A recent analysis of the 2010 Census information by the National Women’s Law Center shows that a record number of women are currently living in poverty – the highest it’s been since 1993. Over 17 million women were living below the poverty line last year, 7.5 million of which were living in extreme poverty. With [...]
By Gayle Kirschenbaum This post is part of the This week, I went to see the movie The Help, based on the best-selling novel by Kathryn Stockett. The film focuses on the exploitation, abuse, and indignities endured by African American women who worked as housecleaners, childcare providers, and cooks in the homes of white families [...]
Last week, Feminist Majority Foundation afforded me an amazing opportunity to attend the 2011 Sister Song “Let’s Talk About Sex: Love Legislation and Leadership” conference in Miami, Florida from July 13-17. Sister Song is a reproductive justice non-profit for women of color that is a conglomerate of 80 local and national grassroots organizations that target [...]
Guest post written by Laura Luna Every true feminist is aware of the diversity that exists among all feminists. We come in all colors and from all walks of life. In theorizing Feminism and battling oppression, it is not possible to isolate our gender from our race, our culture, our sexuality, our age, our religion, [...]
Guest post by Annie N. This past weekend I attended the Latina Empowerment in Action Conference held by California Latinas for Reproductive Justice at California State University Northridge. This was an amazing conference filled with feminist fun. The conference consisted of workshops, group exercises, discussions and games (which I did not win). The attendees ranged [...]
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