Facebook COO Sandberg: A Symbol of New Wave of Feminism?

by Laura | Jan 27, 2012 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Issues, Childfree Media-Related, Childfree/Parenthood Related

The San Francisco  Chronicle recently had an interesting piece on Facebook’s Chief Operating Officer (COO), Sheryl Sandberg.  Named Forbes magazine 5th most powerful woman in the world… …and Fortune’s 12th most powerful women in business,...

Manifesta: Young Women, Feminism, and the Future

by Laura | Feb 23, 2011

Debate on the state of feminism is not lacking these days among veterans of the fight for women’s rights and the women’s movement, some of whom feel young women take for granted the gains they struggled for, and among conservatives and even...

Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman’s Guide to Why Feminism Matters

by Laura | Feb 3, 2011

In this book, Jessica Valenti, whose work has appeared in Salon, The Guardian, and The Nation, introduces feminism to young women and teen girls on their own terms. While working for the NOW legal defense fund in 2004, Valenti founded the popular website Feministing...

Feminism: What Does It Mean — Part II

by Laura | Mar 20, 2010 | Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree/Parenthood Related

Staying on the gender identity channel from the last post–I ran across an article in the San Francisco Chronicle from 2006–“Off the Mommy Track” by Elisa Gonzalez Clark.  In talking about her decision not to have kids, she writes, “If I...

Feminism: What Does It Mean Today?

by Laura | Mar 18, 2010 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Interview-Related, Childfree Issues

In the fall of 2007, two 23 year olds, Emma Bernstein and Nona Willis Aronowitz set out on a road trip across the U.S. to ask 20 somethings what feminism means to them. They interviewed about 250 women in 25 cities, and their story is told in the new book, Girldrive:...