All posts tagged "Politics"
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Femmes, Pulling the Pieces Together: A Keynote Address by Pratibha Parmar
Last August, award-winning filmmaker Pratibha Parmar delivered a keynote address at FEMME Conference 2012: Pulling the Pieces Together, in Baltimore, Maryland. We are thrilled to...
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Talking Vultures, Humans, and Warm Flesh with Charles Bowden
By Alice Driver Some people we know only through their words. And so it was with author Charles Bowden and his images of bloated bodies,...
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(Insert Witty Scandal-Related Title Here): Continuing the Dialogue
By Brandon T. Maxwell The following is an attempt to respond to some of the critiques of my article, “Olivia Pope and The Scandal of...
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What Contents Different Containers Can Hold: An Introduction to the Monthly Lyric Essay
…with gratitude to Katherine Ferrier and The Architects “What begins in recognition, – …ends in obedience.” Frank Bidart, “By These Waters” John Cage: It’s...
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Reflections on an Integrated Coffee Table: Recalling One Reader of Ebony Magazine
By Deborah A. Smith This is the story of a White subscriber to Ebony and some reflections on that reader’s personal path of activism. The subscriber...
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Can We End Violence Against Women and Girls?
By Soma Chaudhuri Violence against women and girls is pervasive in today’s world. The Feminist Wire recently published several articles and one Op-Ed, showcasing in...
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Op-Ed: Women, Rape, and Lack of Toilets
By Sunil Bhatia In the aftermath of the gruesome gang rape and murder of the 23-year-old physiotherapist in New Delhi, the Government of India set...
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“If You Are Now Saying, No, Women Are Equal…”
By Amita Chudgar The day after our teach-in, on January 24th, 2013, the airwaves and newspapers were filled with the announcement that the U.S. Pentagon...
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Urban Spaces Are Conducive to Sexual Violence: The Case of Delhi
By Meski Glegzaibher While the events that have inspired our gathering were horrific, it is important to note that they are neither isolated nor unique...
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This is War! Reflections on the Delhi Gang Rape
By Soma Chauduri It has been difficult for me to write or even to comment on the horrific and barbaric gang rape of a 23-year...
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A Timeline of Events in the Delhi Gang-Rape Case
By Karin Zitzewitz I begin with a brief timeline of the attack, the protests that followed it, and then offer some suggestions first about how...
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Rape in India: Domestic and Global Politics
By Soma Chaudhuri, Amita Chudgar, Meski Glegziabher, Julie Hagstrom, Sean Pue, and Karin Zitzewitz On January 23, 2013, the Asian Studies Center and the Center...
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Women in Combat: Potential for Progress in the Armed Services
By Kalen Young, with Joshua Young As a feminist, mother, partner of an infantry officer, and human rights scholar, I was perplexed when Defense Secretary...
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Rethinking Women in Combat
By Kim Tran Last Thursday, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta further integrated the armed forces by lifting a 1994 ban barring female service members from...
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Op-Ed: Abortion Rights Advocates Need to Knock Roe from its Pedestal
By Lynne Huffer “It’s Personal,” the new abortion rights campaign of the National Women’s Law Center, hinges on language like this: “Only you know what...
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Shades of Darkness—And Now A Sliver of Light
Today, January 26, 2013, marks India’s 64th anniversary as a republic. It is not an old republic if seen in “nation” years but definitely old...
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Roe v. Wade's 40th Anniversary
By Rachel G. Fuchs This week, we commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that allowed women the fundamental human...
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Choosing Our Own Lives: Two 40-Something Feminists Reflect on Roe
By Aishah Shahidah Simmons and Monica J. Casper [Over a two-day period, TFW Collective Members Aishah Shahidah Simmons and Monica J. Casper shared an e-dialogue...