In this piece published today in the Washington Post I argue that since jail teaches people how to be better criminals, it likely also teaches […]
Fighting Rape Culture: Real Tips
You can read this and other posts by a wide range of women’s health clinicians, advocates and activists on the Our Bodies Ourselves webpage. The […]
Aswirl in a sad spiral, women in detox face human rights violation
Reprinted from the Boston Globe, August 19, 2014 The Aug. 14 editorial “Women get unequal treatment in court-ordered detox” underscored an egregious violation of human […]
Morality Hijacked by Religion
“One of the greatest tragedies in mankind’s entire history may be that morality was hijacked by religion.” ― Arthur C. Clarke A Sociologist’s Thoughts on […]
SCOTUS Ruling: Pregnant Bodies as Public Property
Susan’s note: You can read my analysis of the “Hobby Lobby” ruling here Yesterday’s SCOTUS ruling striking down 35 foot buffer zone around women’s health […]
On Memorial Day: “Remember the Ladies”
2016 Update: According to Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), “Currently, medical prosthetics for female amputees are provided as one-size-fits-all and are based on male anatomy. This […]
Marissa Alexander and the Shot Not Heard Around the World
I’ve been thinking a lot today about Marissa Alexander, the woman who could be incarcerated for as long as sixty years for firing a single […]
Sex, race and prison’s violent double standard: Incarcerating men hurts women, too
This piece originally appeared in Salon in April, 2014 When I first met Gloria, over five years ago, she was in what she and others sometimes call “the […]