Gender Reporter and Columnist Akiba Solomon writes about race, gender, the assaults on women's reproductive healthcare and rights, and how women of color and poor women stand to lose the most.
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The Tragic, Craven Undoing of Susan G. Komen for the Cure’s Noble Mission
by Akiba Solomon on February 1 2012, 10:01AM
Whether they like it or not, defunding Planned Parenthood’s breast health programs makes Susan G. Komen Foundation look anti-choice. And of course, poor women of color will suffer most.
Topics: Akiba Solomon, Gender & Sexuality, Health, Planned Parenthood
News Flash: Black Women Do Stuff Like Worry About Bills and Pray
by Akiba Solomon on January 25 2012, 8:48AM
Why The Washington Post’s well-meaning, but reductive survey about black women’s lives misses the mark.
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Bad and Good News on Women’s Right to Reproductive Health
by Akiba Solomon on January 23 2012, 9:21AM
The bad news: According to a new report, anti-choice laws hit a near-record high in 2011. The good news: The Obama administration didn’t buckle to conscience clause bullies hoping to deny women copay-free birth control.
Topics: Akiba Solomon, Health, Personhood
On Baby Blue Ivy Carter and the Alleged Ugliness of Blackness
by Akiba Solomon on January 13 2012, 9:58AM
Of all the madness surrounding Beyonce and Jay Z’s newborn, the self-hating attacks on black beauty were the most disturbing. But even in a time when calling babies ugly in print is OK, we can still find solace. In good books.
Topics: Akiba Solomon, Arts & Culture, Blue Ivy
Racist Jabs at Michelle Obama—and the Apologies That Make Them Worse
by Akiba Solomon on January 10 2012, 10:02AM
Racially coded digs at the First Lady are a dime a dozen. So why do they still make me so angry?
Topics: Akiba Solomon, Gender & Sexuality
The Personhood Movement Is Flexing on the GOP. We Should All Be Afraid
by Akiba Solomon on January 6 2012, 9:17AM
Between the Iowa caucuses and the resurgence of Personhood Mississippi, the reproductive health rights terrain has gotten rougher. Are we ready to navigate it?
Topics: Akiba Solomon, Gender & Sexuality, Politics
The 2012 Attack on Reproductive Rights Will Trade on Women of Color
by Akiba Solomon on December 20 2011, 9:57AM
2011 has featured a string of hard-fought, local battles to protect poor women’s access to reproductive health care. That won’t change next year, and poor women of color will again be in the crossfire.
Topics: 2012: What's Ahead?, Akiba Solomon, Gender & Sexuality, Health
If I Were A White, Male Middle Aged Forbes Columnist…
by Akiba Solomon on December 14 2011, 10:11AM
The lesson of Gene Marks’s “If I Were a Poor Black Kid” column: If you don’t have firsthand knowledge of structural inequality, you have to put in time and rigorous research to write about it. Or you could just stay in your lane.
Topics: Akiba Solomon, Media, Schools & Youth
Four Ways Obama’s Birth Control Fail Hurts Young Women of Color
by Akiba Solomon on December 9 2011, 10:00AM
With president Obama’s cosign, U.S. health secretary Kathleen Sebelius just made it harder for women of color to prevent unintended pregnancies. Is this the thanks we get?
Topics: Akiba Solomon, Gender & Sexuality, Health
Black Website Shows Us the Right and Wrong Ways to Talk HIV
by Akiba Solomon on December 6 2011, 10:04AM
Loop21.com gave HIV/AIDS lots of play on World AIDS day. Two of its stories show how far we’ve come and where we still need to go.
Topics: Akiba Solomon, HIV/AIDS, Health
Pass the Mic: Transgender Women in Chocolate City Tell Their Stories
by Akiba Solomon on December 2 2011, 10:51AM
Transgender women in the nation’s capitol are catching hell. But violence and bais isn’t the sum of people’s lives, so Akiba Solomon asked trans women of color in D.C. to tell their own stories. “I’m proud of my experiences,” says Danielle King. “Most importantly, I love myself.”
Topics: Akiba Solomon, Gender & Sexuality
It’s World AIDS Day. What Are You Gonna Do to Stop This Madness?
by Akiba Solomon on December 1 2011, 11:10AM
Thirty years later, we know a great deal about HIV/AIDS and have significant tools for stopping it from killing us. Now, we just gotta use them. Here’s a list for getting started.
Topics: Akiba Solomon, HIV/AIDS at 30, Health
The Next Stop for Personhood Mania
by Akiba Solomon on November 22 2011, 2:45PM
Picking up the pieces after their Mississippi failure, zygote rights activists are taking their sideshow to Virginia
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U.S. Teen Birth Rate Hits an All-Time Low
by Akiba Solomon on November 18 2011, 2:14PM
Forget “16 and Pregnant.” Fewer teens of all races are having babies, according to a new CDC report. The birth rate is also lower for unmarried women and those in their 20s and 30s.
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What You Need to Know About Childhood Sexual Abuse
by Akiba Solomon on November 17 2011, 10:00AM
It’s one of those unspeakable crimes, until a high-profile case like the one at Penn State makes it inescapable. Here, some basic-but-vital facts about its victims and impact.
Topics: Akiba Solomon, Schools & Youth
What Do Herman Cain and Joe Paterno Have in Common?
by Akiba Solomon on November 10 2011, 11:19PM
The scandals engulfing the Republican presidential candidate and the deposed Penn State football coach are fruit from the same poisoned tree.
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Mississippi Votes No on Initiative 26, but Zygote-Rights Zealots Press On
by Akiba Solomon on November 9 2011, 3:18PM
Like the Energizer Bunny, the eggs-as-people movement plans to keep going and going and going. Thankfully, so do the folks who continually defeat them.
Topics: Akiba Solomon, Health, Personhood
Mississippi Ballot Initiative Fights for the Rights of Fertilized Eggs
by Akiba Solomon on November 4 2011, 2:32PM
If the state votes yes on Amendment 26, fertilized eggs will be deemed people. Abortion will be illegal, even in cases of rape, incest and pregnancies that could kill the mother.
Topics: Akiba Solomon, Personhood
SlutWalk Toronto Releases An Anti-Racism Statement—And It’s Good!
by Akiba Solomon on November 3 2011, 9:30AM
The founding SlutWalk crew offers thoughtful words on the decentralized movement’s race fails and shares next steps.
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ABC to Turn Tracy McMillan’s Single Ladies-Hating Manifesto Into Sitcom
by Akiba Solomon on October 27 2011, 9:01AM
The biracial TV writer’s HuffPo editorial “Why You’re Not Married” will also become a book. Both should be a big hit for folks who believe that a wedding band is more important than a woman’s self-worth.
Topics: Akiba Solomon, Gender & Sexuality
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