Social Justice Magazine
2011 marked a banner year in the Republican war on woman’s health. Close to 1,000 anti-abortion bills sped through state legislatures as the GOP-led House led a “comprehensive and radical assault” on a federal level. But in surveying their arsenal this year, 10 bills stood out as particularly perturbing and far-reaching efforts to stymie women’s access to abortion services, birth … [Read more...]
Just because “Jane Roe” (the then-anonymous Plaintiff in Roe v. Wade, later identified as Norma McCorveny) let demons inhabit her body and later in life become anti-choice, doesn’t mean that Roe v. Wade isn’t still the law of the land, because it is.But in classic Bristol “Let me be the poster child for abstinence even though I was an unwed mother” Palin-style hypocrisy, … [Read more...]
Just because “Jane Roe” (the then-anonymous Plaintiff in Roe v. Wade, later identified as Norma McCorveny) let demons inhabit her body and later in life become anti-choice, doesn’t mean that Roe v. Wade isn’t still the law of the land, because it is.But in classic Bristol “Let me be the poster child for abstinence even though I was an unwed mother” Palin-style hypocrisy, … [Read more...]
Resisting Gender Violence Without Cops or Prisons: An interview with Victoria Law Activist and journalist Victoria Lawis the author of Resistance Behind Bars: The Struggles of Incarcerated Women (PM Press, 2009). Law has previously been interviewed by Angola 3 News on two separate occasions. Our first interview focused on the torture of women prisoners in the US. The … [Read more...]
Feminism is dead, and yet it lumbers forward in high-heeled shoes and cleavage-heaving costumes.SlutWalk is a worldwide phenomenon in which women parade through the streets in “slutty” clothes. It began as a backlash against a Toronto policeman who publicly declared that women should minimize the risk of rape by not “dressing like sluts.”The most obvious message of SlutWalk is … [Read more...]
I went to the county fair last week, around the corner from my house. I run my dogs on the fairgrounds, and the space is usually a quiet oasis in a busy city. The Morgan County Fair fills that space with exactly what generations of people have sought at a county fair. You can get food on a stick. You can pet the hogs. You can hear good music.There were kids everywhere: babies in strollers and … [Read more...]
As Middle America shuffles out of its hangover from the Casey Anthony trial and into the debt ceiling morass, the war on women has been fueled by an insidious 21st century cult of true womanhood.Every month, more states are proposing craftier anti-abortion laws and provisions with blinding speed. Anti-abortion legislation, anti-abortion billboards, fetal homicide laws, restrictions on family … [Read more...]
Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Hollywood Moguls Join Drive to Return to Pre-Feminist Era It was technically only a coincidence that France’s leading Socialist Party presidential candidate engaged in his latest sexual assault on the same weekend that major television networks promoted such new shows as the “Playboy Club,” “Pan Am” (based on stewardesses of the 1960’s) and a remake of … [Read more...]
The problem with the pro-life movement is their concerns for “life” end at birth.What would a pro-quality-of-life movement support? A living wage for people who work for a living. A viable middle class. An economy which lifts all people, not just the uber-rich. Honest, transparent and accountable corporations and elected officials. Infrastructure. Education. Health care for all. Healthy … [Read more...]
Lately, the sound of galloping hooves and rustling white sheets has risen in a deafening squall from the Capitol. Like their Klan ancestors, elite white males in Congress’ political lynch mob are once again savaging communities of color. The House’s vote to gut Planned Parenthood is a criminal act against poor and working class women and their families. In many rural and urban neighborhoods … [Read more...]
As we head into the New Year, media outlets ranging from CNBC to The Washington Post are full of financial commentary addressing this question. On the surface it seems like a logical query.But if you were getting ready to go out, would you ask “What Should I Wear?”… without describing where you are heading? Of course not. The clothes you’d wear to shovel snow in will be very … [Read more...]
Marianne Schnall Do you have enough money?Last week I wrote about the high cost to women of not speaking up for ourselves financially in the workplace. One statistic from that piece keeps floating through my head like the Goodyear blimp: Women who consistently negotiate their salaries throughout their careers earn $1 million more over their work lives than women who do not.This … [Read more...]
Quick – what was the first thing that came to your mind when you read the title of this post?What about “Gentleman, should you ask for it?” Would this change your response? For many people the female-oriented question raises sexual connotations while the male-oriented iteration conjures thoughts of money and power.For the record, in both cases I am talking about asking for … [Read more...]
If you’re looking for Madea (Tyler Perry in front of the camera in drag), or Black-faced versions of Sex in the City or He’s Just Not That Into You, then Mr. Perry’s adaptation of Ntozake Shange’s 1975 womanist choreopoem "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf" will gravely disappoint you.While the movie, in my opinion, is a must see, it won’t be a … [Read more...]
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Sexual Harassment Law Murker Than You Think
Supervisors and Sexual Harassment: The Law’s Murkier Than You Think The news about both Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Arnold Schwarzenegger has brought renewed attention to what seems like a myriad of past allegations of sexual harassment by the two politicians. Strauss-Kahn and Schwarzenegger have also both now acknowledged relationships with women who worked for them.So, when something … [Read more...]