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WRITING
A Study in Risk and Restraint
Stanford Social Innovation Review, April 30, 2013
Medicine by Text Message: Learning From the Developing World
Atlantic.com, April 4, 2013
Atlanta cheating scandal and Lance Armstrong: How to avoid ethical slip
Christian Science Monitor, April 4, 2013
Leaning in can get you laid out
Women’s Media Center, March 14, 2013
Working moms, don’t try to be perfect at home
CNN, March 11, 2013
Bringing feminist values to the workplace
Salon, March 8, 2013
Confront the superwoman mystique
New York Times, February 19, 2013
A civics lesson for 20-somethings
Christian Science Monitor, February 19, 2013
V-Day: One billion ‘rising’ against women abuse
Al Jazeera, February 14, 2013
Malawi’s Leader Makes Safe Childbirth Her Mission
New York Times, February 6, 2013
Building a slower, longer fire among the digital flares
Al Jazeera, February 4, 2013
How Malawi is improving a terrible maternal mortality rate through good design
TED, January 30, 2013
Seven Trends in Social Change in 2012
GOOD, December 28, 2012
After Sandy Hook, the real ‘monster’ only community can heal
Christian Science Monitor, December 26, 2012
Transforming Democracy Through Digital Technology
Stanford Social Innovation Review, December 3, 2012
Finding uncommon community after superstorm Sandy
Christian Science Monitor, November 6, 2012
We Built a House Together
The Center for Courage & Renewal, November 6, 2012
Dignifying Design
The New York Times, October 6, 2012
The Tricky Business of Cultural Change
Stanford Social Innovation Review, October 2, 2012
Women as Masters of the New Better Off
MORE Magazine, September 2012
Q&A with Interfaith Leader Eboo Patel
Stanford Social Innovation Review, August 14, 2012
Not our father’s philanthropy
Vitamin W, August 3, 2012
Nine learnings on privilege and diversity
Center for Courage & Renewal, August 2, 2012
Q&A with Interfaith Leader Eboo Patel
Stanford Social Innovation Review, August 14, 2012
Life in Lady Writer Heaven
Women’s Media Center, July 23, 2012
‘Having it all’ is so 1980s
Christian Science Monitor, July 5, 2012
‘Breaking Pointe’ and the price of perfection
Los Angeles Times, June 22, 2012
My Mom and the Bearded Lady
Women’s Media Center, May 10, 2012
Instagram-Style Innovation in the Public Sector
Stanford Social Innovation Review, May 2, 2012
The Abstraction of poverty is making our policies poor, co-authored with Dr. Noliwe Rooks
Alternet, April 2, 2012
Fan Power: Hunger is Not a Game Revisited
The New York Times, March 31, 2012
From Young Adult Book Fans to Wizards of Change
The New York Times, March 21, 2012
Greg Smith to Goldman Sachs: A new era in Wall Street ethics, co-authored with John Cary
The Christian Science Monitor, March 20, 2012
A Platform Worth Spreading
Stanford Social Innovation Review, March 9, 2012
Are Students at Women’s Colleges Still Second-Class Ivy Leaguers?
GOOD, March 9, 2012
The Surprising Big Idea at TED: Turn Off Technology
Time.com, March 6, 2012
3 Lessons On The Wrong Ways To Use Social Media To Create Change
FastCo.Exist, March 5, 2012
Hustlin’: How I became my own mentor in a freelance economy
GOOD, February 20, 2012
How to have more Sheryl Sandbergs
CNN, February 11, 2012
Q&A with MASS Co-founder Michael Murphy
The Stanford Social Innovation Review, February 7, 2012
Obama, here’s how to help the poor: Educate both parents and their children
The Christian Science Monitor, January 26, 2012
The GOOD Microphilanthropy Challenge Wrapup: Pass It On! #30DaysofGOOD
GOOD, December 31, 2011
My ‘Millennials’ generation is busy reimagining a life of ethics
The Christian Science Monitor, December 27, 2011
The Wisdom of Children: Microphilanthropy Challenge #30DaysofGOOD
GOOD, December 26, 2011
Is solving nonprofits’ challenges as easy as building a map?
GOOD, December 19, 2011
The Value of Connection: Microphilanthropy Challenge #30DaysofGOOD
GOOD, December 19, 2011
Give What You Love: Creative Microphilanthropy Ideas for our #30DaysofGOOD Challenge
GOOD, December 12, 2011
Social or Cultural Entrepreneurship: An Argument for a New Distinction
Stanford Social Innovation Review, December 8, 2011
Three Creative Microphilanthropy Ideas for our #30DaysofGOOD Challenge
GOOD, December 5, 2011
The GOOD 30-Day Challenge: Creative Microphilanthropy
GOOD, December 1, 2011
Herman Cain sexual allegations: a reminder for women to speak up
The Christian Science Monitor, November 10, 2011
IDEO.org Fellows Bring Beautiful Design to Humanitarian Efforts
GOOD, November 6, 2011
Is Crisis Our Opportunity To Acknowledge Interdependence?
