Commentary

No Regrets: The Truth About Abortions

By Rosalind C. Barnett & Caryl Rivers ● Commentary ● May 29, 2024

There is a misleading belief that abortion is psychologically damaging, increasing a woman’s risk of mental illness and suicide.

Sabotage and Subterfuge: The U.N.’s Response to Sheryl Sandberg’s ‘Screams Before Silence’

By Amy Neustein, Ph.D. ● Commentary ● May 16, 2024

The disgraceful role played by the UN in renouncing and shunning Israeli victims of sexual violence has had an effect on the women’s movement.

Your Sister’s Blood Cries Out

By Rabbi Liz PG Hirsch ● Commentary ● April 19, 2024

Looking to the case before the Supreme Court next week, unclear definitions of what is “life-threatening,” versus “potentially life-threatening,” or simply “harmful to health” only cause further, unnecessary risk to the lives of pregnant patients. 

President Biden’s Shiny Objects

By Caryl Rivers & Rosalind C. Barnett ● Commentary ● April 8, 2024

Biden  has  finalized an array of concrete economic benefits for seniors, with more moving toward implementation.

HOW THE WOMEN’S MOVEMENT HAS DISAPPOINTED ME

By Talia Carner ● Commentary ● April 3, 2024

The silence of the feminist movement—or whatever can be defined as such in the absence of outstanding focal leaders— about this extreme sexual violence has been deafening.

What Does 90 Look Like?Just Ask Gloria Steinem

By Lori Sokol ● Commentary ● March 24, 2024

“We are living out the unlived lives of our mothers, because they were not able to become the unique people they were born to be.”

WomenStrong International: Celebrating 10 Years of Women-Led Progress and Community Building

By DR. SUSAN M. BLAUSTEIN ● Commentary ● March 17, 2024

In the 24 countries where WomenStrong has partnered with local organizations over the last 10 years, most address the epidemic of violence against women and girls out of necessity.

Poor Things and Misogynistic Dreams: How Abusers Sexually Mistreat Disabled Women

By Taina Bien-Aimé ● Commentary ● March 11, 2024

She is the captive of a series of men, each enthralled with creating a cage of their design and desires.  

With Oscar Snubs to Gerwig and Robbie, Ferrera Is No Longer Crowded Out of the Spotlight She Deserves

By Caralena Peterson ● Commentary ● March 8, 2024

Ferrera has long been a major “win”—both for the Barbie movie and the feminist movement— all along.