From Comedy to Rallying Against the Patriarchy: Lizz Winstead’s Journey
Sure, she’s funny, as she proved on The Daily Show. Now she’s using her skills to work for reproductive rights for all.
Tagged: Abortion
On the Ground at Netroots Nation 2019
“This administration is working overtime to bring us back to medieval times. We’re not just spinning our wheels. We’re showing people what we want to do. Let’s go out and change this country!
NARAL Pro-Choice Leadership Plays the Gender Card
The threat to reproductive rights goes far beyond the Roe v. Wade ruling. It is a constant war of attrition for those in the anti-choice movement, who are continually working to devise new approaches that will impact the playing field.
Texas Vs. Women’s Reproductive Rights
The Supreme Court has been asked to review a June 2015 ruling by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which upheld a law that would bolt the doors to 3/4 of the abortion clinics in Texas. This would leave the state’s women, in an area of 268,820 square miles, without ready access to abortion that was “safe and legal.”
Feminist Stories From Women’s Liberation: 1963-1970
Lee’s film yields a “complex and multilayered” account which she hopes will instruct her daughter, and future generations of girls, about the struggle that preceded them.
Uniting on the War Against Women
At the April 28, 2012 Unite for Women In New York March and Rally, there was consistent, verbalized incredulity that in the 21st century women were refighting old battles that were supposed to have been won.
“Gloria: In Her Own Words” — A Life in Activism
Repeatedly referenced as a “feminist icon,” Steinem often functions as a blank slate upon which others imprint their own anxieties, appreciation, disapproval or angry resentments.
“Every Mother Counts” – Fighting Maternal Mortality
Maternal health is considered a benchmark of how a country’s health care measures up.
Women and the Political Landscape: Unraveling Perplexing Issues
Maatz posited that “the goals of feminism were to create social, political and economic independence—allowing women to take full advantage of life opportunities and to express independent opinions and decisions.”
Elizabeth Lesser at the Omega Institute’s “Women in Power”
An Interview with Elizabeth Lesser at the Omega Institute’s “Women in Power” Conference – September 2009
