Hollywood Gets Badass in Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Divisive Iron Lady
Egypt, Virginity Tests, and Phase Two of the Revolution
On 27 December Judge Aly Fekry of the Cairo Administrative Court banned virginity testing of female detainees.
Occupy Wall Street: Eve Ensler
Eve Ensler, big supporter of Occupy Wall Street, accepted the invitation of an OWS occupier to participate in a dicsussion group (October 16) about how to make the OWS movement more inclusive of women and other traditionally marginalized people.
Peace Revolutionaries in the Path of Violence
It is no secret that in this new era of intra-state conflict, rape has increasingly become used as weapon of war. Sadly, the women of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) know this all too well. This past week a new report was released in the American Journal of Public Health, which takes an in-depth look at rape statistics in the DRC. The article reports some incredibly staggering numbers.
Potiche: Catherine Deneuve as the Feminist Trophy Wife
Left Forum 2011: A History of Struggle: Afghan Women
This powerful panel, during the second session of Left Forum, dealt with the historical and ongoing struggle for equality and rights of Afghan and Pakistani women. After the viewing of Kathleen Foster’s documentary on the subject, Fahima Vorgetts of Afghan Women’s Fund and Dr.
Reintroducing The Woman's Bible
In honor of International Women's Day and in honor of Women's History Month, I present to you the introduction of Elizabeth Cady Stanton's groundbreaking, polemical, Christian Bible alternative, The Woman's Bible. Her powerful words speak for themselves. Read. Think. Learn.
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