Writing

This is an archive of my writing in reverse chronological order. Enjoy!

What Innovations Are Helping HIV+ Women in the Dominican Republic? | RH Reality Check

Sex, Reproduction, and the MDGs: Why Funding for Reproductive Health Care is Critical to Combatting Global Poverty | RH Reality Check

Moving Sexual Rights from the Margins to the Mainstream in Latin America | RH Reality Check

Championing the Power of Youth Advocacy in Guatemala | RH Reality Check

Putting Youth Needs at the Center of Sexual Health in Peru | The Women’s International Perspective

What is the State of Abortion Rights in Latin America and the Caribbean? | AlterNet

Choice Words: An Interview with Jennifer Baumgardner on Reproductive Rights | IPPF/WHR blog

Will Brazil’s Pregnancy Registration Law Reduce Maternal Mortality? | The Women’s International Perspective

How Feminism Can Help Your Sex Life | Herizons

Fighting for Americans’ Right to Dissent: A Review of ‘Hell No’ | AlterNet

Secrets of Sperm & Egg Donation | Salon

America’s Winter of Discontent: A Review of the New Anthology ‘We Are Wisconsin’ | AlterNet

The Sibling Effect: Why We Can Never Escape Our Siblings | Salon

Why Won’t America Embrace the Left? | Salon

After Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans Community Groups Are Winning Progressive Victories | AlterNet

Gay, Straight, Poly: Should Traditional Marriage Really Be Our Goal? | AlterNet

How We Became a Nation of Cutters | Salon

When Youth Culture Stood Up to Tyranny | Salon

The Science Behind Disgust | Salon

Our New Era of Identity Politics | Salon

Who Says Media Is Dead? | AlterNet

Title IX Does Not Only Apply to Sports | The Women’s International Perspective

In Defense of Flogging: Could Flogging Solve Our Prison Crisis? | Salon

Eight Ways Men and Boys Are Helping to End Gender-Based Violence | AlterNet

Unnatural Selection: Are the World’s Women Disappearing? | Salon

“Takin’ it to the Streets” Series | Bitch Blog

‘Hey, Shorty!’: Ending Sexual Harassment in Public Spaces | The Huffington Post

How Public Radio Gets Me to the Gym | The Women’s International Perspective

A Different Kind of Flower Child: Author Inga Muscio | SeXis

Bending Gender, Breaking Boundaries | Herizons Magazine

A Womb of Her Own: Sperm Donor X Comes Clean about Assisted Reproduction | Bitch Magazine

Book Review: Fawzia Afzal-Khan’s Lahore With Love: Growing Up with Girlfriends Pakistani Style| Chay Magazine

Film Reviews: P-Star Rising / Toe to Toe | Bitch Magazine

Dark and Sexy: The New Face of Bengali Cinema | SeXis

Meet the Porn Queens | Marie Claire (India)

Gay Bollywood: Queer Eye for the Desi Guy (or Gal) | SeXis

Film Review: Veiled Voices | Bitch Magazine

How to Make Porn for Women | AlterNet

Our Porn, Ourselves: Erika Lust on the Future of Porn | SeXis

Rachel Kramer Bussel’s Collection for Sex Nerds | Curve

American Desi(girls): An Interview with Filmmaker Ishita Srivastava | SeXis

My Brother Enemy, My Sister Friend | VenusZine

Feminist Feat: Leora Tanenbaum Talks about Bad Shoes | SeXis

Book Review: Bad Shoes and the Women Who Love Them | VenusZine

Bright Lights, Big City, Temple Garments: A Mormon Girl in New York | Religion Dispatches

The Shame of Honor: Global Activists Resurrect the Voices of the Dead | The Women’s International Perspective

Women’s Rights Blogger | Change.org

Amy Andre Gears Up for Pride | Curve

Senate Squabbles Put Grassroots Group in Peril | Curve

Sarah Schulman Waxes Politic (Research Credit) | Curve

Film Reviews: Tea on the Axis of Evil / Henna | Bitch Magazine

The Story of (the Missing) O | SeXis

“Deeply Divided”: Sri Lanka through the Eyes of Adele Barker | The Women’s International Perspective

