whatNOW Fall 2011 e-Newsletter

• Fighting for Sexual Assault Survivors   by Sonia Ossorio
  Women here and across the country have been rattled to the core by high-profile rape cases that have illustrated the well-worn pattern of bias in rape cases. These are just the cases we've all heard about because they involve rich men, famous men, and men who are supposed to protect us from predators.

• New Rules Mandate Preventative Care for Women Without Co-Pays   by Katharine Davis  
  In August, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HSS) brought access to preventive care one step closer to reality for low- and middle-income women.   

• Feminist News Update: Learn How You Can Take Action   by Analena Alcabes
  City, State and National coverage including updates on crisis pregnancy centers, sex education in NYC schools, the Bloomberg L.P. pregnancy discrimination case, Kathy Hochul's election to the House, and the class-action lawsuit against Wal-Mart.      

• NYC's Anti-Choice Congressman: Exposing Michael Grimm   by Brielle Nalence
  A man just over the Verrazano Bridge, Republican Representative Michael Grimm, representing Staten Island and parts of Brooklyn, has made a name for himself by selling out women. 

• Equal Marriage Victory for New York State   by Keira Hare
  Becoming the sixth and largest state to legalize same-sex marriage, New York's passage of the historic Marriage Equality Act marks a major advance in the march towards full equality for LGBTQ people. 

• Book Review: The Beauty Bias    by K.C. Washington
  Every day people decide other people's worth, livelihood, their very fate, based on how appealing they look. Sound exaggerated? Deborah L. Rhode doesn't think so.       

• Abortion Rights by State   by Yarisbel Rodriguez
  More than four hundred bills restricting abortion access have passed in state houses across the country since the Roe v. Wade decision, and last year's health care reform law spurred a rash of even harsher bills that seek to chip away at access to reproductive healthcare. 

• Riding with RightRides     by Dana Heitz
  Driving through the (relatively) empty streets of Manhattan, past institution after New York institution, in the middle of the night at a speed that's finally faster than a crawl, all while helping one passenger at a time avoid the threat of sexual assault or gender-based violence? Sounds like a night riding with RightRides.    

• Feminism 2.0    by Kathleen Braine     
  It has been dubbed the "online estrogen revolution," the "femisphere," and "feminism 2.0," but its many names do not fully encapsulate the power and reach of internet feminism.