Feminist Generations/Feminist Locations: The Continuing Vitality of Feminist Thought and Action
Here it is finally, a recap of a spectacular panel, held at the New School, March 27, 2008, with Deborah Siegel, Linda Abad, Meredith Tax, Ann Snitow, Cleopatra LaMothe, and Erica Reade.
A meeting of the feminist minds across generations came together at the New School [...]
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Posted in Activism, Feminism on March 27, 2008 | No Comments »
Just a reminder to go to this tonight! It should be a great cross-generational discussion on the state of feminism– a much needed conversation! And for those who can’t make it, I’ll have a recap later tonight or tomorrow.
CELEBRATE WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH
THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2008
66 WEST 12TH ST., ROOM 407
6:30-8 PM
FEMINIST GENERATIONS/
FEMINIST LOCATIONS:
THE CONTINUING [...]
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Not like we haven’t been deluged with the whole Spitzer scandal, but I thought this post by Judith Shulevitz at Slate’s XX Factor really summed up many of my thoughts at the public airing of the proverbial dirty laundry. First, let me state, that I think Spitzer was right to step down from office. Not [...]
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In honor of Back Up Your Birth Control Day, I wanted to do a quick post on Emergency Contraception: the myths, the facts.
The Myth: “Abortion Pill”: Anti-Choice groups would have you believe that Emergency Contraception IS an abortion. It is not:
1. The woman is not pregnant: Medical authorities agree that it takes a few days [...]
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An Amateur Historian’s Response to “Just the Facts, Ma’am” in The New Yorker, March 24, 2008.
Harvard historian Jill Lepore wrote a fascinating critical essay in the New Yorker this week beginning with a very worthy question: what is all this fuss on history vs. fiction vs. memoir? Why do we crucify the James Freys of [...]
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Posted in Activism, Feminism on March 24, 2008 | No Comments »
This promises to be an exciting panel and hopefully will spark some cross-generational dialogue. Many women’s caucuses and gender workshops are facing the same question: Ok, women, what now? I think it’s important to remember that the work ain’t done, so don’t kick your feet up just yet. Hopefully we can start formulating some answers [...]
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Stumbled across this site today, and it’s something I will definitely explore later, but here’s a treat: Bush vs. Choice: the pro-choice anti-Bush action center.
Explore away! I’m adding it to the blogroll!
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As we go into the Easter weekend (and Happy Purim as well!), I (as someone raised Catholic) will attend a Catholic mass with my family tomorrow. I will be preached to by a priest with whom I have fundamental disagreements about some essentials on how people should live their lives, which will make me think [...]
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Notes from a (not so underground) Panel: New York’s Abortion Law: Are We Really Protected?
March 13, 2008, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m, Judson Memorial Church
Featured Speakers:
Richard F. Daines, M.D., New York State Health Commissioner [...]
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As my friend (and brilliant future legal scholar) Lindsey pointed out the other day, another issue to query into when we address our society’s attitude toward abortion is the responsibility of the state.
Roe v. Wade argues that “a State may properly assert important interests in safeguarding health, in maintaining medical standards, and [...]
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