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Category Archives: Women’s rights
Our New Reality? More Like Same Old, Same Old
Okay. So I have waited a little while to write down my thoughts regarding the 2016 Presidential Election, AKA the day hate trumped love or, as I like to call it, that fucking day from hell. In case you didn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Black Lives Matter, Equal Rights Amendment, LGBT rights, Women's rights
Tagged #StillWithHer, 2016 election
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Gaydar, Straitdar, and Fighting the Right
Yesterday morning, I opened my email to learn that Sally Ride, the first U.S. woman to fly in space (1983, aboard the Challenger), had died of pancreatic cancer at age 61. Like most people, I also learned from her obituary … Continue reading
Posted in DOMA, LGBT rights, Women's rights
Tagged Christian Right, DOMA, homophobia, LGBT rights, Political Research Associates, sally ride
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Between the Lines; or, Why I Wrote a Gay Variation on Pride and Prejudice
With my new book, Gay Pride & Prejudice, due to release at the end of this week (March 31), I thought I would take a few minutes to offer up some of the reasons I decided to co-opt and alter … Continue reading
Lions and Vikings and Bears, Oh My
The other day, Kris came home from Target irate. That actually doesn’t happen all that often—she’s from Minneapolis, where Target was born and still resides. (Wait, that sentence sounds as if I think a corporation could be a person…) Also, … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Feminism, gay marriage, Gender, LGBT rights, Non-Biological Motherhood, Parenting, sports, Women's equality, Women's rights
Tagged Chicago Bears, children's clothing, family, gay family, gay marriage, gender expression, gender identity, gender nonconformity, gender rules, lesbian family, lesbian mom, LGBT parenting, LGBT rights, Monday Night Football, non-bio mom, parental rights, Target Corporation
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The Political is Personal; or, Hear Me Roar
The other night while I was feeding Alex her before-bedtime bottle, I was suddenly struck by an urge to hear Helen Reddy’s classic “I Am Woman.” So I reached for the laptop sitting nearby on the coffee table, opened a … Continue reading
Posted in Equal Rights Amendment, ERA, Family, Feminism, Parenting, Women's equality, Women's rights
Tagged 1978, 1981, 28th amendment, Affordable childcare, Alice Paul, equal pay for equal work, ERA, ERA Countdown rally, ERA Ratification, ERA text, ERA Yes, feminism, History of the ERA, Lesbian feminism, March for Equality, March on Washington, NOW, Obama ERA, Ratify the ERA, Reproductive rights, Schlafly, Three state strategy, Violence against women, women's equality, women's rights
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