Until her gay friends and family members can hold hands with their loved ones without fear of discrimination, and book wedding venues in the town where they live, Emily Heist Moss will not stop fighting on their behalf. I don’t remember the first time I met a gay person. Instead, I remember sitting around a […]
While women may view morality and crime differently than men, their views, processes, and contributions to the legal system are not inferior to what men offer, says Laurel Hermanson. Any time you ever get a group of women together, it’s never a good thing. When you’re dealing with all kinds of personalities in there and […]
Cate Dicharry was not prepared for the all-encompassing love she’d have for her child that would wipe out any signs of the woman she once was. I am thoroughbred for Motherlove. My father and mother are each one of eight children, in the case of my maternal grandmother, eight children amid 12 pregnancies. In the […]
This week, one of Judy Blume’s novels will debut as a feature-length film. Tina Boyer discusses how the author helped to shape an entire generation of women. “I’m a part of the women’s movement even if nobody ever knew it but me. It was inside me…I wanted to be out on the streets. I wanted […]
Sarah Erdreich is a self-identified feminist, but she still wanted her husband to propose. Years ago, a close friend told me that he was going to propose to his girlfriend the following week. “That’s great,” I replied, not very surprised; we’d been having this conversation for months, always followed by brainstorming ways he could do […]
When Katerina Zacharia and her brother were kids, her father gave her brother more money to spend at the roller rink. When she asked, “Why the difference?” He replied, “He’s a boy.” My dad grew up a poor boy from a small fishing village, just minutes away from the site of Shakespeare’s Othello. He spent […]
Emily Heist Moss discusses how the decisions at the top trickle down to affect our everyday lives. “Nothing personal, but…” Uh oh. Nothing good ever comes from a statement that starts with “Nothing personal.” “Nothing personal, but I just think marriage should be between men and women.” “Nothing personal, but I don’t get what’s wrong […]
Leah Berkenwald shares how the “Straightest Girl in the World” learned to stop worrying about gender and love real men with feelings and fashion-sense. Growing up in Northampton, Mass., a liberal oasis of lesbian and queer culture, I grew up assuming it was likely, if not probable that I’d turn out to be gay. But […]
Jenn Leyva is not a fan of marriage, but that doesn’t mean she can’t support her friend who’s getting married this summer. A close friend of mine is getting married this summer. I’ve imagined myself attending this lavish affair for years, but I’m missing all of it. I’ll be in Korea teaching English for a […]
The talent show is not free of criticism, but this season’s all-female group of finalists is sending a strong message, says Tina Boyer. In all its corny, commercial excess, American Idol isn’t exactly the highest form of culture, but there’s something brewing in the current finalist round of the competition that’s challenging the established formulas […]
Wouldn’t it be great if, instead of criticizing the choices of others, we could ask each other honest questions about why we chose the way we chose? Do you ever feel like we’re repeating ourselves? I know my mother does. She listens to me talk about Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In, a manifesto about women and […]
This originally appeared on Ally Fogg’s blog. Republished here with permission. As I have written many times before, I believe people who are concerned about women’s human rights and well-being and about men’s human rights and well-being should be natural allies. That’s pretty much the core of my philosophy on gender issues. I’ve made clear […]
