Emulating My Mother, A Hero In All Respects
I think it’s a fair assessment to say I have a good head on my shoulders. It would be selfish not to award some of the credit to my mom. For many years of my youth, being the middle child in a single parent household was challenging; back then I considered that an understatement. Surrounded [...]
Feminism Going to College
Going to college is a time of many changes; it is a transition into adulthood and independence. With independence comes the need to make many new choices. One of the choices I must make as I enter my freshman year of college is how best to keep feminism in my life. Next year I will [...]
Fake VAWA is Detrimental to the Lives of Immigrant Victims of Abuse
We’ve all been hearing about the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act recently – introduced by House Republicans Eric Cantor and Sandy Adams, it will be voted on in Congress very soon, most likely this Wednesday. The name of the act is misleading, and many have been calling it the “fake VAWA” to draw [...]
The Violence Against Women Act Must Protect Native American Women
Two weeks ago, the U.S. Senate reauthorized the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). The version of VAWA that the Senate passed included new provisions to protect Native American women. While the reauthorization of VAWA itself is significant, equally important are these new provisions because they extend VAWA’s protections to the Native American women living on [...]
HERvotes Blog Carnival: Economic Security
by Terry O’Neill, National Organization for Women In time for Mothers Day, the 12th HERvotes blog carnival is dedicated to getting the word out about economic security for women, especially in their retirement years. Women need better benefits — not cuts — under social safety net programs. The economic slump in both the U.S. and [...]
Obama Evolves!
by Audrey Bilger It’s official. After a week of speculation about whether the White House was going to take a strong stand on marriage equality, President Obama has gone on record in support of same-sex marriage rights. After explaining how his views have changed over the years, the President said the words that many of [...]
The Written Word…
NC Bans Same-Sex Marriage and Domestic Partnerships
Well, the vote is in and it doesn’t look so good. As I mentioned in my previous blog, people in NC voted yesterday on a marriage ban. Last night the constitutional amendment that defines marriage as the legal union between a man and a woman passed. Amendment One, or the Defense of Marriage Act, not [...]
The Radical History of Mother’s Day
There’s a good number of us who question holidays like Mother’s Day in which you spend more time feeding money into a system that exploits our love for our mothers than actually celebrating them. It’s not unlike any other holiday in America in that its complete commercialization has stripped away so much of its genuine [...]
Don’t Forget Our End of Semester Survey!
Hey feminist activists! We know you’re probably busy studying for finals and maybe even preparing for graduation, so use this opportunity to procrastinate just a little bit more and make the feminist campus team very happy – fill out our End of Semester Survey. We want to know all about what actions your group has [...]
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