Posts Tagged NOW

By Katie Halper • 10 years ago

Meet Zephyr Teachout, the only feminist running for governor in New York

There’s only one New York gubernatorial candidate who is progressive and a feminist. And that’s Zephyr Teachout. The National Organization for Women’s New York chapter has the common sense and the spine to actually back her, while other organizations sell out and make deals behind closed doors with current governor Andrew Cuomo. 

There’s only one New York gubernatorial candidate who is progressive and a feminist. And that’s Zephyr Teachout. The National Organization for Women’s New York chapter has the common sense and the spine to actually back her, while ...
By Alexandra Brodsky • 11 years ago

In NYC? Join tonight’s flashmob to demand EC access!

Tonight, reproductive justice advocates in New York City will join together in a flashmob to demand over-the-counter emergency contraception for people of all ages. As Feminsting has written about before, the Obama administration refuses to respect voluminous research that EC is really, really safe and instead relies on sexist, paternalistic instinct to deny access to young people and other marginalized groups. First Health and Human Services, with the administration’s support, overruled the FDA’s decision to provide open EC availability. Now the administration and co-opted FDA are refusing a judge’s order to drop the unscientific restrictions. Why is Obama playing politics with our health? 

Tonight, reproductive justice advocates in New York City will join together in a flashmob to demand over-the-counter emergency contraception for people of all ages. As Feminsting has written about

By Amy S. Choi • 11 years ago

Erin Matson weighs in on eating disorders and pregnancy, kicks ass

Erin Matson, baller feminist advocate and organizer and former vice president of action for the National Organization for Women, is pregnant.

BABY FEMINIST ON ITS WAY, wahooooooooo!

Matson is also an eating disorder survivor.

Being pregnant with a history of an eating disorder can make things… complicated, even for Matson, who has been completely recovered from her ED for more than a decade. She certainly isn’t alone. At some point or another, many of the 24 million Americans who suffer from an eating disorder will become or are pregnant, and it won’t always be helpful to recovery. In a nod to the obvious, the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders ...

Erin Matson, baller feminist advocate and organizer and former vice president of action for the National Organization for Women, is pregnant.

BABY FEMINIST ON ITS WAY, wahooooooooo!

Matson is also ...