AltWeeklies Wire
Beyond the Palinnew
Palin -- who has absolutely no substance to her platform other than beliefs that divide and suppress women -- doesn't deserve to hold the office of vice president. She doesn't deserve to benefit from the feminist movement she denigrates.
Jackson Free Press |
Lori Gregory |
10-17-2008 |
Commentary
Sarah Palin Boosts Planned Parenthoodnew
A viral email has urged people who disliked the Alaska governor's under-no-circumstance view on abortion to donate to Planned Parenthood, in her honor.
Boston Phoenix |
Shuchi Saraswat |
10-09-2008 |
Politics
Female MMA Fighters are Fighting for Mainstream Acceptancenew
Historically, women's MMA in the U.S. has been more of a spectacle than an actual sport. But female MMA will be in the spotlight during EliteXC on CBS this Saturday.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Bradley Campbell |
10-02-2008 |
Sports
Personally Speaking: 'Abortion and Life' Tells Whole Truthsnew
Part of the lingering stigma attached to abortion is based on anti-choice rhetoric and scare tactics. But just as insidious is the pro-choice movement's reluctance to delve into the emotional nuance that comes with terminating an unplanned pregnancy. Baumgardner's book is one step toward shifting that paradigm.
Portland Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
09-25-2008 |
Nonfiction
How McCain's Health Care Plan Would Penalize Womennew
The Planned Parenthood and the Center for American Progress report that if McCain's plan is implemented, "more than 30 million women with employer-sponsored health insurance who suffer from a chronic condition could lose their coverage, find it harder to obtain coverage, or have to purchase supplemental insurance to cover their chronic condition."
Shepherd Express |
Lisa Kaiser |
09-19-2008 |
Commentary
Sarah Palin Can Run on Her Record, Proudlynew
There is no evidence her family has ever stood in the way of her work -- or vice versa. If she were a man, isn't that what we'd be talking about?
Phoenix New Times |
Sarah Fenske |
09-16-2008 |
Commentary
As a Working Mother of a Child with Down Syndrome, Sarah Palin Makes Me Sicknew
Palin is shamelessly using her personal life to sell her candidacy in a way that's reminiscent of just one other politician I can think of -- and that's John McCain. But at least in McCain's case, he's his own pawn, vis-a-vis his POW story. Track, Bristol, Willow, Piper, and Trig are their mother's pawns.
Phoenix New Times |
Amy Silverman |
09-16-2008 |
Commentary
Sexism on a Stick: Conventions Prove that Women are the New Blacknew
I've had a blast watching how both Republicans and Democrats come together and act like they really give a rat's ass about the status of women in this country. I'm at a loss as to which party's ploy is more cynical: Barack Obama and his adoption of the "equal pay for equal work" mantra or John McCain and his choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate.
Charleston City Paper |
D.A. Smith |
09-11-2008 |
Commentary
Sarah Palin is John McCain's Latest Albatrossnew
Simply putting a "lady" on the ticket isn't going to garner energized woman voters when that lady opposes so much of what the women's movement has struggled for.
Artvoice |
Michael I. Niman |
09-08-2008 |
Commentary
Why I'm Pained by Palinnew
The gun-toting right-wing mama isn't exactly what we feminists had in mind.
NOW Magazine |
Susan G. Cole |
09-08-2008 |
Commentary
Why Are So Few Female Chefs Drawn to the Helm of Restaurant Kitchens?new
Many believe the explanation is the crazy hours and militaristic physicality of the work, but isn't the field of emergency nursing, which poses similar challenges, run by women?
Santa Fe Reporter |
A Qasimi |
08-28-2008 |
Food+Drink
Anti-Abortion Activists Confront Feminist Dems in Denvernew
During this week of the Democratic National Convention, it's hard to walk more than a few blocks in downtown Denver without encountering clusters of abortion opponents carrying billboard-sized photos of fetal remains.
Hillary's Girls Define Angry Massachusetts Female Syndromenew
Clinton die-hards have created a new-girls' network bent on remedying decades of sexism by putting women in elected state offices.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
08-21-2008 |
Politics
Femicide: New York City is Safer than Ever ... Unless You're a Womannew
In a city that is touted as one of the safest in the country, domestic-partner homicides persist. Last year, NYC's homicides numbered 496, which is a commendable number, especially compared to the early 1990s when the number was well over 2,200. Since the late '90s, however, the number of women killed by their partners hasn’t declined; it's difficult to make headway in preventing this type of killing.
New York Press |
Kimberly Thorpe |
08-14-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Looking at the Implications of Colorado's Proposed Anti-Choice Amendmentnew
If voters pass Amendment 48 in November, the Colorado Constitution will be changed so that even a pronuclear embryo -- a single-celled, newly fertilized human egg -- will have the same rights and protections as a fully developed, living, breathing human being. The so-called "Personhood Amendment," an initiative placed on the ballot by anti-abortion extremists, would impact not only abortion, experts say, but also a broad range of issues pertaining to women's health from access to contraception to infertility treatment to the flexibility doctors have in treating pregnant women.
Boulder Weekly |
Pamela White |
08-04-2008 |
Sex
