May 09
This is probably not the news most fathers want to hear. Testosterone, that most male of hormones, takes a dive after a man becomes a parent. And the more he gets involved in caring for his children — changing diapers, jiggling the boy or girl on his knee, reading “Goodnight Moon” for the umpteenth time …
Apr 30
This story from the NYT Magazine addresses the intersections of war, women, and literature. http://nyti.ms/IYLv6c
Mar 29
Ms. Rich, one of the most influential and widely read writers of the feminist movement, took on sexism and racial oppression in her poems and prose. http://nyti.ms/HhWJRv
Mar 27
The election year 1992, following so closely on the heals of the Senate confirmation hearings of Clarence Thomas in 1991, saw an unprecedented number of women running for public office. How are they faring today, 20 years later? It seems they’ve hit a plateau. More from the Washington Post.
Mar 19
CNN recently posted a piece on the new wave of activists challenging notions of beauty. Check it out here.
Mar 09
Historian Nancy L. Cohen was the guest on On Point with Tom Ashbrook yesterday. She engaged in a lively discussion about the current controversies surrounding women’s reproductive health access and a broader anti-sex, “traditional family values” oriented segment of our population. Her new book offers a compelling argument that this counter-revolution has been building steam …
Feb 28
Sixteen year old Claressa Fields is a fighter- literally. She is striving to be one of the elite few who make the U.S. squad as female boxers step into the ring to compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics for the first time. Listen to the NPR radio magazine story on her life and boxing career here.
Feb 27
A child is born — against the odds — to Americans in a Muslim land. A Somali proverb says that a woman should be either married or in her grave. And in the Horn of Africa, the proverb might as well go on to say that, if she is married, she had better be pregnant, …
Feb 27
Motherhood without marriage among younger women across the country is both a symbol of the transforming family and a hint of coming generational change. Read more.
Feb 27
Men are shifting the dynamics of a changing organization. Are men heroes for joining the PTA? If so, what does that make women? From The NY Times.