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Friday, July 3, 2009 at 08:52PM America's most famous female point guard has dribbled off the court...for now.
But don't count her out. Linda Lowen at About.com describes cheering crowds for Sarah Palin in Auburn NY last month when she visited the home of William Seward, whose purchase of Alaska was deemed folly at the time. Little could the public back during Andrew Johnson's presidency have known our frozen new territory
Thursday, July 2, 2009 at 12:45AM Yes, of course. Adoption reform is an issue on which those who oppose abortion and those who support a 
woman’s right to choose abortion should be able to work together to forge common ground for policies that make adoption a genuine choice.
See there, Steve Waldman and I have found common ground already. So now let’s get to the points of contention Waldman, the editor-in-chief of Beliefnet raised in response to my last post, referencing a proposal he made, intended (though I doubt it would) reduce abortions. The exchange came about as part of RHRealityCheck's "On Common Ground" convo.
I do appreciate that Waldman acknowledges his suggestion that women be paid to “give their babies up for adoption instead of having an abortion” was a “half baked idea”. Unfortunately, he then leapt to a wildly incorrect assumption:
abortion debate, adoption, parenting, pro-choice, reproductive justice, women, women's reproductive freedom in Common Ground, Gloria Feldt, Pro-Choice, RH Reality Check, Reproductive Rights, Steve Waldman, Will Saletan, abortion, anti-choice, birth control, feminism, health care, religion and politics, reproductive health, reproductive justice Saturday, June 27, 2009 at 08:33PM Just because every generation has to speak in its own tongues doesn't mean any generation will find that elusive common ground between pro-and anti-choice points of view when they frame the questions poorly.
One of those conversations is going on now over at RHRealityCheck, a website I respect and love, but that I think has allowed itself to be led down the primrose path to nowhere on this issue. For example, check out this utterly ridiculous bloviation about the merits of paying women to carry pregnancies to term by--as they adorably acknowldege--"two men, no uteruses": Will Saletan, who never misses a chance to pontificate about how pro-choice he is while capitulating to anti-choice arguments and Beliefnet's Steve Waldman.
Remind me, how do you spell "c-o-e-r-c-i-o-n"? How much money would it take to make you carry a pregnancy to term against your will?
The entire lineup of "voices" RHRealityCheck has put together to parse through the common ground rhetoric
Sunday, June 21, 2009 at 10:07PM Obama’s “Promoting Strong Fathers” speech and town hall last week was not just great role modeling and a politically smart thing to do, it had some very poignant moments that scratched the surface, albeit gently, of the president’s quest to know his father. He came to terms with that missing piece of his own identity long ago, as chronicled in his book, Dreams of My Father.
Still, I couldn't help but feel sadness in my heart when he talked about his absent father, even as he expressed appreciation for his mother’s struggles and how his loving grandparents cared for him.
I was watching the town hall because fathers were much on my mind as I prepared for yesterday’s “Dads, Dudes and Doing It” panel, along with WomenGirlsLadies co-panelists, 
L-R: Gloria, Deborah, Kristal, CourtneyCourtney Martin, Kristal Brent Zook, and Deborah Siegel-Acevedo. Together, we span five decades in age and we speak through both gender and generational lens.
We had a lot of fun as we always do with our panels, but it was nevertheless emotional for each of us in different ways to be talking about
Barack Obama, Dads Dudes and Doing It, Fathers Day, wWomenGirlsLadies, women in Courtney Martin, Deborah Siegel, Gloria Feldt, Jimmie Briggs, Kristal Brent Zook, activism, aspirations and ambitions, change, child care, family friendly policies, family life, feminism, feminists, gender bias, gender equality, political activism, role model, women's movement, womengirlsladies, work-life balance Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at 08:54AM While in some quarters gender wars continue to rage, Father's Day 2009 is bringing us stories of dramatic changes in the politics of marriage, relationships, and parenthood.
USA Today calls it a "New daditude": Today's fathers are hands-on, pressure off and says:
Hmm. I wonder how moms feel about that comparison. A little, um, competitive maybe? Check out this article--it takes on exactly the kind of changing gender roles issues we WomenGirsLadies will discuss Saturday, June 20 at 2pm at the Brooklyn Museum. It's called "Dads, Dudes, and Doing It" and we want your voice in the conversation! All the infos's here. Come on down!
And if you're not in the New York area, tell us what you think anyway--leave your comments here and I'll be sure to share them with the audience on Saturday.
PS. Check out Girl/Pen's post today too for Deborah Siegel's take and a WSJ article on the topic.
People find it irresistable to make jokes about my last name. When I was a kid, that hurt my feelings. I didn’t know what to do so I kept quiet. Then, I began to understand why it’s important to speak up for who you are and what you believe.
Eventually that led me here to the front line of the 2004 March for Women's Lives alongside courageous people like Senator Barbara Boxer and former Secretary of State Madeline Albright, whom I admire so greatly:
My political path began in the civil rights movement where I figured out that women have civil rights too, and segued into thirty years in the political crucible of reproductive healthcare and advocacy. Since it was my fate to assume executive leadership roles during the most contentious time for women’s rights since Margaret Sanger opened the first family planning clinic over 90 years ago, I learned not to back away from political controversy but to ride into the wave and use its energy in a positive way. In fact, controversy is a great opportunity to get people’s attention and clarify issues. That's a necessary part of the democratic process.
