By Claire E. Sufrin. The Jewish holiday of Purim fell this year on Thursday, March 21. The holiday celebrates the survival of the Jews of Shushan long, long ago as told in the biblical book of Esther. The story centers on Esther, a young Jewish woman, whose uncle Mordecai encourages her to compete to become […]
“To be alive at such an epoch is a privilege, to be a woman then is sublime.”[1] These are the words of scholar and activist, Anna Julia Cooper. Her historical assessment is piercing as she wrestles with the “unproclaimed influence of black women” in her book, A Voice from the South by A Black Woman from […]
By Rebecca J. Epstein-Levi. During the recent Senate Judiciary Committee hearings about the sexual assault allegations against him, now- Justice Brett Kavanaugh found, among his obfuscations and fulminations about the damage done to his honor and that of the house of his fathers, several opportunities to aver his particular fondness for beer: Yes, we drank beer. […]
By Sarah Emanuel. Over the last few months, the #MeToo movement has taken the world by storm. Survivors of sexual violence and sexual assault have been encouraged, through the use of the #MeToo hashtag, to voice their stories, experiences, and concerns. The movement is now often considered to be both a pathway to healing and […]
The Women’s March on Washington on January 21, 2017 was one of the most transcendent twenty-four hours of my life. Despite involving a long bus trip that began and ended in the middle of the night, waiting in long lines for the Metro, and being packed shoulder-to-shoulder with half a million other human beings for […]
Do you need a platform to critically reflect upon and/or respond to the violence that has taken place in Charlottesville, Virginia this past weekend? We at FSR invite you to submit an open submission blog for publication at the FSR Blog. We are looking for feminist-driven responses from the place of religion, be it faith-based, activist, […]
By Kira Ganga Kieffer. You may have noticed fervent backlash to feminism on Twitter during International Women’s Day. The hashtag #DayWithoutAFeminist was a snarky retort against the #DayWithoutAWoman protests being organized by the Women’s March. Intended to voice dissent against the women’s strike, the hashtag’s strident tone resonates with conservative communities, including evangelical Christian women. While […]
We want to hear your responses to FSR Blog’s @theTable: “Intersectionality & Political Action.” Having been introduced to the 2016 meeting of the Feminist Liberation Theologians’ Network (FLTN) and the topic of intersectionality and political action (Mary E. Hunt), we have: explored how intersectional feminist coalition is needed more than ever given the current U.S. military and […]
By Andrea Smith. The concept of intersectionality has often focused on identity, particularly that of women of color. In other words, how does race and gender intersect in the lives of women of color? While this analysis is helpful, it is also important to focus on the intersectionality of logics of domination as they structure the […]
By Judith Plaskow. When I retired, I wanted activism to be an important part of my life. After Eric Garner was choked to death by the police in the summer of 2014 for selling loose cigarettes, it became very clear to me that I needed to find a way to get involved in anti-racism work. […]