticide laws. The supposed intent of such laws is to add a charge of murder to anyone who kills a fetus through violence. However, these laws are often really about criminalizing the behavior [...]
What Does It Mean To Forgive And Forget?
Forgiveness is a big word designed to cover a great deal of ground in many areas of life. You can be forgiven a loan, your sins, a misstep in a relationship or at work. “I forgive you,” is a powerful statement, but can it ever be true? Even in a religious context, the empirical evidence of forgiveness is not available; it’s a matter of faith and belief.
We Are #Shoutingback Against Street Harassment
@Stephanie_Fiems Running local park while a guy followed me in his truck parking every few exits masturbating as I passed #ShoutingBack“ @VintageRoseJaz walked home when I was 14.Man said “hello pretty lady” ignored him and he replied with “Well fuck you then” #ShoutingBack @unfortunatalie On New Year’s Eve a man with a knife made me [...]
The Phenomenal Women Who Inspire Us
When my editor sent out a request for us to ponder which woman inspire us, I posted the question on Facebook. I was curious if there would be a consensus (there wasn’t). And I was curious to know what kind of woman it was that invoked such an awesome emotion. After all, to inspire someone [...]
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 [...]
Notre Dame Football Players Rape Cover-up – What’s in the News and What Isn’t
Januaryu 7th, 2013/ Updated Version, January 9th, 2013 Thanks to extensive media coverage, almost everyone in the country knows that Notre Dame lost their championship football game to Alabama. But despite last year’s coverage on CBS, MSNBC and the Washington Post, few Americans are aware of Notre Dame’s cover-up of rapes by Notre Dame football players. Why is the football [...]