Herizons

Like Ms and Bust, "Herizons" is a thoughtful, informative and entertaining magazine about the world from a female perspective. Their editorial office is located in Winnipeg so it has a Canadian focus, but they cover international issues. A recent issue featured a story on Nancy Ruth who is Canada's first openly lesbian senator. There were also stories on Kenyan women confronting violence, women's artistic sensibilities, an interview with poet and activist Nicole Brossard and much else. I often find other useful media resources in "Herizons" and important news such as Maude Barlow's efforts to protect water supplies from mining companies that are turning lakes into toxic dumps, as well as fighting the agenda of transnational corporations to privatize the world's water supply Flow (akaFlow:For Love of Water).

In a country as insulated and anti-feminist as the U.S. can be (with nationally syndicated talk show hosts like Rush Limbaugh regularly referring to the advocates of gender equality as "feminazis" Outright Barbarous: How the Violent Language of the Right Poisons American Democracy), subscribing to a magazine like "Herizons" is a helpful political act.

See also:

The Motherhood Manifesto: What America's Moms Want and What To Do About It See also the DVD of the same name which is available from momsrising.org

Lumo One Young Woman's Struggle to Heal in a Nation Beset By War (Documentary)

Her Story: A Timeline of the Women Who Changed America

Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai (Frances Foster Books)

New Moon Girls Buy this magazine, written and edited by girls, for every young woman you care about.

The Vagina Monologues