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A female journalist attended a Men’s Rights Conference last weekend. This is her story.

The so-called “men’s rights” movement is a farce. Men’s rights activists (MRAs) hurt and kill both men and women. They make actual work on behalf of men harder. Fuck them.

Now that you know how I really feel about MRAs, you can fully appreciate my fascination with this account of one female, feminist-identified journalist’s time attending an entire conference last weekend specifically for MRAs to connect. Kelsey Miller is one brave feminist. She also comes to a few not-so-surprising conclusions during her time at the conference: namely, that, “there are real issues facing men today” but that, “in training their crosshairs on feminism, MRAs have chosen the wrong enemy.” Sounds about right. ...

The so-called “men’s rights” movement is a farce. Men’s rights activists (MRAs) hurt and kill both men and women. They make actual work on behalf of men harder. Fuck ...

By Lori Adelman • 10 years ago

CLPP 2014: Young Activists Gettin’ It Done!

Ed note: This is a guest post by Zoë Boyle and Jennifer Su, CLPP Lead Student Organizers pictured below.

Almost a year ago, TIME magazine published a now notorious cover story by Joel Stein accusing millennials of being the “Me Me Me!” generation. Describing us as lazy, selfish, and glued to our iPhones, the article painted a picture of wasted youth. Since the publication, there has been no shortage of responses to the article. Yet no amount of op-ed pieces can disguise the fact that we are a generation of action. Youth activists in the reproductive justice movement have come out swinging in the last year, proving ourselves as a powerful force to be reckoned ...

Ed note: This is a guest post by Zoë Boyle and Jennifer Su, CLPP Lead Student Organizers pictured below.

Almost a year ago, TIME magazine published a now notorious cover story by ...

By Sesali B. • 10 years ago

Support this environmental and reproductive justice conference!

A month later, I’m still seeing quotes from Laverne Cox’s keynote address at Creating Change 2014 (which I’m not at all bitter about missing out on. Really…I’m fine). She was a big name at a bigger conference. Thousands of LGBTQ leaders, organizers, and activists from across the country flocked to Texas to participate in the annual conference hosted by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force.

But there is another conference that should also be on your radar.

“The Kinks, Locks and Twists Conference™ offers women of color and allies a unique space to explore the dynamic relationship between the health and well-being of our bodies, communities and the ecosystems in both a local and global ...

A month later, I’m still seeing quotes from Laverne Cox’s keynote address at Creating Change 2014 (which I’m not at all bitter about missing out on. Really…I’m fine). She was a big name ...

By Lori Adelman • 11 years ago

It’s 2013. Let’s end ‘booth babes’ for good

Woman of the future, when perhaps one can present technology and also simultaneously not be objectified.

Scene: It’s the year 2137. The world is doing pretty well. Hoverboards have gone out of style almost as quickly as they came in, surprising a lot of people. UGGs inexplicably live on in popular conceptions of fashion, as do ‘boots with the fur’. The President of what’s left of the United States (the previously large U.S. was reduced to a small island off the coast of Mexico after its population became predominantly, then overwhelmingly brown and insisted the mainland be renamed to “Brownlandia”) is a multi-racial pansexual queer-identifying trans womyn who was elected on campaign promises to bring traditional family values ...

Woman of the future, when perhaps one can present technology and also simultaneously not be objectified.

Scene: It’s the year 2137. The world is doing pretty well. Hoverboards have gone out of style almost as quickly ...

By Jos Truitt • 11 years ago

Netroots ’12: watch Ask a Sista

Update: I’ve replaced the live stream video with the recording of the panel.

Our own Zerlina is speaking on a panel at Netroots Nation today, and you can watch it live right here at 10:30am EST (I’ll replace the live stream video with the recording of the panel when that becomes available, just like with yesterday’s video of Blogging for Transgender Equality). The panel’s called Ask a Sista: Black Women Muse on Politics, Policy, Pop Culture, and Scholarship (best panel title ever right?). It also features Cheryl Contee, Co-Founder & Partner at Fission Strategy and Attentive.ly, “Dr. Goddess,” aka Kimberly C. Ellis, Ph.D., communications strategist jenifer daniels. The live streaming is made possible by AFSCME, Five Steps Forward and

Update: I’ve replaced the live stream video with the recording of the panel.

Our own Zerlina is speaking on a panel at Netroots Nation today, and you can watch it live right here at 10:30am EST (I’ll replace ...

By Jos Truitt • 11 years ago

Netroots Nation gets the first step of trans inclusion right

This is an important year for transgender issues at Netroots Nation. The conference is hosting its first trans-focused panel (featuring me!), and I’ve seen a half dozen out trans folks here, which is a big step forward in representation when you realize Autumn Sandeen was the only out trans person at the conference in 2008.

Most people, even in progressiveville, haven’t thought about how to be inclusive of and respectful towards trans folks until they’re confronted with the issue directly. To make the space accountable to trans folks, a conference like Netroots needs to be explicit and proactive.

Which is why I’m super jazzed that there’s a “Transgender Etiquette” section in the conference program this year. Even better – it’s ...

By Jos Truitt • 11 years ago

Feministing at Netroots Nation 2012

The next few days are Netroots Nation, a big annual progressive organizing and blogging conference being held in Providence, RI this year. I’m at the conference, along with Zerlina and Katie. I’m currently at the LGBT pre-convening, organized by the badass Michael Rogers – Netroots starts in earnest tomorrow. We’ll be blogging from the conference for the rest of the week/weekend. (This isn’t Feministing’s first year at Netroots – you can check out some of our past coverage here.)

I’m ridiculously excited about the panel I’ll be on. It features a who’s who of trans lady bloggers – Autumn Sandeen from Pam’s House Blend, Dr. Jill Weiss from Bilerico, Monica Roberts from TransGriot, and yours truly. I’m ...

By Lori Adelman • 12 years ago

Snapped at CLPP: Fashion at the 2012 conference

As you all know, Eesha and I were blogging from this year’s Civil Liberties and Public Policy Program Conference, “From Abortion Rights to Social Justice” at Hampshire College. So far, we’ve covered lots of Important Issues like colonization and colonialism. Follow the CLPP2012 tag to view all our posts.

But while I was struck by the high-quality dialogue that took place at the conference, I couldn’t help but notice another aspect of life in western Massachusetts besides the penchant for social justice and movement-building: fashion.

I’ve written before about my ambivalence towards fashion. But in this space, where so many people of all different backgrounds had come together to talk about the future of our reproductive justice movement, personal expression ...