Feminism on Shine

Moms in the Military

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It's rare for a woman to enlist in the army at age 40. It's even more rare for her to enlist alongside her teenage daughter.

When Megan Schlotthauer, a senior at American High…

American women have more power than pleasure

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A new poll mounted by Time magazine on the state of American women is as positive as it is perplexing.

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Is it Fair to Call a C-Section Rape?

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Rachael Larimore was raped years ago and survived. More recently, she has given birth three times, all of them via c-sections. Considering her history and experiences, she’s unsympathetic toward Arizona mom Joy Szabo and others who equate forced c-sections with rape. She’s got a point, which she makes in the post, “Childbirth is Not Burger King. You Can’t Always Have it Your Way,” at Double X. But in arguing that Szabo’s use of “rape” is hurting rape victims, she errs in the same way she’s accusing Szabo of erring: that is, she makes assumptions about the trauma of other people’s experiences and diminishes that trauma in the process.