Social Security’s Family Benefits and the Fiscal Commission

By: Tuesday June 29, 2010 9:23 am

Solvency is not the issue on Social Security. Reforming the rules for the most vulnerable is.

Gail Dines: How “Pornland” destroys intimacy and hijacks sexuality

By: Tuesday June 29, 2010 7:04 am

Dr. Gail Dines is a professor of sociology and women’s studies at Wheelock College and an expert on pornography. Her new book, “Pornland: How Porn Has Hijacked Our Sexuality, has just been released by Beacon Press and is considered a groundbreaking study of how today’s pornography shapes men and women’s ideas, attitudes, and perceptions of sex. Here is what Dines has to say about her new book and the effects of pornography.

The 2010 Olympics and Gender Roles: Highs and Lows

By: Monday February 22, 2010 6:31 am

The Olympic games allow us to take stock of how we view women athletes and of the flawed ways we talk about gender and the performance of gender roles in public.

Written by Sarah Seltzer for RHRealityCheck.org – News, commentary and community for reproductive health and justice.

Why Marriage Matters (to Straights and Gays Alike)

By: Saturday August 15, 2009 3:55 pm

No person or group has the right to exclusive use of the most durable crucible of personal transformation. That crucible is marriage.

Strange Fruit

By: Friday May 29, 2009 3:39 pm

The position of women in any movement is prone to doubt by women.

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