Feminist Activism: Groups, Activist Alerts, Feminist Websites, Information

I am an activist; it pays the rent for living on this planet
- Alice Walker

We need to stand up and be counted....We know what to do. It's time to get busy.
-Cecile Richards, in Sisterhood is Forever

This page was last updated to remove broken links and add many new ones on February 26, 2004

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Also see: How activist groups can be more inclusive to people with disabilities which is a little article I wrote. There are two other, well-written articles on the same topic at the School of the Americas Watch site. See their pages on Ableism.

For international issues, see the Global Women's Rights Organizations page

For antiwar, anti-Bush, and anti-militarism activism see women's antiwar groups, general antiwar groups, and reasons to vote Bush out of office in 2004

For activism related to poverty and homelessness, see the economic rights links

For activism related to the objectification of women's bodies and the media's portrayal of women, see the body image links

For pro-choice activism, see the reproductive health and choice page which lists numerous pro-choice organizations

For activism related to disability issues, see disability resources

For activism related to child abuse and violence against children, see Daisies Part II the Coping Help Page for survivors of trauma

For activism related to other violence against women see the violence section with pages on rape, domestic violence, ritualistic abuse and torture, and mind control and human experimentation.

Fifty Ways to Prevent Yourself from Being a Rapist - also known as Rape Prevention Tips for Men is an article I wrote some time ago, which you might want to email to anybody who ever sends you a message of "rape prevention tips for women" or email to every male you know. It was recently updated.

Sisterhood is Global Institute action alert page (updated link)

Feminist Majority Foundation look for the action alert section

Feminist Campus Activities - part of the Feminist Majority Foundation
National Organization for Women (NOW) look for actions you can take online right now

The Ms. Foundation for Women

Feminist.Com look for the action alert page

Feminist Activist Email Lists

Feminist Activism and Research email group

Off Our Backs the radical feminist news journal has a national email discussion list you can join

Washington Women's Fax Net is no longer running but still has some information on their site

Feminists for Kucinich - a petition signed by several well-known feminists (and some not-so-well-known like myself) supporting Dennis Kucinich for President of the U.S. in 2004

Self Acceptance Petition - a unique little petition a young woman created for people to vow to respect and accept themselves

Women's E-News has frequently updated news articles on important issues for women, definitely worth checking out for improtant current issues

WINGS - The Women's International News Gathering Service "raising women's voices through radio worldwide"

FIRE: Feminist International Radio Endeavor is the internet's first women's radio, with a section for women with disabilities and archives of interviews with feminist activists you can listen to online

News We Can Use

The White House Project is sponsored by the Rockefeller Fund, so I now regret ever listing it here, but supposedly they are trying to get a woman into the White House and since wealth will - unfortunately - be needed to do that, the link can stay up

Emily's List funds women running for office in the Democratic party

League of Women Voters an organization that has been around for a very long time and still gives information on how to register to vote. Americans, please VOTE in 2004.

Women Leaders Online is dedicated to stopping the right wing agenda

Fifty Plus One

Grrl Activistas an online organization that protests inaccurate, sexist depictions of sexual assault, sexual violence, rape and abuse in the media. You can join and help by sending emails, easily. They also have a connected site now called Grrl Surivors.

The Feminist Against Violence network combats violence against women. For more such organizations see the violence section of this website.

Third Wave Foundation for feminists in the "third wave" (ie those of us who were born somewhere around or after Roe V. Wade or don't recall the "second wave" of the 1970's as we were not born yet or were children at the time) Check out the I Spy Sexism campaign and other actions. The I Spy Sexism button is here too.

Rural Womyn Zone activism for women in rural areas of the U.S.

Feminists for Animal Rights is dedicated to ending all forms of abuse against women and animals

The Space Fem Feminist of the Day presents an individual's feminist each day, with a little bit of information about the person. You can put it on your website too.

Mothers' Rights Issues at Search Mothers, a site with lots of links for women with children

Guerrilla Girls is a great organization of women who anonymously have changed the world of art with their posters and other activist efforts ("Fighting Discrimination with Facts, Humor and Fake Fur")
Guerrilla Girls Broad Band a cyber-activism site of the Guerrilla Girls

No Status Quo this is the website of Nikki Craft who is a radical feminist, against pornography and all forms of so-called sex work (ie, prostitution), does not consider pornography a thing that should be protected by freedom of speech, and doesn't care much for the people who do, such as the ACLU. She also has an awesome satirical sense of humor which you can see on some of her web graphics. And a library of Andrea Dworkin's writing is here too. She has some pretty strong opinions about pornography and prostitution herself. They're worth reading. And the ACLU doesn't like her much either.

