Blog Entries - September 2007

Supporters back Planned Parenthood's Aurora Health Center

infogal@cwluherstory.org — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 23:20:17 +0100

On Tuesday evening of September 25, nearly 300 Planned Parenthood supporters gathered at the Aurora City Council meeting to demand the opening of the health center. Supporters created a sea of pink in front of City Hall.

Then on September 28, Illinois Senator and presidential candidate Barack Obama came out in support of the clinic saying,

"I fully support Planned Parenthood's desire to open a new facility in Aurora," he said in a statement released this afternoon. [...]

Susan Abod live in Santa Fe

infogal@cwluherstory.org — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 01:00:00 +0100

Susan Abod is a singer and film maker. The former lead singer of the Chicago Women's Liberation Rock Band is still making great music. See a video of her singing in Santa Fe. It's a knock out.

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Susan Abod in Concert

You can learn more about Susan Abod's music and fi [...]

Take a stand for reproductive freedom

infogal@cwluherstory.org — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 20:17:14 +0100

The anti-abortion movement has made Aurora, Illinois its battleground against reproductive freedom. Planned Parenthood's state of the art Aurora health clinic remains mired in a legal morass and besieged by anti-abortion protestors.

Planned Parenthood has called for support. People who can make it to Aurora on Tuesday, September [...]

The Chicago Women's Liberation Union is on MySpace???

infogal@cwluherstory.org — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 01:00:00 +0100

Yes it is and the CWLU doesn't even have a MySpace page. How could it? The organization disbanded in 1977.

But that doesn't stop young people from decorating their MySpace pages with posters from the Chicago Women's Graphics Collective. The most popular ones are "Lesbian Pride", "Sisterhood is Blooming", "Lipstick and Blood" and "Abortion is a Personal Decision Not A Legal Debate".

Robin Morgan on the September 11, 2001 Attacks

infogal@cwluherstory.org — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 01:00:00 +0100

A day after the September 11, 2001 attacks, feminist writer Robin Morgan sent out this letter from her home in Greenwich Village, NYC not far from where the Twin Towers had once stood.

On this anniversary of the attacks, we thought it appropriate to republish her original letter. We also recommend her book The Demon Lover, which is one of the best explanations of terrorism available.

From: Robin Morgan
Subject: Robin Morgan: NYC Day 2 First-hand Re [...]

A Better Life for Whom?

infogal@cwluherstory.org — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 01:00:00 +0100

Alison Kafer will talk about,"Queerness, Disability, and the Foundation for a Better Life" at the University of Illinois at Chicago on September 26.

Summary of the talk:

In the years since 9/11, the philanthropic organization the Foundation for a Better Life has funded a public service campaign touting "community values" and "ch [...]

Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman

infogal@cwluherstory.org — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 01:00:00 +0100

Adella Ladjevardi of Zohe Film Productions contacted us about a new film that will open in Chicago at the Siskel Center September 14-18.

Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman is a global conversation among women that spans 17 countries. According to the film's press kit:

Never before in our collectiv [...]

AFL-CIO Launches Campaign for America�s Health Care

infogal@cwluherstory.org — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 01:00:00 +0100

The AFL-CIO has launched a major new campaign to secure healthcare for every American by 2009. According to campaign director Heather Booth,

Maybe we can make this election provide a mandate on health care reform--getting the candidates to commit to progressive reform and then holding them to it after the election by mobilizing a massive force, in this campaign [...]

Why Men Should Be Included in the Abortion Discussion

infogal@cwluherstory.org — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 01:00:00 +0100

Courtney Martin has a thought provoking article about men and abortion over at Alternet. In it she says,"

In the private sphere, men struggle to reach out to one another about their experiences for a variety of reasons. A stigma against abortion overall remains (more oppressive in some geographies than others, of course), often keeping both women and their partners silent with even the closest of friends and family. In the same way that contemporary men are still groping for ways [...]

One man's answer to Judy Syfers' classic essay: Why I Want a Wife

infogal@cwluherstory.org — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 01:00:00 +0100

Adam Ayd sent us this essay that he wrote for a school assignment back in 1995. Please feel free to comment, but to be fair, make sure you read it all the way to the end.

Why I Want A Real Wife - October 6, 1995 by Adam Ayd

A real wife - a woman who is as much of a wife as her husband is a husband.

I belong to a classification of people know as men. I am A Man who is put down so very often by women for the way that they think we treat them.

Not too long ago in AP [...]

CWLU Herstory Website 2.0 is online...finally.

infogal@cwluherstory.org — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 20:08:14 +0100

After months of activity behind the scenes, we've launched the newly designed Herstory website. We really need your feedback as we debug the new site and add new features. Please feel free to comment or send us an e-mail with your reactions. Special thanks to Dana Simpson for her work in transferring the old content over to the new site.

We know that a lot of women's studies classes link directly to the classic feminist writings in our archive. Please adjust your bookmarks to [...]