Terrific Tenacity in Texas
Wednesday September 25th, 2013 was the evening the Lilith Fund celebrated its 10th Annual Reproductive Equity Awards, honoring those who fought for Reproductive Justice in the recent past. This year’s...
View ArticleEverything’s Bigger in Texas, Except Human Rights
You’re probably all really tired of hearing about Texas and our legislator’s stupidity so this will be my last post lamenting it for a while. I know not everyone has a Twitter account but if you do,...
View ArticleJudgment Day
Woohoo! I STILL HAVE A JOB! (For now.) Eat $#!+ Rick Perry. Thank you Judge Lee Yeakel!!! Champion for Women’s Health #LaLuchaSigueYall #StillStandingWTXWomen #TX1YearLater #WeWillNotYield...
View ArticleDay 12 of 16 Days of Activism: Canada
#Day12 of #16Days of Activism lands us up north, in the great nation of Canada. With a population of over 35 million, and half of all women (according to a 1993 study) experiencing physical or sexual...
View ArticleReflections on Being an Abortion Provider
After well over two years with Austin Women’s Health Center providing abortion care and reproductive healthcare to the women of Texas I learned many lessons I’d like to share with you, dear reader, and...
View ArticleFebruary: the Pinnacle of Intersectionality
For being the shortest month of the year February certainly packs a lot into its 28 days. I apologize in advance if some of this is discombobulated. Of course February is Black History Month, and it’s...
View Article10 Uterus-Having Folks On Not Having Kids
More people than ever in the US are choosing not to have children–for a wide variety of reasons. After my (and the internet’s) overwhelmed reaction to this piece I knew that I had to see how the...
View ArticleI Believe! #WWC
The victims of the massacre at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church There’s so much I could write about right now I had a really hard time choosing this month’s topic! From LGBTQAI+ Pride to...
View ArticleUndue Burden: Abortion in Texas on the 43rd Anniversary of Roe v. Wade
January 22, 2016, Austin, TX, USA Although I didn’t plan to be at the Texas Capitol on the 43rd anniversary of Roe vs. Wade to hear comedian Lizz Winstead, Senator Kirk Watson, activist Amy Hagstrom...
View Article5 Years of Feminist Activism!
Today marks the 5th anniversary of Feminist Activism’s first blog post! To celebrate I’m counting down my top five favorite posts from throughout the years. They’re not necessarily the posts that have...
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