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Summer 2010
About EQUALITY: How much further away? from the Editors
"Little Marie": The Daily Toll of Sexist Language by Marie Shear
Good Girls, Bad Girls: The Kinkiness of Slut-Shaming by Elizabeth Black
Snood by Snood, Tight-Knit Orthodox Piety Loosens Up by Eleanor J. Bader
Women Challenge Gender Apartheid in the Catholic Church by Angela Bonavoglia
Alright Then, Let Men Compete by Megan Carpentier
Beyond Equality to Liberation by Mary Lou Greenberg
Say "I Do": Constitutional Equality is Forever by Carolyn A. Cook
Best City for Working Women: In Our Checkbooks by Beverly Cooper Neufeld
Featured Video: "Equality Under The Hood" by Ann Farmer
Health Inequality: Gates Foundation Bans Abortion by Marcy Bloom
Girls Kick: Moving the Media's World Cup Goal Posts by Ariel Dougherty
Gender Equality: Devil in the Details by Cindy Cooper
Defeating Racism and Sexism with the Politics of Authenticity by Lu Bailey
The Poet’s Eye curated by Judith Arcana
The Art Perspective presents a mini-retrospective of the art of Regina Frank
The Cafe at On The Issues Online Magazine is deepening the conversations by continually adding the insights of progressive writers, thinkers and artists on the topics we address. Check back frequently for new commentary. If you wish to contribute to the Cafe, email cafe@ontheissuesmagazine.com.
Broadway Has A Long Way to Go, Baby by Deborah Savadge
Remember the Virginia Slims ad campaign from 40 years ago? Directed at women, it announced, "You've come a long way, Baby." Ads showed black-and-white photos of Victorian era housewives, performing menial tasks, …
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Broadway Has A Long Way to Go, Baby
Advancing Rights: 1964 Marks the Beginning of A New Era by Sonia Pressman Fuentes
On August 26, we'll be celebrating the 90th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution, granting women the right to vote. It's a good time to review what rights women have secured …
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Advancing Rights: 1964 Marks the Beginning of A New Era
Gender Pay Gap Underestimates Economic Inequality by Joan Williams
The gender pay gap is standard measure of women's economic inequality. At the dawn of second-wave feminism, it was 59 cents: women earned 59 cents for every dollar men earned. Today it's up to 77 cents, according to the …
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Gender Pay Gap Underestimates Economic Inequality
Formation of Gender Identity in the Church by Rev. Rebecca Turner
Growing up in a small Missouri town Southern Baptist church in the 1960s, I recall very little being said about sex, sexuality, and gender. We didn't have sex education of any kind in my church. But I do remember that …
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Formation of Gender Identity in the Church
"Nontraditional": A Video Makes a Car Job Seem Auto-Matic by the Editors
It's generally called "nontraditional" employment – women working in jobs that are mostly held by men. While becoming an auto mechanic may be a nontraditional career path for most women, in another sense, it was a …
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"Nontraditional": A Video Makes a Car Job Seem Auto-Matic
A Prayer for the Girl-Child by Suzanne Stutman
When I grow up
Please let me:
Be safe.
Learn to read and write.
Live with my parents
And my brothers and sisters.
Not be sold to work
As an indentured servant
Or a …
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A Prayer for the Girl-Child
PAST CAFE ARCHIVE. Read all past cafés
Spring 2010 Café --The Feminist MInd
Winter 2010 Café -- Passion, Freedon & Women
Fall 2009 Café -- Race, Feminism, Our Future
Summer 2009 Café -- Our Genders, Our Rights
Spring 2009 Café -- Lines in the Sand
Winter 2009 Café -- New Revolutions we Need
Fall 2008 Café -- What is Terror for Women?
Summer 2008 Café -- Works Hard for her Money: Feminists and Prostitutes
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