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A must-see video: What ACA repeal will mean for women’s health

December 3, 2016 Renee Shur 2016 Election, ACA/Obamacare, Women Leave a comment

Ok, ladies. Listen up. Maybe you voted in the 2016 election. Maybe you didn’t bother. Maybe you voted Hillary. Or maybe you wrote in

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Community college offers “marry-me” cooking class

July 25, 2016 Gloria Shur Bilchik Education, Humor, Missouri region, Women One comment

This fall, “single ladies” interested in ensnaring a man can take a course at St. Louis Community College, listed in the catalogue as “Girls’

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Infographic: A history of women running for President

June 13, 2016 Bobbi Clemons 2016 Election, Voting/Elections, Widgets: Women, Women Leave a comment

Whether you’re pro or anti Hillary Clinton, you have to admit that a woman running for President of the United States is a good

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Phyllis Schlafly: Back in the news, and in my memory

April 13, 2016 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2016 Election, Reproductive rights, Women Leave a comment

Longtime conservative icon Phyllis Schlafly is in the news again. This time, it’s because she has committed the cardinal sin–in the purist conservative rule

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When hate hits home: A Muslim-American’s story

April 12, 2016 Hafsa Human Rights, Missouri region, Women, Youth issues 5 comments

“Al-lah, Al-lah!” Go home, you filthy terrorist!” At least, those were the words I think I heard. To be honest, I sort of shut

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Dr. King’s dream, and the hijabi women who dream it, too

January 18, 2016 Renee Shur Activism, Civil Rights, Gender issues, Media, Religion in Politics, Widgets: Women, Women Leave a comment

Standing in front of the Lincoln Memorial before a throng of civil-rights activists in August of 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his

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Microaggressions

December 17, 2015 Hafsa Gender issues, Human Rights, Ideas, Language/Words, Women One comment

In the past few months, I witnessed a reinvigoration of discussions regarding microaggressions– whether that’s a societal phenomenon, or just something I have personally

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The sexual politics of meat

October 18, 2015 Mary Di Valerio Food, Gender issues, Women 2 comments

According to Carol Adams, the author of The Sexual Politics of Meat, “Meat is a symbol for patriarchal control.” Meat has been historically associated

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“Grandma” offers a refreshing, accepting view of abortion

October 5, 2015 Gloria Shur Bilchik Literature/Arts/Film, Reproductive rights, Women Leave a comment

“Grandma” is a trifle of a movie with the socially redeeming characteristic of portraying an accepting attitude toward  abortions. Unlike most Hollywood films, broadcast-TV

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Women graduate from US Army Ranger School: Pro and con

August 21, 2015 Gloria Shur Bilchik Military, War, Women Leave a comment

When the U.S. Army recently announced that two women had successfully completed its toughest training regimen, my initial reaction was, “Good for them, and

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