Child molestation is a very real problem. But the far right is far more interested in demonizing women, homosexuals, and the transgender community.
The Global Right Wing’s Bizarre Obsession with Pedophilia
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A Feminist Alternative to Trump’s Chest Beating on Iran
Foreign policy should prioritize the needs of ordinary civilians and civil society — and wars of choice should always be off the table.
On Hillary Clinton, Sexism, and U.S. Foreign Policy
Feminists who oppose Hillary Clinton’s imperialism can’t just challenge her foreign policy. We have to challenge the sexist attacks against her, too.
Intra-Jewish Discrimination in Israel
A Mizrahi feminism cut-and-paste primer.
The Flowering of Feminism in Hungary
“Women’s liberation” made little if any impact in the latter days of the Communist era.
The First Roma Feminist
Roma women must confront not only the prejudices of society as a whole but also discrimination within traditional Roma families.
Why Women Must End the Korean War
A major game changer is needed to break the silent stalemate between the United States and North Korea. And it’s going to take more than Dennis Rodman’s trip to North Korea. It will require the United States to take greater responsibility and leadership to end the Korean War, as well as a feminist, anti-militarist approach to achieve peace and justice on the Korean peninsula.
Feminism as Counterterrorism?
The most prominent and unequivocal public articulation of an alliance between feminism and counterterrorism came at the dawn of the U.S. war in Afghanistan, when Laura Bush argued that “the fight against terrorism is a fight for the rights and dignity of women.”