#38-21 Conflict Is Not Abuse … Mistaking discomfort for violence is an error of our times
Lesbian novelist and nonfiction writer Sarah Schulman speaks in Vancouver about her book Conflict Is Not Abuse: Overstating Harm, Community
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#36-21 bell hooks … on feminism, race, violence and dealing with rage
The world-famous Black author and thinker known as bell hooks passed away on December 15, 2021, at age 69. From
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#30-21 Rape and Resistance in Bangladesh … Lessons learned from Canada
In 2020, massive public demonstrations led the government of Bangladesh to raise the maximum penalty for rape; but these university
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#19-21 When Abortion Was Illegal … (and may soon be again in the USA)
Adapted from the documentary film When Abortion Was Illegal: Untold Stories. Updated to August 22, 2021. Featured: Dorothy Fadiman (narrator and
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#04-21 Female Circumcision in Sudan … FGM is illegal again, but not forgotten
In 2020, Sudan’s transitional government outlawed female genital mutilation. Dr. Nahid Toubia thoroughly explained the practice, its health effects, its
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#03-21 Trans Liberation … The case for solidarity
The late Leslie Feinberg gave this rousing and reasoned plenary speech at the 1995 US National Women’s Studies Association conference
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#50-20 Freeing Women’s News … Robin Morgan on Clarence Thomas and Ms. Magazine
In 1990, Robin Morgan became Editor in Chief of Ms. Magazine and transformed its policies, including making it international and
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#43-20 Resisting Rape in Cameroon … Speaking the truth is step one
Girls and women in Cameroon are being urged to speak the truth about rapes they have experienced, for their mental
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#39-20 Mobilizing Resentment … Anti-feminist, racist, anti-liberal methodologies of the right
From the WINGS archive: Jean Hardisty’s 1999 plenary speech to the US National Women’s Studies Association describes the tactics and
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#34-20 UN Women Marks the 16 Days against Gender Violence … with a call to stop rape and an inter-generational feminist discussion
On the International Day Against Violence Against Women (Nov. 25), UN Women’s Executive Director delivered a scathing address about her
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