For years, Tamara Linse wanted to have a baby, and she could get pregnant, just couldn’t stay pregnant. So “choosing” to have kids isn’t always that simple. As I read the recent article “Having It All Without Children” in Time magazine, I was struck time and again with the word choice. Women choose to have […]
This originally appeared on Everyday Feminism. Republished here with permission. Sexual pleasure is not a one-way street. If you are a woman who has had one, two, or any number of sexual partners, you may know that sex should always feel good for both partners. If you are a woman who has not yet had […]
This originally appeared on Eat The Damn Cake. Republished here with permission. I tell myself and other people that I started writing about beauty and body image because I moved to New York and stopped eating dessert and realized that I was trying to be thinner all the time, and because of my nose jobs, […]
Some women have an easier time making guy friends than girl friends. But calling her a ‘guy’s girl’ can be insulting. Here’s why. During my junior and senior years of college, I lived in an off-campus house with, depending on the semester, four to five male friends. For brief periods of time, a female friend […]
This originally appeared on Mamamia. Republished here with permission. There is evidence that 54% of babies who are bottle-fed die. Oh wait, no, that was 17th century Britain. Research indicates that out of 132 orphans who were bottle-fed, only five survived. Um, no, that was 18th century France. Oh, that’s right, this is the year […]
Ashley Lauren Samsa says her womanhood and her ability to be a good wife is not dependent on producing children. In my life and in my writing, I’ve always been very adamant about my right to not have kids. Since even before my husband and I got married almost three years ago, people have been asking us when we plan […]
When feminists attack each other personally, they waste time and energy fighting people with whom they are 95% ideologically aligned, rather than focusing on the real, shared work of feminism, says Laurel Hermanson. Sometimes I envision countless men, and possibly women, surfing the Internet, rubbing their hands together, and muttering, The feminists are arguing again. […]
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 […]
Gemma Hartley tells her daughter that even though she will grow up in a world that will tell her a healthy, beautiful, able body is not enough, she is already perfect. Dear Avery, This is my body—and it is beautiful. I want you to know I am proud of this body, imperfections and loose skin […]
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 […]
The recent push toward body acceptance is a move in the right direction, says Laurel Hermanson, but demanding that she love her body does nothing but make her feel guilty that she doesn’t love her body. “Each of you is perfect the way you are…and you could use a little improvement.” — Shunryu Suzuki, Sōtō […]
