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We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2013 Generation to Generation Awards! Outstanding Chapter Award: University of Kansas Excellence in Leadership Award: Nicole Clark Steinem-Waters Legacy Awards: Tracy Weitz, Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health Joanne Smith, Girls for Gender Equity VIP Tribute: Mary Jean Collins Each of these awardees brings great talent …
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“Mom, I love you! You’re the best!” I get to hear this every day from my amazing 6 year old son who I have been a single mother to since the day he was born. After celebrating Mothers Day this year, I found out that May is National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month, at which point …
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The current conversation around young mothers is not only stigmatizing, it’s also incredibly insensitive. Campaigns such as #NoTeenPreg, launched by the Candies Foundation, present young mothers as inherently problematic – to themselves, their families, and their communities. The campaign proliferates messages like, “You’re supposed to be changing the world, not changing diapers,” as if teen …
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Cross-posted with permission from Provide. “Places get healthier when the people who live in them make informed choices about what they put in their bodies, and when the communities themselves are committed to better health. Those steps improve the workforce and change how families use their resources.” Dee Davis,Speak Your Piece: Living in a fixer upper I …
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Read more Mama’s Day blogs at Strong Families Mother’s day comes every year in May, and every year I realize I have no idea what to get for my mom. What do you get for the woman that has everything? My mommy, the lady that loves me unconditionally, how can I ever repay you for …
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By Callie Otto, Choice USA intern My 16 year-old brother got his first real girlfriend a few months ago. As the sex-obsessed one in the family, I’ve decided it’s my job to make sure he knows everything he needs to know about sex. Truthfully, I’d prefer it if my brother waited until he was 30. I don’t …
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Cross-posted with permission from Fem2.0 **Trigger warning – This post contains strong language and graphic descriptions.** There is a photograph being shared in Facebook of a woman cowering in a corner, eyes downcast, as large man standing in the foreground swings his fist at her head. The caption reads, “Women deserve equal rights. And lefts.” AT&T, …
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This post is part of a series celebrating Choice USA’s Bro-Choice Week of Action. For more information, please visit our website and take the Bro-Choice pledge. For those of you unfamiliar with the concept (like I was just last month), Schroedinger’s Rapist is a blog post by Phaedra Starling. The article itself discusses the appropriate way for a man …
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This post is part of a series celebrating Choice USA’s Bro-Choice Week of Action. For more information, please visit our website and take the Bro-Choice pledge. As a part of this week, we want to highlight some of the fantastic work done by others on the topics of men, masculinity, sexual assault, and reproductive justice. Below are some of our …
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This post is part of a series celebrating Choice USA’s Bro-Choice Week of Action. For more information, please visit our website and take the Bro-Choice pledge.
As a part of this week, we want to highlight some of the fantastic work done by others on the topics of men, masculinity, sexual assault, and reproductive justice. Below are some of our favorite writing about these topics from others. Stay tuned throughout the week for more and nominate your favorite articles in the comments.
[many of the posts linked to in this series come with a trigger warning]
Steubenville: Humiliation Was The Point Of The Exercise, Thomas MacAulay Millar, Yes Means Yes Blog
An earnest letter to guys about the problem with rape jokes; It’s not about being PC, Leah, Talkin’ Reckless
Toxic Masculinity, Jaclyn Friedman, The American Propect
How my past as a Black woman informs my black male feminist perspective today, Dr. Ziegler, Bklyn Boihood
In Rape Tragedies, the Shame Is Ours, Jessica Valenti, The Nation
