Global Justice for Our Girls: Hashtags and Selfies Still Aren’t Enough
AVAILABLE FOR REPRINT. Copy and use freely. Please help PeaceVoice by notifying us when you use this piece: PeaceVoiceDirector@gmail.com “It’s too late. She’s gone. Thirty seconds is all it takes for a...
View ArticleSome Thoughts on Provocation
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View ArticleA Father’s Day Present Worth Unwrapping
“Millions of men will wake up Sunday to handmade cards, neckties, and, maybe, a new electronic gadget. It’s Father’s Day 2016, a time to acknowledge dear old Dad. But beyond this increasingly...
View ArticleWhy is the Orlando Murderer’s Gender Not Central to the Story?
“The massacre in Orlando was carried out as an act of rage. By a man. Who had access to military-grade weapons. And had unmet mental health and trauma needs…” Rob Okun Published in: Times Union,...
View ArticleRape is Rape, Nothing Else Is
“Let me begin with a simple declarative. Nothing, I repeat, nothing, is like being raped. Rape is a horrific invasion of the most sacred thing we have, our bodies. So, it infuriates me to hear...
View ArticlePresidential Debate Recommendations
“Like many others, I was deeply disturbed by much of what I heard (and saw) during the presidential debate on September 26. From Donald Trump’s difficulty breathing to his repeated interruptions”...
View ArticleMen’s Letter to the President: Support Gender Equality
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View ArticleBeing Too Much
“Some people are just too much, as the story goes. Or too “extra,” in the parlance of today’s youth…” Laura Finley Published in: Bainbridge Island Review, Counterpunch, Sierra County Prospect,...
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“Men are dogs (sorry, dogs!). Trump refers to his ambitions with canine instincts, e.g., he wants to spend $1.5 trillion on new nuclear weapons…” Tom H. Hastings Published in: Nation of Change, LA...
View ArticleStudents: Time is Ripe to Add Gender to Gun Debate
“It’s time to listen to the students. Across the country, teenagers have walked out of classes, stood in holy silence, and delivered stirring speeches calling out their elders…” Rob Okun Published in:...
View ArticleRaising boys to love and care, not kill
“Heart contracts; numbness and tears collide. Ten dead, 13 wounded; this time in Santa Fe. If we’re ever to end the bloodbaths, we have to put gender at the center of the national conversation about...
View ArticleAre we ready now to put shooters’ gender at center of gun debate?
“Last weekend’s killing sprees in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, brought the number of mass shootings in the first 215 days” Author: Rob Okun Published in: Counterpunch, Bainbridge Island Review,...
View ArticleMass shootings: It’s the masculinity, people
Mass shootings: It’s the masculinity, people by Rob Okun 708 words I’m beyond fed up that the gender of the murderers are still largely absent from conversations about America’s mass shootings crisis....
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