You Don’t Get to Tell Me How I Feel
The same-sex marriage/civil union/domestic partnership kerfluffle that’s been rocking the U.S. lately has been dredging up the good, the bad, and the ugly in a lot of social discourse. President Obama finally came out (har!) in support of same-sex marriage, right around the same time that Mitt Romney reaffirmed his dislike of the same; North [...]
Read MoreMaking a Difference in the Real World
At Go Girl, we encourage women to get involved in the world around them. On our Twitter page, in less than 140 characters, we say that “we encourage travel, global engagement, volunteerism/activism, and general butt-kicking.” But now, we’re not only encouraging it — we’re also living it! Thanks to a team of dedicated Go Girls [...]
Read MorePolitics, Politics, Politics
Dia ar sábháil! Since my article a few weeks back about vaginal protests and politicians attempting to legislate idiocy, very few things have changed. We have some victories- such as the narrow defeat of Arizona’s “show me your prescription” bill- but we also have continued pressure from numerous lawmakers to curtail the rights and personhood [...]
Read MoreNo Time to Forget Women in South Sudan
“If you educate a man, you educate an individual. If you educate a woman, you educate a family.” -African Proverb South Sudan is no stranger to war. Since its successful referendum for succession from Sudan in 2011, South Sudan has been in and out of the international press. Recently, more fighting has erupted around ownership [...]
Read MoreIndependence in the Land of Conservatism
I’ve written previously about my brushes with values conflicts in Colorado, so I’ll try not to repeat myself. The simple summary is that I’m a radical, queer-rights-loving, abortion-rights-supporting, sex-positive person who has landed smack-dab in the middle of the conservative capitol of America (example: our district overwhelmingly went to Santorum in the Colorado Republican primary). It’s [...]
Read MoreWhy Religious Feminists Should Support Contraceptive Rights – Part 2
For my thoughts on why contraceptive rights support the religious liberty of individuals, see part 1 of this discussion. Laws that require insurance companies to cover medical requirements, without regard to religious objections, are not the fundamental shift in policy that some political pundits have suggested them to be. I realize that some readers [...]
Read MoreSnatchels
I have a long history of struggling with strong feelings for my country and trying to balance my loathing for its incredible capacity for stupidity with a deep appreciation for the autonomy I’m theoretically granted here. Over the last two weeks, this challenging see-saw has become extra-wobbly as a series of proposed bills [...]
Read MoreTravel, Activism, Girls’ and Women’s Empowerment? Find it all with Stirring the Fire.
In honor of Women’s History month, I want to highlight a project that is doing transformative work on girls’ and women’s empowerment around the world. Based out of Washington State, USA, Stirring the Fire (STF) is an innovative and powerful movement towards global gender equality that both targets and connects young people to global opportunities [...]
Read MoreWhat to bring away from Kony2012
It’s been roughly two weeks since Invisible Children’s Kony 2012 campaign and video went viral. The video has sparked a flurry of status updates, tweets, articles, and video responses. (see see here, here, and here). Although I believe the Kony 2012 campaign is problematic through a lens of both policy and culture, I am grateful for the [...]
Read MoreUp On the Table
“Try angling it down,” the dark-haired woman suggested to her student. The student maneuvered a bit, then said, “Is that it?” Both women peered in close, their heads nearly touching the object of study. The instructor made a quick adjustment to the student’s work, and the student immediately gasped, “Oh! There it is!” She looked [...]
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