The feminist movement began as a struggle for basic rights: women’s suffrage, reproductive rights, access to work and education, and equal rights within those institutions. Through the hard work and dedication of our foremothers, many of those feats have been won. As a result, our culture has become dominated by a narrative that is not […]
There are a lot of amazing mothers out there, but Detroit mother-of-five Erica Maison gives them all a run for their money (sorry, Mom!). When even well intended parents still project their own baggage about gender identity on their kids, Maison has been the biggest supporter of her daughter Corey’s transition. Corey, now 14-years-old, first realized […]
Anthony Weiner’s communications director calling a former intern a “cunt,” “slutbag” and other slurs is just one aspect of the choppy waters surrounding the sex scandal-ridden NYC mayoral candidate’s sinking campaign. But of all the what-are-they-thinking? Weiner campaign moments in the past few weeks, it is the one that has stood out in my mind. […]
