AltWeeklies Wire
Stella Pope Duarte Fights Femicide with Her Latest Booknew
When Duarte learned about the serial mutilation and murder of more than 400 young women in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, since 1993, she knew she could not ignore it -- so she began If I Die in Juárez.
Tucson Weekly |
Kate Saavedra |
07-24-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Inside Baltimore's Home-Birth Undergroundnew
Disenchanted with a medical system that treats birth as an emergency instead of an emergence, seeking an alternative to the tubes and wires and monitors of a high-tech birth, some women are stepping outside of the hospital to have their babies. And some say their numbers are growing. But is home birth safe?
Baltimore City Paper |
Michelle Gienow |
07-01-2008 |
Sex
Combat Exposure for Women Soldiers Complicates an Old Problemnew
On the front lines, equality means exposure to more danger for women soldiers. Whether that's progress or not depends on whom you ask.
Arkansas Times |
Jennifer Barnett Reed |
06-27-2008 |
War
Karen Finley Talks About Eliot Spitzer & the Cult of Apologynew
It must be at least a bit satisfying for Karen Finley to have so many politicians apologizing about sex. At the very least, it has provided her with a treasure trove of source material.
Artvoice |
Caitlin Crowell |
06-23-2008 |
Performance
Election '08: What We're Learning About Race, Age and Gendernew
How could it be that after a 2008 primary season that is historic in so many ways, that all of the racial, gender and age stereotypes and barriers that appeared to have been broken still remain issues going into the November general election and beyond?
City Pulse |
Kyle Melinn |
06-13-2008 |
Commentary
Sexism: 'The Problem with No Name' Rears its Headnew
Hillary Clinton is being told to step aside so Obama can take his rightful place as the Democratic candidate. Excuse me? We can run for office, but we can't fight like hell or even win?
Pasadena Weekly |
Ellen Snortland |
04-07-2008 |
The War on Women
A Woman's Worthnew
A look at violence against women in conjunction with the recent murders of college-aged women Eve Carson, Laura Burk and Latrese Curtis.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Nsenga Burton |
03-19-2008 |
The War on Women
Tags: women's issues
Abused Immigrants Trapped in Limbonew
In early 2006, President George W. Bush signed legislation reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act, which contained a provision protecting undocumented immigrant women, children, and men who are victims of domestic violence. Yet late last year, Bush's own administration began to systematically ignore the law, according to immigration lawyers familiar with the process.
The Texas Observer |
Melissa del Bosque |
03-10-2008 |
The War on Women
Tags: women's issues
Houston's Wife-Beaters Avoid Prosecution by Leavingnew
Mundane details of procedural policy and staff shortages translate to an officially sanctioned negligence that forces women in danger to beg police for help, but delivers nothing if their assailant isn't around when police show up. Sometimes these women escape to safety on their own ... sometimes they die.
The Texas Observer |
Emily DePrang |
03-10-2008 |
The War on Women
Tags: women's issues
Safe Housenew
Surrea Oglesby has saved 40 child prostitutes from the streets. But nothing could prepare her for a girl named Katelyn.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Christine Van Dusen |
02-27-2008 |
The War on Women
Tags: women's issues
Checking Out
The Greater Victoria Public Library closes the book on issues of gender equality in labour dispute.
Monday Magazine |
Shelley Motz |
02-20-2008 |
The War on Women
Tags: women's issues
Is Vaccine Gardasil Responsible For Deaths?new
Health workers reported 4,500 Gardasil-related incidents in the federal government's Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System. All these reports from health-care workers and individuals have some people worried about the drug's side effects and safety.
East Bay Express |
Tom Grant |
02-06-2008 |
The War on Women
Tags: women's issues
Women Firefighters: The Gender Boondogglenew
L.A.'s dream of recruiting more females is a multimillion-dollar disaster.
L.A. Weekly |
Christine Pelisek |
01-25-2008 |
The War on Women
Tags: women's issues
The Kids in the Hallnew
By the time Jamie-Lynn gets to college, student services for pregnant coeds may be ready for her.
Boston Phoenix |
Kara Baskin |
01-24-2008 |
The War on Women
Tags: women's issues
Cops & Courts Turn Abused Spouses Into Voiceless Victimsnew
The "enlightened" approach to domestic abuse has left women passive and powerless.
Seattle Weekly |
Nina Shapiro |
11-05-2007 |
The War on Women
Tags: women's issues
