Black men are not responsible for your fear, just as women are not responsible for your desire, says Emily Heist Moss. Here’s the thing about privilege, it’s like oxygen: constant and life-giving and the fundamental enabler of everything else. It’s the net that catches you when you’re irresponsible. It’s the comforting blanket of knowing that […]
We are fighting the same fight, so why can’t different generations of feminists seem to get on the same page, asks Niki Fritz? I had been “warned” before the annual National Organization for Women Conference. The rest of NOW’s population doesn’t look like our Chicago Chapter, whose average member is in her early 30s. NOW […]
She’d worry less, she’d be less angry, and the world would feel more like a place where she belonged. Recently, someone going by the name of “Mr. Conservative” asked me how I would feel about the George Zimmerman trial if the victim was white and the assailant was black. I thought carefully about the question—considering […]
This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. Susan Sarandon Says She’s Not A Feminist: Why She Dumped The Label by Lizzie Crocker of The Daily Beast says Susan Sarandon may have been outspoken on women’s issues, but she calls the word ‘old-fashioned.’ […]
In no other case except pregnancy, do we legally compel one human to give up their bodily autonomy to sustain the life of another human. So, newsflash: I’m pro-choice. In my opinion a fetus is a collection of cells, which should not be afforded the same rights as a human being because it isn’t a […]
This originally appeared on Everyday Feminism. Republished here with permission. It’s true. Women’s rights in the United States have come a long way, as illustrated by a recent Ms. Blog piece about the 10 things that American women could not do before the 1970s. But as we reflect on the remarkable progress the feminist movement […]
In light of Susan Sarandon’s recent statement, Lynn Beisner says she has to take a hard look at what it means in our society to be identified as a feminist. My world has been rocked by the news that Susan Sarandon does not consider herself a feminist. While most celebrities could not convince me to […]
For those of us who still describe ourselves as feminists, Susan Sarandon’s recent refusal of the title warns that, if we want people to keep listening to us, we need to focus on cooperating rather than on power struggles. “I believe in equality. The problem I’ve had with feminists is that they always insist that […]
