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Lady Parts Justice

By Elizabeth DiNovella, October 24, 2012 Lizz Winstead, comedian, producer, and co-creator of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show,” has had it up to here with the GOP’s war on women. She’s launched a...

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Welcome to the modern, rape-happy, God-lovin', woman-hatin’ GOP

By Ian Murphy, October 27, 2012 These aren’t fringe positions anymore.read more

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Ad Calls Congressman Sean Duffy “Cute” in Appeal to Female Voters

By Elizabeth DiNovella, October 31, 2012 “Just in time for Halloween, Duffy's allies are dressing him and his record as moderate,” says Tom McDonald, spokesman for Patrick Kreitlow for Congress.read more

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Esther Hyneman

My guest this week is Esther Hyneman of Women for Afghan Women.read more

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Sandra Fluke: Women Won the Election

By Ed Rampell, November 20, 2012 “Women have the power to put people in office and we have the power to take them back out.”read more

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Saudi Tracking of Women Is the Latest Insult

By Wajeha Al-Huwaider, November 26, 2012 The authorities are monitoring our cross-border movements through our male “guardians,” as if we were criminals.read more

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While Busting Unions, Michigan Legislature Also Finds Time to Regulate Uteruses

By Elizabeth DiNovella, December 8, 2012 The Republicans in the Michigan legislature are working hard to pass regressive bills before the lame-duck session ends and Democrats gain five seats in the...

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Workers’ Rights and Women’s Rights Go Hand in Hand

By Linda Gordon, December 15, 2012 For far too long, the supporters of labor have ignored reproductive rights.read more

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An Appreciation: Gerda Lerner, Founder of Women’s History

By Matthew Rothschild, January 4, 2013 She excavated the role of women in history and insisted that this role be recognized—not only in her field, but in society as a whole.read more

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Gerda Lerner: Trailblazer of Women's History

January 4, 2013 read more

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Indian Americans Must Respond to Rape

By Rajashree Ghosh, January 9, 2013 For any woman in India or traveling to India, the concern is: “That could have been me.”read more

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Piercing the Myths about Women and Guns

By Linda Gordon, January 18, 2013 There’s little if any evidence for the assertion that more women, let alone masses of women, are buying guns.read more

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Should we care if Taylor Swift and Katy Perry call themselves feminists?

By Eve O'Connor, January 19, 2013 Taylor Swift declined to call herself a feminist in an interview with the Daily Beast. Then Katy Perry accepted Billboard’s Woman of the Year award by proclaiming...

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Selma James

My guest today is Selma James, a leader in the women's rights movement, especially on wages for housework.read more

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40 years of Roe v Wade

By Ruth Conniff, January 22, 2013 We are never going back to the dark days before women assumed the right to control our own bodies and our own fates.read more

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Why We Celebrate Roe v. Wade

January 23, 2013 read more

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Combat: The Zone of Women’s Liberation?

By Cynthia Enloe, January 24, 2013 Does allowing women equal opportunity to kill in the name of “national security” amount to genuine liberation? I don’t think so.read more

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Women in Combat: A Victory. But Combat for What?

January 25, 2013 read more

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VAWA: End "No Woman's Land" for Native Victims

February 11, 2013 read more

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Republicans Take Abusers’ Side on VAWA

By Matthew Rothschild, February 11, 2013 It’s amazing to me that some Republicans and rightwing groups are intent on holding up the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act.read more

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