My Bad Feminism
…the word “feminist,” it was something my mother was griping about. For instance, “Feminists are the reason I have to pump my own gas.” In my twenties, I espoused the…
Interview with Secular Woman Carli R.- Aurora Shooting Survivor
…itself was nobody’s fault but that of the criminal who did this.” However, that is only one of the many instances where the media or public have tried to demonize…
Announcing Secular Woman Salon
…her boyfriend and her dog. Follow her on twitter or instagram (Darthlyzzious). Marina Martinez lives in Portland, Oregon with her boyfriend, Ben, her dog, Pepper, and her cat, Medusa. She…
Salon Writers
…boyfriend and her dog. Follow her on twitter or instagram (Darthlyzzious). Marina Martinez lives in Portland, Oregon with her boyfriend, Ben, her dog, Pepper, and her cat, Medusa. She enjoys…
Statement on the Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act Ruling
…Democratic voters that helped elect her. Now that section 4 of the VRA, which had the singular advantage of requiring oversight to prevent discriminatory voting laws before they were instated,…
Statement on Anti-Black Brutality
…is not enough to simply condemn police brutality. It is not enough to decry these instances of overt violence while continuing to neglect this platform of covert violence that acts…
Your Children Are the Enemy
…my parents threatened to and sometimes did install devices, sensors, etc. to monitor our movements. I particularly remember when my stepfather installed a front door sensor, which was intended to…
Her•Story: Matilda Joslyn Gage
…reasons why. Gage says “If in this day of respect for woman, and of the printing press to disseminate knowledge, we find multitudes of such instances, we can well imagine…
New Member Letter
…male gendered god. When I have tried to speak aloud about these instances where men showed cluelessness regarding the most obvious and grave injustices against women, I have been made…
“Is this some kind of post-Apocalyptic, dystopian free for all?” A Conversation With Zinnia Jones
…the case law surrounding this. In civilian courts it’s repeatedly been established that access to hormone therapy, for instance, is something trans* people in prison cannot be deprived of without…