Commemorating 50 Years of “Sisterhood Is Powerful” by Carol Hanisch Fifty years ago, the Vietnam War was raging and so were protests against it, the intensity and scope of which would increase multifold in 1968. On the opening day of…
Housework, Reproduction, Women's Liberation / Feminism
Chilean Feminists Respond to “Birth Regret”
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Some reflections and opinions about repentance of having given birth by Feminists Lucid, Santiago, Chile September 2017 In our group we have translated the discussion about motherhood and the repentance of giving birth [Birth Regret: A Mother’s Day Truthtelling].…
Identity Politics, Male Backlash, Women's Liberation / Feminism
A Challenge to the (Still) Male-Dominated Left
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Who’s the Materialist Here? by Kathy Scarbrough and Carol Hanisch Nearly fifty years after the Women’s Liberation Movement exploded in the U.S., much of the male-dominated Left (including female members) is still claiming economic class and capitalism as the primary…
Theory, Women's Liberation / Feminism
Patriarchy or Male Supremacy?
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by Carol Hanisch EDITORS NOTE: Patriarchy has all but replaced male supremacy and sexism as the preferred word for the system of discrimination and multi-faceted oppression that women face. The term patriarchy wasn’t used by most 1960s pioneers of the…
Reproduction, Uncategorized, Women's Liberation / Feminism
Stunning Rise in Maternal Deaths in U.S.
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By Carol Hanisch On the heels of our Mother’s Day post on “Birth Regret: A Mother’s Day Truthtelling” comes a chilling report that not only do more women in the United States die of complications from childbirth than in any other…
Consciousness Raising, Housework, Labor, Reproduction, Women's Liberation / Feminism
Birth Regret: A Mother’s Day Truthtelling
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A Consciousness-Raising Discussion about Motherhood and Birth Regret The public is often harangued with stories of supposed “abortion regret”. A recent on-line discussion resulted with its opposite: birth regret. Women discuss their often mixed feelings about having given birth —…