Last year I read Judith Stone’s book titled, When She Was White: The True Story of a Family Divided by Race. This text is a true story about Sandra Laing, a light brown skinned woman who visibly appears to be “mixed-race” or “colored” according to South Africa’s former apartheid caste system was born in Piet […]

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Even though I am proud to be a supporter of Obama, I support Hillary Clinton’s campaign and want to see her and Obama run as a joint ticket. We need change and action. We need his hope and vision and her experience in order to take our country back.
We need to move way from the […]

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A friend last night asked me why I, a feminist and pro-choice activist was endorsing Obama rather than Hillary Clinton (who I of course admire and support as a highly capable candidate). I explained to her that Mr.Obama has the potential to change the way politics are done in this country. I am hopeful that […]

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Struggle is a never ending process. Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation. Coretta Scott King
I am posting this call to action for any of you who are interested in social justice activism:
Young people in Jena, Louisiana need us to bring more attention to their plight. Last year, […]

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Hilary Goetz is a sophomore in Cornell’s School of Human Ecology and works for the Federal Social Security Department, but her most time-consuming and demanding credential is that she is my beeeeeeest friend. And she is an insightful and punchy writer. Check out Hilary weighing in on the state of the contemporary romantic […]

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This generation is going to be remembered for changing the face and sound of politics… online.
User driven media is giving us and so many other young people (and web savvy older ones) an outlet to raise our voices, collaborate, organize, share ideas, and raise awareness about the things we care about. The fact that You […]

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Since we have had some lively discussion about HPV the virus that sometimes causes cervical cancer, I thought I would share with you about some information I learned about the development of the speculum. As a result of the development of the speculum by the “American father of gynocology” Dr. J. Marion Sims, reproductive technology […]

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Today, I am remembering a chant I screamed to the top of my lungs many times in front of the Supreme Court when Rehnquist died and O’Connor left the court… “5-4, 4-5 these decisions change our lives.” Not only is the “5-4″ chant relevant in terms of reproductive justice issues, it is becoming painfully clear […]

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One of my favorite books (tied with Eloise and the Feminine Mystique) is Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld. I don’t want to call it chick lit, because female writers have been lashing out at the term, because they feel it’s demeaning to and marginalizing of women’s literature, but also because Prep is a deep story. […]

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I just returned from a trip to Chicago. I attended The SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice “Lets Talk About Sex” conference hosted by African American Women Evolving. It was amazing. In 2004, I went to the first Sister Song conference before the March for Women’s Lives and it was life-changing. Just like last time […]

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