This isn’t rocket science, but it does mean disrupting power systems that have long favored scientific research over experiential knowledge.
Commentary
Holding Court with Billie Jean King
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What were the odds of my being summoned to attend jury duty in a courtroom the same day Billie Jean King would as well?
Birth
Call the Midwife, If You Can
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To honor National Midwifery Week, I ask anyone starting a family to investigate for yourself the outcomes produced by midwifery care.
Commentary
Not Equal But Close: Better Pay Parity in Construction
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Women made 97 cents to a man’s dollar in the construction trades in 2018.
Uncategorized
When “Common Ground Meets Common Sense”
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How can one in good conscience let exploiters and sexual predators off the hook by not holding accountable those who prey on and exploit the marginalized for the profit of others?
affordable care act
OTC Birth Control Pills: Answering Attacks on Access
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If we want to truly make birth control pills accessible to everyone who wants them, one essential step will be to make them available without a prescription.
Commentary
Too Late For My Daughter: It’s Time to Treat Violence Against Women as a National Emergency
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Her death left me stunned, shocked and filled with anguish, yet also inspired me to do all I can to prevent such horrors from happening to others in the future.
Commentary
How Women Win with Medicare For All
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How many more mothers, daughters, and sisters will needlessly die under our healthcare system before we stand up and say enough is enough?
Commentary
Talking About Talking: Perpetuating Bias in our Culture
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Men are not alone in using phrases to put women down; women are also at fault.
Commentary
Celebration and Protest at this Year’s World Pride.
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Whether pride takes the shape of celebration or protest or – as it will for me – both, it is undoubtedly the time of year when our movement is seen the most, and our hearts beat the loudest.
child labor
On World Day Against Child Labor: Put an End to Child Marriage
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Millions upon millions of girls are being hidden in plain sight.