Western Oregon University – A Students Fight Back First!
I watched through the window of my rehearsal room as hundreds of students began winding through campus en masse and excitedly filing into the gym. These were brand new students- …
Here’s What She’d Tell Bill Cosby Today – from a friend of GFB
This article, originally published on The Daily Beast, is from friend of GFB and speaker on the Kirkland Productions roster, Dean Obeidallah: In an interview, one of the women who …
ABC’s of Safety – “The Safety Godmothers”
One of the basics that all children learn when they go to school is the ABC’s. What they don’t usually learn, but all really need, is the ABC’s of safety. …
Perhaps to some teaching “rape is wrong” seems silly—don’t we all know this already? The truth is we don’t
What We Talk About When We Talk About Rape Jessica Valenti on October 16, 2013 – 5:38 PM ET The courthouse at Maryville, Missouri. (Flickr user : lhilyer_libr) Last year …
What’s the Buzz? Todd Akin
Ok, I think by now most folks have heard about Congressman (and Republican Senate nominee in Missouri) Todd Akin’s comments when asked about the legality of abortion in cases of …
Yoga saved my life
Lauren Jonik is a Brooklyn-based freelance writer and photographer. She is currently at work on a memoir. Her landscape, cityscape and nature photography can be viewed on www.shootlikeagirlphotography.com. “There’s someone I think you …
Security?
In the grand tradition of this wonderful holiday weekend I was spending some quality time recovering on my couch, next to the fire, sifting through decorations. I was hoping someone …
A GFB Week in Review
One week ago, I was in sunny Orlando preparing to present Women Fight Back to a group of awesome gals at Siemens Energy. No surprise that they were full of …
15-Year-Old Gang Raped
Heather touched on this subject in her recent post, but I also felt compelled to add something. This week in California, a 15 year old girl was gang-raped outside of …
Hollywood’s Reaction to Polanski’s Apprehension
Hollywood’s Reaction to Polanski’s Apprehension The apprehension of Roman Polanski has created a Hollywood and media frenzy. As I am sure we are all aware, Polanski is the director who, …