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2009 Fall


From the Editors:
Race, Feminism, Our Future
Taking on Postracialism
To Stop Gender Violence, Start Changing the Tune
Birthers and Birchers: Hiding Behind Stars and Stripes
Mujeres Take Back the Culture With Old Photos
Beginning with the Children: To Teach Peace
Women of Color Push Reproductive Justice
Mujeres Take Back the Culture With Old Photos
The First of All Liberties: Making Health Care Meet All Women’s Needs
Natural Disasters, Climate Change Uproot Women of Color
The ‘New’ Population Control Craze: Retro, Racist, Wrong Way to Go
Stimulating Social Change, Then and Now
The Art Perspective
The Poet's Eye
Reigniting Black Feminist Power
Defying Labels With Fearlessness
The CAFE
Bum Raps, “Bubbas," and Affirmative Actio
Flo Kennedy and Irene Duvall: Forever Activists

2009 Summer


From the Editors:
Our Genders, Our Rights
From the Publisher:
Selecting The Same Sex
Busting Bogus Biology and Beliefs
Trans Health Care Is A Life and Death Matter
How A Feminist Found Her Sexism
American Taliban: Sect Controls Women’s Destinies
A Human Finds Robot Love: New Jeanette Winterson Book
How Media Portrayals Affect Women Seeking Abortions
Crossing The Gender Rack
Asylum Pitfalls May Await the Transgender Applicant
The Art Perspective
The Poet's Eye
Elizabeth Sackler Gives Hope, but Artistic Venues Are Slim for Women
Art World Insiders Struggle to Address Disparity
What's in a name? Everything
Virtual Switching, or Playing Games?
It all started with Adam and Eve
The CAFE
Playing God, Have Doctors Gone Too Far?
From Our Files:
Gender Always On The Agenda

2009 Spring

Lines In The Sand
From the Publisher:
Higher Ground, Not Common Ground
On the Murder and Continuing Inspiration of Dr. George Tiller
Mobilizing for Reproductive Justice
To Run the World, Power Up Feminism
Listen Up: UN Must Hear Women on Violence
Teaching Daughters About Lollipop Politics
Shaping Sexual Futures On A Budget
Know thy Clitoris
The Art Perspective
The Poet's Eye
Activists Boost Female Health Empowerment
Taking a Stand on Hospitals, and Meaning It
Common Enemies: LGBT, Abortion Share Foes
Equal Rights Amendment Still Brings Out Ranters
Second Bill of Rights: Economic Security
Ending Slavery: How We Free Today's Slaves by Kevin Bales
The Reproductive Rights Reader: Law, Medicine, and the Construction of Motherhood
The CAFE
"Thelma and Louise Live."
For two women shot to death in Brookline, Massachusetts

2009 Winter

New Revolutions We Need

From the Publisher: Revolution Lite
Wanted: A Revolution in Critical Thinking
Beyond politics and one god
Twisted Treaty Shafts U.S. Women
End Torture, End Domestic Violence
Female Avatars Hail ‘Second Life’
Ending the Male Patina in Biology
Ramping Up Democracy in the U.S.
The Art Perspective
The Poet's Eye
MILK and Recruiting for Rights
Theater Arts: A Menace to Society
Our Architecture Ourselves
Putting Money Where Our Causes Are
An Animal Lawyer Makes a Manifesto
Health Care ‘Reform’ Is Not Enough
Related Articles: New Year's Revolutions Women Need
The CAFE
OTI Dialogue: Congressman John Lewis and Andrea Dworkin Towards a Revolution in Values by Merle Hoffman

2008 Fall


What is Terror for Women
(And What Can We Do About It)

Sarah Palin and the Apocalypse
Terror For Women Exists Throughout History, Across Cultures
Honor Killings and Human Bombs: Abuses, Old and New
The Terror of Loving and Losing
Terrorizing the Loved Pets of Women
Anti-Abortion Terror Tactics Take A Toll
Rape New York
Anti-Immigrant Fervor Translates to Terror for Women
The Terror of Motherhood in Somaliland
and Women’s Rights to Safe Care
Protecting the Human Family
The Art Perspective
The Terror-Submission Backlash
Media Tools Counter War Violence Against Women
The War I Know: Sidelined, A to Z
Theater Arts
The Poet's Eye
“Daughter” -- The New Face of War
Women And The War On Terror: An Unintended Consequence?
Related Stories From Past Issues
THE CAFE
Women's Lives Under Padding

2008 Summer


Works Hard for Her Money:
Feminists and Prostitutes

Divide, Conquer and Sell
Of Victims And Vixens--The Feminist Clash Over Prostitution
Pimping: The World's Oldest Profession
Feminist Divisions Cause Real-World Repercussions
Female Orgasm Today: The Hite Report's Research Then and Now
Religious Repugnance Obscures Need for Sex Work Decriminalization
“It’s Not TV, Its Sexploitation”: Protest Against Home Box Office
Naked Truth: Reality and Fantasy Are (Stripper) Poles Apart
On the Frontline of Sex Wars
Nothing About Us, Without Us
Does Working Girls Still Work?
Stop the Traffick: Stiffening State Laws Helps Trapped Women
The Art Perspective
The Poet's Eye
Theater Arts
Related Stories From Past Issues
THE CAFE

2008 Spring, First Online Edition


HIV/AIDS Blowback hits Women Hard
A Message from the Publisher Plus ca change
LOVE AND DEATH ON 86
In the U.S., AIDS Spreads Rapid-Fire
What is a Woman Worth?
Break the Silence, End the Stigma
AIDS and Listening to Women
Bad Thoughts
The Art Perspective
The Poet's Eye
Theater Arts
Book Review
Related Stories From Past Issues
THE CAFE

2008 Spring


Iranian Women Today
A Feature Update
A Message from the Publisher
A Sacrificial Light
“We Stand With Iranian Women”