Not “reproductive rights,” but reproductive justice

Read this very-good essay from Dorothy Roberts at Dissent. It includes: The language of choice has proved useless for claiming public resources that most women need in order to maintain control over their bodies and their lives. Indeed, giving women “choices” has eroded the argument for state support, because women without sufficient resources are simply …

Happy women’s history month, or…

…as it says in this piece on Daily Kos, happy shift from black (Black History Month) to white (White Women’s History Month). It pains me to type that, being mostly-white, myself. When I speak about Isabella Beecher Hooker, I talk about the women who’ve been pushed off the historical page for no reason other than …