Women’s Media Center, November 3, 2011
‘You Are the NOW of Now!’ The Future of (Online) Feminism
The Nation, November 2, 2011
Nine (with your help) Insights from Opportunity Collaboration
Dowser, November 2, 2011
Reflections and questions following Opportunity Collaboration
Dowser, October 24, 2011
Reading, writing, empathy: the rise of social emotional learning
GOOD, October 16, 2011
What this feminist and child-marriage proponents have in common
The Christian Science Monitor, September 29, 2011
Four lessons I learned about resilience from the survivors of 9/11
The Frisky, September 11, 2011
9/11 anniversary: why remembering in fits and starts is okay
The Christian Science Monitor, September 9, 2011
How 9/11 shaped a generation just coming of age
Utne.com, September 6, 2011
Apple’s philanthropy needs a reboot
CNN, September 3, 2011
You’re sexy without the life threatening high heels
The Frisky, August 30, 2011
The World Is Whose?: Beyonce, Nas, and the Politics of Utopia
Guernica, August 22, 2011
For undocumented, activism can invite a deportation threat
The Nation, June 28, 2011
Wal-Mart v. Dukes ruling is out of sync with 21st-century sex discrimination
The Christian Science Monitor, June 23, 2011
Shoestrings Attached
The American Prospect, June 13, 2011
Women and Success: How To Be Boldly Ambitious While Acknowledging Help Along the Way
Alternet, June 6, 2011
Why smart women still don’t make it up the ladder
The Christian Science Monitor, May 24, 2011
An Ego of One’s Own
The American Prospect, May 13, 2011
Homelessness Is Not Just About Housing
The American Prospect, May 4, 2011
Moving Past Acknowledging Privilege
The American Prospect, April 18, 2011
Escaping the Sex Trafficking Industry
Alternet, April 12, 2011
Revising the American Dream
The American Prospect, April 4, 2011
Botox, Bingeing, Bullying and Breast-Ironing: We Must Stop the War on Women’s Bodies
Alternet, March 31, 2011
Wising Up on Marriage
The American Prospect, March 21, 2011
Opposite Ideas Attract
The American Prospect, March 7, 2011
Facing Sexual Assault
The American Prospect, February 21, 2011
The Off-Camera Revolutions
The American Prospect, February 7, 2011
Discomfort in an Age of Demagoguery
The American Prospect, January 24, 2011
A Space for Democracy
The American Prospect, January 13, 2011
Making Good on the Girl Effect
The American Prospect, December 20, 2010
Why Class Matters in Campus Activism
The American Prospect, December 6, 2010
The Long Arc of the Youth Vote
The American Prospect, November 15, 2010
The Rally to Restore Journalism
The American Prospect, November 1, 2010
The Upside of Downsizing
The American Prospect, October 18, 2010
Urban-Rural Divide No More
The American Prospect, October 4, 2010
Rachel Corrie, an Israeli bulldozer, and our shared global fate
The Christian Science Monitor, September 30, 2010
The Mosque in the Mirror
The American Prospect, September 20, 2010
Subjects Have Feelings, Too
Publishers Weekly, September 13, 2010
For Young Activists, Sept. 11 Was Starting Point
Women’s E-News, September 10, 2010
How to Make the World a Better Place Despite the Roadblocks and Naysayers
Alternet, September 8, 2010
Generation Misunderstood
Women’s Media Center, September 7, 2010
The Top 10 Ways the Next Generation is Shifting Activism
Huffington Post, September 7, 2010
An Altar Boy with a Gun
Mother Jones, September 6, 2010
Recovery Mission
Guernica, September 1, 2010
Is Michelle Obama All Style and No Substance?
The American Prospect, August 23, 2010
A Conference of One’s Own
The American Prospect, August 9, 2010
The Myth of the Fairer Sex
The American Prospect, July 26, 2010
When Nation-Building Becomes Cowardly Escape
The American Prospect, July 12, 2010
Supreme Court Stifles Humanitarian Groups
The American Prospect, June 28, 2010
The Unlucky Luck of the 2010 Graduate
The American Prospect, June 15, 2010
The Population Debate Gets Personal
The American Prospect, May 17, 2010
Those Beliefs Look Good on You
The American Prospect, May 3, 2010
Gymnastics for the People
NYU Alumni Magazine, May 1, 2010
Keep on Keepin’ On: 10 Years of Manifesta
Women’s Media Center, April 21, 2010
The Unhappiness Trap
The American Prospect, April 19, 2010
3 New Must-See Documentaries
The Frisky, April 14, 2010
The Paradox of Reproductive Choice
The American Prospect, April 5, 2010
A Manifesta Revisited
The American Prospect, March 22, 2010
A Challenge to American Women
The American Prospect, March 8, 2010
Architecture’s Diversity Problem
The American Prospect, February 23, 2010
Selling Your House For Charity
The Daily Beast, February 21, 2010
The New Guerrilla Philanthropy
Forbes, February 9, 2010
Seeing How Far $100 Can Go
The New York Times, February 8, 2010
The Power of the Postracial Narrative
The American Prospect, February 2, 2010
The Missing Discomfort in Mourning for Haiti
The American Prospect, January 18, 2010
Coming of Age in the Aughts
The American Prospect, December 21, 2009
Cooperating in Copenhagen
The American Prospect, December 7, 2009
Tiger Woods scandal may be news. But we don’t have to gawk.