Feminists for Free Expression these are feminists who disagree with the above feminists, basically, and believe pornography is freedom of speech not violence against women

ACLU and Women's Rights this is the ACLU's page on women's rights issues

Always Causing Legal Unrest (ACLU) is a radical femnist  site with information on how the ACLU defends pornographers, and why some women dislike them for that (a whole lot). If you're interested in this issue or are a radical feminist yourself, definitely check out this website. It's been online for a few years and is still full of interesting information

Feminists Against Censorship group fights for free expression in Great Britain and the U.S.

Women of Color Web

New Filipina aims to "bust stereotypes of Filipinas online"

United Lesbians of African Heritage

SistahSpace has email lists for black women, message boards, a chat room and many links

Women's Justice Center advocacy and  information for women who are immigrants or who are in prison

Lesbian.org Resources

Women Organizing for Change Action Alerts

Women for Women International

Unreasonable Women for the Earth This used to be a more interesting  ecofeminist site. It is now mostly a page that links to Code Pink, not interesting

Ecofem - An activist hub for ecofeminism

Women and Earth global "econetwork"

Anarchism and Women's Liberation is a very interesting site with some great essays on feminism and anarchism

Anarchobabe's femage pages - more feminist/anarchist information

PROSPER: the prostitution prevention project (this and related links are also on the coping help page for survivors of childhood abuse, including sexual abuse and incest)

The Radical Cheerleaders can be found on this site and at many protests in many places

Young Radical Wimmin is a radical feminist site and email list

Merge Magazine's Take Action, Feel Better page of action alerts related to sexist portrayals and objectification of women in the media (this link no longer works but the Merge site is still up)

The Girls, Women and Media Project (find more organizations related to women's body image and the objectification of women's bodies here and find some more sources of alternative media here)

Gender Ads.com is a website that explores the connections between advertising and sexism, gender, women, and violence

Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press has information on women's media, and feminist activism

Advocates for Women in Science, Engineering and Mathematics

The Pro-Feminist Men's FAQ - a question and answer page on what it means for a man to be a feminist

WATTS: Women's Advocates to Terminate Sexism is a grassroots group in Washington DC

Out of the Cave: Exploring Gray's Anatomy is a website about the writer John Gray who claims "men are from Mars and women are from Venus", and if you've ever wondered exactly how this guy became a millionaire, or even just a published writer from making up that bizarre statement,, you might enjoy this website

Toplessness - A Right All Women Deserve is an interesting page advocating for women to have the right to go topless

Queer Notions: on the relationship between sexuality and revolution

The Preying Mantis Society's Homepage is one of Nikki Craft's websites

Old Lesbians Organizing for Change is a group of older lesbians fighting discrimination on more than one front. Their website contains information on ageism.

The National Center for Lesbian Rights

Matrices: a Lesbian and Lesbian Feminist Research Newsletter and Network

Lesbian Avengers is a direct action group. This is the website of the Chicago Lesbian Avengers which contains a handbook on how to run Lesbian Avengers groups

Queer Ramblings is a monthly publication and online "safe space for all queer women"

iFeminists.Net a home for individualist feminists on the internet - has articles and resources

Exoticize My Fist has long been one of my favorite names for a website (also called sometimes "Eroticize my Fist") this is a site for Asian and South Asian Pacific American women to find some of the best sites, books, films, and organizations specifically for Asian American women and the graphic on the main page is just something you have to look at. There are a few links to websites on specific activists and activist groups.

Kolot: The Center for Jewish Women's and Gender Studies

The Feminism and Nonviolence Studies Association has an interdisciplinary journal online

Chicago Women's Liberation Union site has information on the history of their work

The F Word a great feminist site I just recently found from the U.K. with activism information.

Empowerment for Women a general women's rights site with articles and links

Feminism Resources at a philosophy research site that lists numerous activism organizations and sites on some individual feminist activists

Feminist Blogs listed at the Eatonweb Portal, created by Rebecca Eaton, which attempts to categorize every blog on the internet

Radical Philosophy is a journal of socialist and feminist philosophy, not really an activism site but has content of interest to feminists

Pro-Matriarchy.net is a very interesting site that begins with a little presentation on the history of the world and women's place in it. For more women's history (herstory) sites go here.

Cyberfeminism: Feminist Activism on the Web is someone's thesis online with links to sites for women an

The Culture of Modeling "Why do models - not female doctors, politicians or mothers, get all the glory?"

A History of Feminist Activism perhaps belongs on the herstory pages, but is relevant here too

Gifts of Speech: women's speeches from around the world

Pioneer Grrrl's Site has her commentary on her own experiences and thoughts on feminist activism

Female Rights in Retreat in America is one woman's commentary on what the Bush administration has done to women's rights

She-Net: Women of Independent Minds has some interactive discussion forums, though this is not as much an activist site as the rest of the sites listed on this page

Bitwitch will answer your computer and internet-related questions

Binary Girl "where girls and technology click" has articles and a forum,  and is more of a site for girls interested in technological fields than an activist site

The ADA Project is a clearinghouse of information on women in computing with many links to similar sites on women interested in math, science, engineering, etc.

