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April 19, 2012 | Mary Ann Swissler | Environment, Health, Politics
Victory for Prevention?
As we celebrate Earth Day this Sunday, the author is cautiously optimistic about a new era with a healthier environment.
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April 17, 2012 | Linda Meric | Economy, Politics
Lawmakers Turn Back the Clock on Women's Rights
On this year's Equal Pay Day, Linda Meric, the executive director of 9to5, National Association of Working Women, explains why pay equity is an economic plus for the United States.
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April 16, 2012 | Rosalie Maggio | Arts and culture, Media
To "Bitch" or Not to "Bitch"
Rosalie Maggio, the author of the best seller "How to Say It," explores the use and meaning of a word front and center with a new ABC comedy.
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April 13, 2012 | Lauren Barbato | Arts and culture, Feminism
Breaking in Two—Exploring Images of Motherhood
Carrying the subtitle, "A Provocative Vision of Motherhood," this group show in Santa Monica, California, explores the dual roles of artist and mother.
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April 12, 2012 | Alice Laurel Driver | Girls, International, Violence against women
The Feminicide Debate
The author, who has been researching feminicide for the past three years, explores how language—the use of a term—can affect resources and state policies in fighting violence in Juárez, Mexico.
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April 10, 2012 | Shazia Z. Rafi | Feminism, International, Politics, Religion
Tunisia's Women—Defying the Odds
The author, secretary-general of Parliamentarians for Global Action, writes that Tunisia is finding its own way while Islamist movements gain power in the region.
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April 05, 2012 | Rita Smith | Race/Ethnicity, Violence against women
Martin-Zimmerman Tragedy—Could It Have Been Prevented?
The author, executive director of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, explores how appropriate attention to everyday violent behavior can protect potential victims and save potential perpetrators as well.
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April 02, 2012 | Kathleen Barry | International, Media, Violence against women
Male Bonding—Military Massacres By The Book
The author of "Unmaking War, Remaking Men" writes that the behavior in Afghanistan of alleged killer Robert Bales was anything but unexpected.
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March 30, 2012 | Mary C. Curtis | Media, Race/Ethnicity
Trayvon Martin Case: Do We Communicate More, Listen Less?
Multimedia journalist Mary C. Curtis, among the first to write and speak about Trayvon Martin in the national media, draws lessons from the weaknesses and strengths of traditional and new media in covering the case.
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March 29, 2012 | Rhiannon Root | Arts and culture, Feminism, Girls, Media
Katniss and Bella—Getting to the Heart of the Matter
The author, a student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, argues that the distance between the teen heroes in "The Twilight Saga" and "The Hunger Games Trilogy" may not be as great as it seems.
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March 27, 2012 | Jessica Klein | Education, Girls, LGBTQIA, Violence against women
Gender Is Key to the Bullying Culture
To reduce bullying and its deadly consequences, argues Jessie Klein, author of the "Bully Society," schools must make the gender connection.
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March 21, 2012 | Peggy Simpson | Health, Politics
State Legislators Grab Platform to Defend Contraception
With a mix of humor and dead seriousness, women in state legislatures act to force their male colleagues to understand what's at stake in restricting contraception and choice.
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March 19, 2012 | Dr. Sharon B. Ufberg | Health, Race/Ethnicity
Expanding Health Care Access—A Case Study
While many legislators seem intent on narrowing women's access to affordable care, individuals and foundations still work to expand it. Such is the mission of Dana Dornsife.
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March 17, 2012
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March 14, 2012 | Ravenna Koenig | Education, Feminism
Lewd, Hateful Language Should Have No Place in Campus Debate
An anticipated commencement address set off a rhetorical firestorm that sickened the author, a Barnard undergrad who calls for action by her campus community.
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March 12, 2012 | Michael Kimmel, Michael Kaufman, Harry Brod | Health, Media, Politics, Religion
Men for Women’s Choice
On the issue of contraceptives and choice, most men quoted and pictured in the media recently have opposed women controlling their reproductive health. The authors plan to change that.
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March 08, 2012 | Christine Ahn | Feminism, International, LGBTQIA, Politics, Violence against women
Much to Celebrate
Today is International Women's Day. Christine Ahn and the Global Fund for Women mark the occasion by recalling substantial wins for women in 2011.
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March 07, 2012 | Madeleine Gyory | Health, Media, Politics
State-Sanctioned Shaming and the Battle for Reproductive Rights
Contraception and choice are simply an everyday imperative for the author and her peers, despite the hostility that remains a part of the national culture.
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March 05, 2012 | Marianne Schnall | Education, Politics
Giving Women’s History a Home
Perhaps this year’s Women’s History Month will mark the success of a push for a National Women's History Museum, a campaign that has built up an impressive history of its own.
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March 01, 2012 | Ariel Dougherty | Politics
Electoral Advertising is a Women’s Media Policy Nightmare
The author, who directs Media Equity Collaborative, demonstrates why super PACs and the corporate media controlling the airways pose a threat to fair media treatment for women.
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February 28, 2012 | Jessica Klein | Education, Girls, Health
Girls Get Called “Slut” Everyday—They Could Be Making Friends Instead
Jessie Klein, author of "The Bully Society," writes that girls need help in building trusting relationships.
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February 23, 2012 | Ellen Sweet | Education, Violence against women
Date Rape Revisited
Twenty-five years after an historic campus study, why are colleges still struggling to deal with the problem?
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February 20, 2012 | Dr. Martha Lauzen | Arts and culture, Media
Oscar and the Usual Suspects
Women's absence from Best Director nominees only reflects the industry's dismal hiring statistics, as demonstrated in the author's annual Celluloid Ceiling study.
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February 15, 2012 | Emily Wilson | Health, International
Bahrain Medics Still at Risk
On the one-year anniversary of the uprising in Bahrain, a lawyer continues her fight for medics arrested and tortured for treating protestors injured by police—in demonstrations where women have played a key role.
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February 13, 2012 | Angela Bonavoglia | Health, Religion
Birth Control and the Bloviators: What Just Happened?
The author of "Good Catholic Girls: How Women Are Leading the Fight to Change the Church" explains what's behind the Catholic bishops' hard-line reaction to President Obama's compromise.

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