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Abortion: A Topic Ritually Avoided by Recreational Media
by Ellen Levine, Author
January 31, 2012 - 9:45am (Print)
I've written more than twenty books, but was startled by what I learned: you can raise the possibility of abortion, but it must be rejected. I hit a wall of resistance I believe is self-censorship on the part of the publishers. When a character is pregnant, whether from rape, incest, etc., so long as a baby is born, that's acceptable. The "Juno" scenario.
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A Feminist Goodbye (For Now) To "Harry Potter" and "Friday Night Lights"
by Sarah Seltzer, RH Reality Check
July 15, 2011 - 9:00am (Print)
Even more than that, the women in these stories have transcended being "good female characters" who subvert stereotyps into just being good characters, period; real ones, ones whose journeys we are, sometimes to a desperate extent, obsessed with.
STOKING FIRE: Frank Schaeffer's New Book Takes Muddled and Condescending Approach to Abortion
by Eleanor J. Bader, RH Reality Check
June 16, 2011 - 9:54am (Print)
Schaeffer's latest book, Sex, Mom, & God: How the Bible’s Strange Take on Sex Led to Crazy Politics—and How I Learned to Love Women (and Jesus) Anyway (Da Capo Press), continues to dissect fundamentalist belief systems.
There's Little Balm in Comparing Ourselves to Gilead
by Sarah Seltzer, RH Reality Check
April 12, 2011 - 9:33pm (Print)
Just how close is today’s reality to Margaret Atwood’s fictional misogynist dystopia, Gilead, the setting of "The Handmaid's Tale"?
Excerpt from No Excuses: 9 Ways Women Can Change How We Think About Power
by Gloria Feldt, www.GloriaFeldt.com
October 13, 2010 - 10:30am (Print)
The following is an excerpt from Gloria Feldt's new book No Excuses: 9 Ways Women Can Change How We Think About Power.
Join Us at a DC Reception for Gloria Feldt's New Book
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
September 30, 2010 - 4:14pm (Print)
RH Reality Check, United Nations Foundations, and Women's Campaign Forum are co-hosting a book party for Gloria Feldt's upcoming No Excuses: 9 Ways Women Can Change How We Think About Power in DC and you're invited!
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Get Your Read On: A Reading List for International Women's Day
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
March 8, 2010 - 9:00am (Print)
Happy International Women's Day! RH Realitycheck has partnered with UN Dispatch to celebrate by offering a list of favorite books, articles, and blogs on the themes of women’s rights and human rights. Add your favorites!
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Dispatches from the Abortion Wars: Talking to Carole Joffe
February 1, 2010 - 4:36pm (Print)
RHRC's Third Annual Gift Guide!
by Sarah Seltzer, RH Reality Check
December 21, 2009 - 12:30pm (Print)
