Today marks 95 years since the passage of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote, and 44 years since Congress designated its anniversary Women’s Equality Day. This gives us the opportunity to consider how far we’ve come, how far we have to go, and envision what the world would look like if women attained full equality. (more…)
For nearly a decade, Kira Floofie has worked with artists and photographers, collaborating with them to fulfill their artistic expression. She has a background in the fine arts and has traveled to nearly every state and to other countries, working with hundreds of creative people. (more…)
This week, the White House announced the hiring of Raffi Freedman-Gurspan, a transgender activist, as an outreach-recruitment officer in the White House Office of Personal Management. (more…)
Planned Parenthood has been under siege for more than a generation. Never more so than now. The latest assault has come in the US Congress as conservatives have used their narrow majority to attempt to defund Planned Parenthood. (more…)
The Directors of Amnesty International have formally adopted it’s proposed policy calling for the decriminalization of sex work around the world. (more…)
Portland based stripper/activist Elle Stanger, a co-founder and instigator behind Citizen Sluts, recently achieved a political victory when Oregon Governor Kate Brown signed into law new legislation clarifying health, safety, and employment rules for live performers. (more…)
Controversy has raged since Amnesty International released its new policy statement calling for the decriminalization of sex work. The support of the organized sex worker advocacy communities worldwide has been overwhelming, as reflected in the statement of the NWSP – The Global Network for Sex Work Projects – a coalition of sex worker rights organizations from around the world. (more…)
July 31st was a holiday to celebrate something we can never get enough of. How cool is that? (more…)
We are social animals. Cooperative behavior is the norm. Compassion is in our DNA. At least it is for most of us. Three new books recently reviewed in Scientific American offer fresh understanding of human nature and the role altruism has played in the advance of civilization. (more…)