Editors’ Introduction: The following article was written by Barbara Leon for Feminist Revolution, a book first published in 1975 by Redstockings analyzing the gains and setbacks, theory and history of the Women’s Liberation Movement in its explosive years in the…
Abortion, Rape
American Justice: Misogynist-Style
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Some recent judicial decisions are making it abundantly clear how little some U.S. judges and prosecutors respect the human rights of women and are determined to exert punishment of those seeking to control their own lives. For example, Purvi Patel,…
Male Backlash, Taking Action, Women's Liberation / Feminism
The 1968 Miss America Protest Revisited
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On September 7, the 48th anniversary of the 1968 Miss America Protest that marked the public burst of the Women’s Liberation Movement into U.S. consciousness, the online version of USA TODAY published an account with interviews, historic photos, and links…
Capitalism, Housework, Labor, work
Some Random Labor Day Missives
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“The Group-Made Man” [and Woman] In the late 19th century, when the ideology of “the self-made man” was sweeping the United States, propagated by the dime novels of Horatio Alger and the “rags-to-riches” biographies of the likes of Andrew Carnegie,…
Capitalism, Prostitution, Women's Liberation / Feminism, work
Why Are “Nanny Intellectuals” Prostitution’s Greatest Defenders?
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by Carol Hanisch “There is something very odd about the prostitution debate,” declares Swedish journalist, writer, and activist Kajsa Ekis Ekman in a recent Feminist Current post. “While the absolute majority of sex buyers are male, an overwhelming majority of…
Capitalism, Reproduction, Women's Liberation / Feminism
“Viagra for Women” Pill Fails to Perform
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The “little pink pill”, sometimes referred to as the “Viagra for women”, is having a hard time performing up to its corporate claims. When the drug flibanserin (brand name: Addyi) was approved a year ago by the FDA – supposedly to help women’s…