A White Woman’s Privilege
…in this arena was huge; in retrospect it changed my life. At the time, I was simply trying to understand. I posted online about my experience with the word. This…
Speakers Bureau
…Any Topics: Education, Navigating male dominated spaces, The nature of science, Online debate, Personal experience of deconversion. Ashley F. Miller Blogger at Freethought Blogs; Blogger at the Secular Coalition for…
Six Obstacles Standing Between American Women and the Secular Movement
The following article is a condensed republication of the original piece by the American Secular Census July 31, 2012. Read the full analysis on the American Secular Census website. The…
Member Spotlight: Emily Dietle
For Emily Dietle, the processes of letting go of religious belief and embracing feminism were mutually interdependent. The blogger and activist grew up in what she labels “a sexually repressed religious…
Member Spotlight: Martin S. Pribble
…his knowledge. Pribble dove into the study of spirituality, the occult and cryptozoology, finding that scientific methods did a much better job at providing explanations for these phenomena than did…
Secular Woman Leadership Grows Again
…organization and says she is “eager to advance the cause of Secular Woman and to continue to expand our online presence.” As Mary Ellen notes “If we really mean it…
AHA Response
…Association. http://www.secularwoman.org/sites/default/files/Gender_Ratios_of_Secular_Orgs.pdf It says our Board is made up of 7 women and 18 men. Our board is made up of 7 women and 8 men (and that’s only if…
Marie Souvestre, Freethinker
…1951 Eleanor Roosevelt wrote an article about the seven people who had influenced her most throughout her life. In it she wrote, My mother died when I was six. After…
Inmate Sterilization, the Continued Assault on Women’s Autonomy
…1909 and 1964, about 20,000 women and men in California were stripped of the ability to reproduce – making the state the nation’s most prolific sterilizer,” reports the Center for…
AIDS-free Generation? Not Without Women: Transit Shelters Tout Bold Message
…integrated HIV and reproductive health services, and special attention to the social aspects that drive the pandemic—gender inequality, violence, early child marriage, and poverty, to name a few. The demographics…