society’s issues + women’s voices
Ten minutes. I was hitting the ten minute mark of just standing in front of the freezers, seemingly debating whether to buy a quart or a gallon of milk. Or perhaps unsure of which kind I wanted. Skim or whole? Maybe 2%? I had a pensive look on my face.
It’s the look I get when I’m frozen inside. Generally from shock. Often from fear. Almost always after a harrowing experience that’s left me momentarily paralyzed.
If you had asked me when I was a first year in college, would I personally have worked in politics or run for office, I would have laughed, like hysterically. Well the joke was on me, three years later, I ran to be Vice President of the Student Council at my University. I was compelled [...]
This month many moms around the country are celebrating not only Mother’s Day, but also their college graduation. As in other sectors of higher education, women make up the majority of students at community college — accounting for 57 percent of the 7.3 million students enrolled in these schools. In fact, more women attend community [...]
The Vital Voices Global Leadership Awards happen every year at the John F. Kennedy Center, and this year I was one of many inspired audience members. Essentially these awards honor extraordinary global leaders who are working to protect and strengthen women’s rights across the world. Their vital voices are speaking out on topics ranging from [...]
Editor’s Note The Breast Implant Information Project is a project of the National Research Center for Women & Families. The project provides info that women need about breast implants, based on the latest research and talking to thousands of women with implants. Dr Diana Zuckerman, President of the National Reseach Center for Women & Families [...]
As I sat down to write this piece my thoughts turned to the never ending stream of stories about women and girls being used and abused; treated as less than human. As an activist I do what I can to promote organizations working to prevent suffering and to help survivors. That’s why last year, I [...]
Some things you just have to laugh at, because, really… I realize that I should not be surprised by this, but even the Fox News anchor haltingly continued her broadcast as the pictures appeared on the screen. As she said words like “Women’s History Month,” “women’s accomplishments in Connecticut,” “Young Women’s Leadership Program,” a constant [...]
Of the estimated 61 million children deprived of basic education globally, 60 percent are girls. But, that’s just the beginning of a dramatic gender gap. According to the Global Campaign for Education: “An additional 100 million girls worldwide that begin primary school do not finish [school]. The numbers are even starker for secondary education, which [...]
As a reproductive justice advocate at one of the most conservative colleges in the country (that is The Catholic University of America) the last few years have been nothing short of challenging. Figuring out how to get around the no condoms policy, being slut-shamed by a doctor at my campus health center, getting my favorite [...]
Or Why a “Small” Consent Revolution Needs to be a “Big” Consent Revolution The idea of consent, in terms of how we think about sex, sexual abuse, and power, is fairly new and historically radical. Laurie Penny, describing shifting attitudes about these topics, called it a “small revolution,” earlier this week in The New Statesman. [...]
