Paradigm Shift

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A short documentary filmed at March for Women’s Lives 2004. This series includes interviews and commentary from participants and discussion of issues related to women’s rights to their bodies. This documentary features performances, including Radical Cheer. Some issues covered in this documentary—like the global gag rule and access to emergency contraception—have evolved and changed, but new aspects of the issues are still relevant to reproductive justice.

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As the past years have seen certain barriers to women’s choices knocked down, what should be focused on in the pro-choice movement?

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Eliza Karagezian discusses the difficulties of getting women—especially immigrant and undocumented women—to report domestic violence because of fears of stigma, deportation, and breaking family values. By focusing on deportation of women and not on their safety, the country forces women to remain in abusive situations. Another essential aspect to ending domestic violence is involving men in the discussion.

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As mentioned in the video, one of the difficulties with getting immigrant and undocumented women to come forward about domestic violence is breaking family, cultural, and religious values. Where would women be able to find support if they act for their safety and happiness and break established cultural values?

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Description from GRITtv:
“California’s Supreme Court, in a decision yesterday, upheld Prop 8 and a ban on same sex marriage. At the same time, a host of states (Iowa, Vermont, and Maine) have legalized gay marriage in recent months. What’s next for the LGBT movement? And should efforts to expand civil rights focus on the states or the Federal level?”

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What are your opinions on whether the push for LGBT rights should be focused on the federal or state level? What are your thoughts on the opinion that there are “two classes of gay people” from state to state, and even within California?

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This video discusses Obama’s appointment of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, the milestones that Sotomayor’s appointment marks, and what is expected from Sotomayor while serving.

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Sotomayor has been coined an “activist judge.” Little is known about her political views, but many women back her because they expect her decisions to be fair. While it is certainly exciting that a Latina has been appointed to the Supreme Court, is that reason enough to back her?

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