Pro (Fat) Pregnant Woman

I’ve heard of lesbian couples, single women, and women of color being denied access to In Vitro Fertilization treatments, and now I can add fat women to the list.  In their recent newsletter, Collective Voices, SisterSong reports on a story about Nichola Morris, who was refused fertility treatments because doctors said her “obesity” would prevent them [...]

Sometimes Watching the Local News Pays

When they broadcast gems like this.
Yes ladies and gentlemen, it’s MC Karl Rove, Bush’s top advisor.

Thoughts on Global Feminisms #2

A correlation between Sackler Center for Feminist Art and America’s Next Top Model?
Yes, but correlation does not equal causation. Hear me out.
Annika von Hausswolff, a Swiss artist included in Global Feminisms, contributed three photos from her series, “Back to Nature.” They are meticulously planned photos of women in crime-scene [...]

Now that My Manischewitz Hangover Has Faded…

I recommend Cherry!
Having spent the weekend in Boston at a friend’s casual (non-orthodox and early) Passover feast, I started wondering about this “Feminist Seder” I’ve heard about.
The first feminist seder was organized by Esther Broner, Marcia Freedman, and Nomi Nimrod in Haifa in 1975. Inspired by the event, they wrote The Women’s [...]

Thoughts on Global Feminisms

Today was the grand, official opening of The Sackler Center for Feminist Art at Brooklyn Museum. The inaugural exhibition was “Global Feminisms,” a group of work from artists in early to mid-career. You heard that right. All the artists were born after 1960. To my knowledge, this is one of the [...]

Immigration Raid Takes Mothers Away from 150-200 Children

Just heard about this via the Unapologetic Mexican. On March 6th there was an immigration raid at a New Bedford, MA factory. 500 armed homeland security officers stormed the factory where workers made materials for US soldiers in Iraq.
Approximately 350 employees, mostly mothers with young children, were swept [...]

Is the Gray Lady a Feminist?

Wow, the Sunday New York Times was stuffed like a Thanksgiving turkey with feminist content. It was a feast!
Item 1: The Walker Family Feminist Side Show. Rebecca,Feminist Daughter, comes out with a new book, Baby Love. She gets profiled in the styles section and her book gets trashed in the reviews. [...]

Post-Abortion ECards

  
 

As an incredible act of pro-choice vision, Exhale, an organization that offers non-judgemental post-abortion counseling hotlines in several different languages, has created post-abortion ecards. The cards have six themes: “thinking of you,” “encouragement,” “sympathy,” “spirituality,” “religious,” and one that is an Exhale resource card. They are all in English and Spanish.  My hope is [...]

Immorality and the US Military

Ugh.  I just threw up a little.   The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Peter Pace, called “homosexual acts” immoral and akin to adultury. 
 In an interview with the Chicago Tribune, Pace said:
“As an individual, I would not want [acceptance of gay behavior] to be our policy, just like I would not want it [...]

The Guerilla Girls Will Be So Proud!

I’m getting really fucking excited about the opening of the Sackler Center for Feminist Art. My boss randomly bought me a membership to Brooklyn Museum (I know, she’s amazing) so I”m all set for the opening of Judy Chicago’s Dinner Party on the 22nd (for VIP members like me!) and on the 23rd (for [...]