From Invisibility to Stability: Transgender Organizing for the Masses | Briarpatch Magazine

India’s Women Find Empowerment in Exotic Dance | The Women’s International Perspective

The LGBT Community Reaches Out to Haiti | Curve

Book Review: The Porning of America | $pread Magazine

The Work Is Valuable—And You Are Too: Activism and Self-Care | Make/Shift Magazine

The Price of Jumping Class | WireTap Magazine

Live Through This: Can Gay Rights in India Be Gained via HIV? | SeXis

Lakme’s Protest Song: Indian Fashion Does Politics | Sadie Magazine

Stripping Burlesque of Whiteness: Brown Girls Burlesque Take Center Stage | The Women’s International Perspective

Compelled by Faith: When Prayer is Not Good For You | Religion Dispatches

Coming to Terms with Abortion Addiction | RH Reality Check

Film Reviews: I Can’t Think Straight / Made In Pakistan / The Naughty Kitchen | Bitch Magazine

Infidelity and Feminism: Can Cheating Be A Feminist Choice? | RH Reality Check

Parvati’s Burden: Scratching the Surface of Motherhood in India | The Women’s International Perspective

The Color of Harlotry in India | SeXis

Film Review: I Can’t Think Straight | Marie Claire (India)

New Board Members Join Out & Equal | Curve

Should We Give the Kiss a Miss?: A Case for PDA in India | Marie Claire (India)

Not that Kind of Fundamentalist Memoir | Religion Dispatches

India’s Most Common Cancer is Preventable | The Women’s International Perspective

Moonshine and Rainbows: Queer, Young and Rural | WireTap Magazine

Flying Below the Radar: Feminist Media in Pakistan | Curve

Is Feminism Men’s Work, Too? | Herizons Magazine

Bitch List: Heaven on Earth / Book Review: Audre Lorde’s I Am Your Sister | Bitch Magazine

Is Sleeping With a Married Man Sexist? | AlterNet

Oh My God(dess)! Feminist Spirituality in the Third Wave | Religion Dispatches

Looking into the Toilet: A Talk about Potty Politics | The Women’s International Perspective

Book Review: Amit Chaudhuri’s The Immortals | Marie Claire (India)

Not All Trees Are Meant to Bear Fruit: Laura Scott on Living Childless by Choice | RH Reality Check

Demanding the Right to Reproduce: Voluntary and Forced Sterilization in America | RH Reality Check

The Power and Protest of Public Sexuality in India | SeXis

Exploitation or Freedom of Choice?: Discussing Body Shopping | RH Reality Check

Deepa’s Inferno: Domestic Violence and the Indian Diaspora in Heaven on Earth | The Women’s International Perspective

Sex and the Chosen People | Religion Dispatches

Lila Rose and 21st Century Stealth Pro-Life Activism | RH Reality Check

Book Review: Kamila Shamsie’s Burnt Shadows | Marie Claire (India)

She Said No to the Test: A Laotian American Teen Battles No Child Left Behind | ColorLines

Respect, Reliance, and Recognition: Dignity Born from Calcutta’s Brothels | Make/Shift Magazine

“On the Map” Series | Bitch Blog

Book Review: Muneeza Shamsie’s And the World Changed | Chay Magazine

Polyamory in Practice: An Open Discussion with Tristan Taormino and Jenny Block | Briarpatch Magazine

Pop Culture Blogger | Flavorwire

Book Review: Jennifer Scanlon’s Bad Girls Go Everywhere | Bitch Magazine

Controlling the Means of Reproduction: An Interview with Michelle Goldberg | RH Reality Check

Not All Happy Families Are Nuclear | In These Times

If Flight of the Conchords were an Australian woman… | VenusZine

Will a Pro-Sex Philosophy be the Next Tool in the Anti-Rape Arsenal? | Herizons Magazine

Everyday Actions: Feminism, Faith, and Teen Women of Color | Make/Shift Magazine

The Evolution of Choice: A New Conversation about Abortion with Jennifer Baumgardner | AlterNet

In the Belly of an Expanding Movement: Midwives Assist Incarcerated Pregnant Women in Washington State | Make/Shift Magazine

Queer Eye for the Southern Ally | VenusZine