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‘Our Bodies, Ourselves’ Will Stop Printing New Editions
According to an article in the Boston Globe published on April 4, 2018, "the most recent print edition of Our Bodies, Ourselves will be its last, halting advancement in women’s health, contraception, and sexual awareness [...]
Remarkable Women Whose Obituaries were Overlooked
Remarkable Women Whose Obituaries were Overlooked is the concept behind a new series introduced by The New York Times during National Women's History month this year. "Since 1851, obituaries in The New York Times have [...]
Feminists Who Changed America by Barbara Love at Nagoya University in Japan
This news just in from Jodi Moran our colleague on the VFA Oral History Project: "My sister, Judy Greiman, is representing Stony Brook University at a meeting with #HeForShe IMPACT 10x10x10 colleagues working on [...]
New Documentary, “Beauty Bites Beast” Coming to NYC on March 22, 2018
A special screening of the new documentary by Ellen Snortland - "Beauty Bites Beast" - will be held on Thursday, March 22nd at 8:30 AM at the Salvation Army Auditorium, 221 East 52nd St. in [...]
Women in Iran Protest by Removing their Headscarves…
Iranian women have been raising a new challenge to their Islamic government, breaking one of its most fundamental rules by pulling off their headscarves in some of the busiest public squares and brandishing them [...]
Were You Active in the Feminist Movement Between 1963 and 1982?
Were you active in the feminist movement between 1963 and 1982? Veteran Feminists of America (VFA) has created an ORAL HISTORY PROJECT to capture the history of that period told by the participants. We [...]
Kate Millett Collection to be Offered on WBAI, Sunday, Feb. 25
On Sunday, February 25, Joy of Resistance, Multicultural Feminist Radio @WBAI, will be offering listeners "The Kate Millett Collection" in exchange for a $100. pledge. The Collection includes: a complete recording of the moving memorial [...]
Is #MeToo is Going Too Far for Some Veteran Feminists? (Not!)
In her article #MeToo is Going Too Far for Some Veteran Feminists, Mary Reinholz looks at the movement through the eyes of veteran feminists and their experiences of sexual harrassment in the days when it [...]
Women’s Marches – Numbers Still Coming in for One-Year Anniversary Activism
On the first anniversary of the 2017 Women’s March on Washington, marches have once again held around the country. Reports are still coming in on the numbers involved, and several sites are collecting videos [...]
“Time’s Up” –Hollywood Women’s Initiative Against Sexual Harassment
The New York Times reported on January 1 that 300 prominent women actors, agents, writers, directors, producers and entertainment executives have formed an initiative to combat sexual harassment in Hollywood and blue-collar workplaces nationwide. [...]