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Tag Archives: feminism
Healing Culture in Wartime
Forty-one years ago when we organized the Common Differences conference on the UI campus, I was a young professor, already quite engaged in women’s issues, which had led to my research, writing, travels, and overall commitment. When I retired from the University of … Continue reading
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Posted in Feminism, International, Middle East, Section, Voices, War, Women, Women, wonen's rights
Tagged feminism, Lebanon, Middle East, war, women's rights, women's shelters
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Coalition of Labor Union Women for Champaign County
On the evening of March 27 more than 30 people representing about a dozen labor unions and community groups gathered at the Plumbers Local 149 Union Hall in Savoy to launch a chapter of the Coalition of Labor Union Women … Continue reading
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Posted in Feminism, Labor, Labor/Economics, Section, union soldarity, Voices, Women, Women
Tagged feminism, Labor, organizing, unions, women in labor
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She’s Everything and Everywhere: Riffs on Barbie and the Barbie Movie
Barbie deserved her own biopic. More than one billion Barbie dolls have been shipped and sold around the world since her premier in 1959, and factories in Asia are still spewing her out. From her hair down to the pink … Continue reading
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Pre-Roe Reproductive Rights Underground: The Story of the Janes
We are back in pre-Roe Chicago. A doctor speaks about sepsis, the emergency rooms overflowing daily with feverish women dying from botched efforts to rid themselves of unwanted pregnancies. Another woman recalls her phone interactions with a mob operative. Yes, … Continue reading
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Posted in abortion rights, Feminism, film, Reproductive Justice, Women, wonen's rights
Tagged abortion rights, feminism, film, reproductive justice, women
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Anti-Abortion Centers Mislead People at Their Most Vulnerable
Reproductive justice: the human right to maintain personal bodily autonomy, have children, not have children, and parent the children we have in safe and sustainable communities. This past January, on the 50th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision, SisterSong … Continue reading
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Posted in abortion rights, Feminism, Healthcare, Reproductive Justice, Section, Voices, Women, Women, wonen's rights, Youth
Tagged abortion rights, anti-abortion, feminism, reproductive justice, women's rights
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The Lavenders: Past and Present Queer Journalism in Champaign-Urbana
On February 23, UCIMC Executive Director Miriam Larson hosted a virtual conversation with representatives of two generations of activists in Champaign-Urbana. Mary Lee Sargent, former director of Parkland College’s Women’s Studies Program (now residing in New Hampshire), was one of … Continue reading
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Posted in African Americans, Feminism, LGBTQ, Media, Section, Voices, Women, Women, wonen's rights
Tagged feminism, Illinois activism, local independent media, women's rights
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Woman – Life – Freedom: Interview on Resistance in Iran, Part 2
Part 1 of this interview was published in the December 2022 issue. The text has been substantially shortened and edited. Public i: I want to shift the discussion to the US now, and ask what can or should the US … Continue reading
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Posted in Feminism, Foreign Policy, International, International, Section, Voices, Women
Tagged feminism, human rights, Iran, protest
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Women – Life – Freedom: Interview on Resistance in Iran, Part 1
Public i: Just start with a basic overview of what’s happening now and what sparked it, an update on the latest, and also what do you think people should know that isn’t being covered in the mainstream US media. Faranak … Continue reading
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Posted in Feminism, International, International, Section, Voices, Women, wonen's rights
Tagged feminism, hijab, human rights, Iran, protest
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