Gender
Domestic violence is a national security issue
A crowded nightclub. An airport terminal. A suburban baseball field. A first-grade classroom. Each has been the
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6 years ago
Dolls? Trucks? I’ll take what’s behind door No. 3
Elissa yearned for a toy truck. She received a pink Jeep, a pale facsimile of what she had in mind. And I have a memory of browsing the a
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6 years ago
No sympathy for Cosby as he plans his lecture tour
When the news broke last week that Bill Cosby plans to conduct sexual assault seminars this summer social media pages exploded with voice
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6 years ago
When a stranger stares, it isn’t always what it seems
The road to transition for the transgender person can be long and hard with many ups and downs. It’s too easy after one or two bruising encounters to tend to assume the worst.
6 years ago
Toxic masculinity is to blame for fraternity hazing deaths
The tragic and senseless death of
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6 years ago
3 steps to releasing your inner activist — reflections on the Women’s March on Philadelphia
The state of activism in Philadelphia, and indeed throughout the United States and the world, is evolving. Reacting to the fears many mar
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6 years ago
Derek Walcott’s sexual harassment problem, and ours
In 2009, the Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott withdrew his name from consideration for the honorary position of professor of poetry at Oxford
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7 years ago
In the Trump Era, Philadelphia is in crisis control
While previous protest movements such as Occupy Philadelphia and t
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7 years ago
The wife of a transgender woman has her own transition to make
Just over a year ago, Mark, my husband of almost 15 years and best friend for 23, the person with whom I have had two remarkable children
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7 years ago
Women’s emotional labor on your behalf comes with a cost
I have opened my mind and my heart and given my time to others to unload their burdens on me despite my own turmoil and trauma, because I thought it was my duty as a woman.
7 years ago
Manning case highlights the plight of transgender women in men’s prisons
When President Obama commuted the sentence of Chelsea Manning
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7 years ago
Don’t dismiss Saturday’s march as ‘thoughtless excitement’ of ‘angry women’
When you step onto a subway train, there are a lot of things you could smell that are worse than Sharpies, so on Saturday morning, I didn
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7 years ago
Trump’s vision of America’s past is bad for America’s future
When I was an undergrad at Temple, I was asked to create an illustration for an article about abortion to appear in the first issue of th
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7 years ago
You want to be an active ally? Here’s how.
Well-intentioned people have been looking for ways to help those who are feeling the weight of racism, islamophobia, misogyny, and other oppressions.
7 years ago
Death of Carrie Fisher a reminder for women to guard their hearts
Carrie Fisher’s death at 60 came as a shock. Known as Princess (and later, General) Leia to generations of Star Wars fans, sh
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7 years ago