End Rape on Campus: Be A Part of ED ACT NOW! Published: July 9, 2013 A petition is now circulating to “enforce students’ civil right to freedom from sexual violence.” On July 15th, students will gather at the Department of Education in Washington DC to deliver it.
A Women in Academia Mini-Roundtable Published: July 8, 2013 In this post, two FMF interns tackle the issue right at the line where the personal becomes political.
This Is Why Birth Control Coverage Matters: On Access and the Affordable Care Act Published: June 28, 2013 I personally take birth control not to control my reproduction, but for medical reasons. I’m not alone. And when my opportunities to access affordable birth control are threatened, so is my ability to lead a happy and healthy life.
Roundtable: Our Experiences Buying Plan B Published: June 27, 2013 “I also bought some Advil and a Dr. Pepper. Made my flight. It should always be that simple.”
Strength in Numbers: Women in Texas Mobilize to Keep Their Clinics Alive Published: June 25, 2013 Don’t mess with Texas.
TRAP Tyranny – my Experience at the Virginia Board of Health Meeting Published: April 17, 2013 On Friday, April 12th, the Virginia Board of Health met expectations in the same way a car with no breaks rolling towards a cliff meets expectations – inertia did its thing, and now we’re falling face first towards the rocks below. In an 11 to 2 decision, the Board approved Senate Bill 924, a Targeted […]
What Women Can Do to Slim the Landfills, Protect Their Bodies, and Keep Some Dough Published: March 11, 2013 Forgive this corny segue, but I thought of it and now I can’t resist: Cycles abound in environmentalism. There’s the water cycle, the recycling system, and cycling to work to reduce one’s carbon footprint. There’s a fourth kind of cycle that doesn’t get the press it should, however, and that’s the menstrual cycle. Mother Jones […]
The Golden Globes with Tina Fey and Amy Poehler: What Did America Take Away? Published: January 18, 2013 There is a lot of love out there for Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. One can imagine the excitement, then, when it was announced several weeks ago that the creative powerhouses would be co-hosting the 2013 Golden Globes in lieu of Ricky Gervais. This was a slam dunk for Hollywood — for the past few […]
Tell Congress: We Demand a Campus-Inclusive Violence Against Women Act Published: July 27, 2012 Enough is enough. Under the “fake” VAWA passed by the House this year, 11 million students would be denied the vital improvements to their school’s sexual assault policies that are included in the real VAWA. Authored by Republican members of Congress Eric Cantor and Sandy Adams, this version eliminates protections for students, as well as […]
House Version of VAWA Eliminates Senate Provisions for Women on College Campuses Published: May 29, 2012 Did you know that the House passed Canter/Adams Violence Against Women Act reauthorization left out the Campus Sexual Violence Elimination (SaVE) program that is designed to protect young women on college campuses who are victims of sexual assault? Over the past few weeks a lot of the discussions on the blogosphere about the House version […]