Women's Freedom seems to be a middle-of-the-road organization that is against what they call "extremist feminism" as well as anti-feminist attitudes (being that I would probably fit into their definition of extremist easily myself, I put this here just for those who are interested)

Saucy Chicks "all the love, none of the porn", has articles and reviews, though not much in the way of activism

Technical Virgin is not really a feminist site, necessarily, but is amusing to visit. It makes fun of the abstinence commercials geared towards teenagers by right wing organizations

FAB "Feminism at Its Best" a site  with commentary geared towards young women, but not much activism here either

Feminist Economics journal from the International Association of Feminist Economics

Women's Studies Information Sources from the University of York Library is a large collection of links to women's studies and feminist sites

Collection of Women's Resources has links to some other feminist and women's issues sites

HerMail - Connecting Traveling Women Around the World might be of use to women visiting new places for activist events (or other reasons), you give your email address and home city and enter a database

Bullfrog Films creates films on women's issues, feminist films, and documentaries of interest to women

Women Ink publishes books on international women's human rights issues

The Lilith Gallery site has numerous links to feminist websites, articles on political issues, and artwork. Although, I don't agree with their claim that they have the "1001 best feminist websites" listed there

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Stop the media's objectification of women's bodies. Protect reproductive freedom and choice. Protest the anti-choice right-wing misogynists.
Take action for women's rights. Get involved in feminist activism. Visit these feminist activist organizations and websites with information on feminism and feminist activism.
Feminism is the radical notion that women are people. Take a stand for women's rights and don't be afraid to call yourself a feminist.
Advocate for empowerment for girls. Be an activist. Make the world a more equal place for girls to grow up. Teach girls to have self esteem and not accept any maltreatment from anyone, anywhere.
Smash patriarchy! Find out about radical feminism and anarchist feminism and activist groups you can get involved with here.
Patriarchy is the root of all evils. Sisterhood is powerful. Work with other women to create change in the world and make this planet a better place with equality for all people. Advocate for empowerment for women and girls. Don't be afraid to call yourself a feminist. Speak your mind. Stand up for yourself.
Don't read sexist magazines! Protest the media's objectification of women's bodies in advertisements, the fashion industry, the beauty product industry, the weight loss industry, and every other place where corporations are making money by making women hate their bodies. Love your body and accept yourself and all people as valuable. Fat is a word used to marginalize people and discriminate against them. Women are constantly bombarded with lies from the media, corporations, and advertisements, that tell us we need to buy products and do things to change our bodies. This is a lie, and more women and girls need to learn to ignore the beauty myth and care about their true selves.
Anti-choice, homophobic, hateful, so-called Christian values are not real family values. Value all families. Value families of every color, gender and sexual orientation.
Be militant each in your own way. Those of you who can express your militancy by going to the House of Commons and refusing to leave without satisfaction, as we did in the early days - do so......
Those of you who can express your militancy by joining us in our anti-Government by-election policy - do so.
Those of you who can break windows - break them.
Those of you who can further attack the secret idol of property, so as to make the Government realize that property is as greatly endangered by women's suffrage as it was by the Chartists of old - do so.
And my last word is to the Government: I incite this meeting to rebellion!....
Take me, if you dare, but if you dare, I tell you this....you will not keep me in prison.

-Emmaline Pankhurst, a militant suffragist,
October 17, 1912 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, England from Feminism: The Essential Historical Writings by Miriam Schneir
We need more money for education and less money wasted on the military. Why is there always money for war and not for education? Find resources here to advocate against war and against militarism and violence. Find resources here on promoting peace, justice, equality and safety for all people. Women are far more likely to be killed in wars as innocent civilians than men are. Women are far more likely to be killed by their intimate partners than men are. Patriarchy, male violence, and men's militias must end.
Put more women into political office! Support female candidates running for office. Vote for a woman running for Congress. We need more women in the House and in the Senate of the United States Congress. A woman's place is not in the kitchen. A woman's place is in the House and the Senate. Women in government will change the world. Nominate, support, and vote for women. Support the political campaigns of female candidates.
Create change in your community. People have the power to change societies and create peace, justice, and equality. Together we can make the world a better place. "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has," said Margaret Mead.
Feminism is for everybody. Find resources on feminist activism, feminist theory, womanism, and women's rights for women around the globe here. Sojourner Truth was a suffragist who fought for the end of slavery and for women to win the right to vote.
Male violence is intolerable, inexcusable, and must end. Men must end their violence against women and children. Men can stop rape. Men must work to stop the epidemic of violence against women, and it is their responsibility to do so. Find resources on violence against women on this site.
Hatred is not a family value. Combat heterosexism. Find lesbian activist resources here and organizations of lesbian feminists in activism. Value all families.