The Christian Science Monitor, December 2, 2009
Usual Suspects: On Completing the Washington Post’s Next Great American Pundit Contest
Women’s Media Center, November 30, 2009
What’s the Alternative to Tucker Max?
The American Prospect, November 9, 2009
Grade your citizen engagement
The Washington Post, November 4, 2009
Between Work and Life
The Washington Post, November 1, 2009
Work/Life Balance is Not a Woman’s Issue
The American Prospect, October 26, 2009
American Ignorance and Afghanistan
The American Prospect, October 12, 2009
Extreme Makeover, Health Care Edition
The American Prospect, September 14, 2009
The Imperfection and Redemption of Ted Kennedy
The American Prospect, August 31, 2009
Keeping Up with the Clintons
The American Prospect, August 17, 2009
Questioning Journalistic Objectivity
The American Prospect, August 3, 2009
The Dominance of Rich, White Men Is Eroding; It’s Time to Truly Fight for Diversity
Alternet, July 29, 2009
Lessons for Feminists from Sarah Palin
The American Prospect, July 20, 2009
Life and Death in the Climate Change Debate
The American Prospect, July 6, 2009
Was the Economic Meltdown a Crisis of Masculinity Run Amuck?
Alternet, June 27, 2009
The Future of Philanthropy
The American Prospect, June 9, 2009
Honoring Military Families with Adequate Healthcare
The American Prospect, May 23, 2009
How Do Americans Really Feel About God?
The American Prospect, May 11, 2009
The Future of Philanthropy
The American Prospect Online, June 8, 2009
Honoring Military Families with Adequate Healthcare
The American Prospect Online, May 23, 2009
How Do Americans Really Feel about God?
The American Prospect Online, May 11, 2009
Seeking Justice in a System that Doesn’t Guarantee It
The American Prospect Online, April 27, 2009
What the U.S. Government Can Learn From Three 22-Year-Olds on Taking Action for Iraqi Refugees
Alternet, April 23, 2009
New Report Indicates that Rape Kit Backlog Likely a National Crisis
Women’s Media Center, April 16, 2009
Female Veterans and PTSD Benefits
The American Prospect Online, April 13, 2009
Reforming the Book Blurb Bull
Publisher’s Weekly, April 6, 2009
The End of the Women’s Movement
The American Prospect Online, March 30, 2009
A Radical Vision for the Council on Girls and Women
The American Prospect Online, March 16, 2009
Guest blog on young women and feminism
Mother Jones, March 14, 2009
Life and Work: A Conversation for International Women’s Day
Women’s Media Center, March 6, 2009
The Trouble with Outside Activists
The American Prospect Online, March 2, 2009
Barbie’s no threat to little girls
The Christian Science Monitor, February 25, 2009
Reflections on Obama Era Patriotism
The American Prospect Online, February 16, 2009
The Fox Disconnect
Women’s Media Center, February 14, 2009
The Big Business of Family Detention
The American Prospect Online, February 2, 2009
What Obama owes his young legions
Newsday, January 25, 2009
What Tomorrow Really Means
The American Prospect Online, January 19, 2009
Deadly Medicine for Youth Violence
The American Prospect Online, January 6, 2009
The People’s Professor
Utne Reader, January-February 2009
America’s New Years Resolution: A Return to Integrity
The American Prospect Online, December 22, 2008
As Politics Evolves, Punditry Stalls
The American Prospect Online, December 8, 2008
Michelle Obama and Military Families
The American Prospect Online, November 24, 2008
How Do We Keep Obama’s Youth Mobilized?
The American Prospect Online, November 20, 2008
Waking Up to America at a Crossroads
Women’s Media Center, November 5, 2008
Where it All Began for Obama (And All of Us)
Huffington Post, November 4, 2008
Why American Youth Will Vote
The American Prospect Online, November 4, 2008
The Samaritan’s Dilemma
Alternet, October 24, 2008
The Weight of Coauthorship
Publisher’s Weekly, October 23, 2008
View From the Finish Line: An Historic $3 Billion Campaign Positions NYU For a Bright Future
NYU Magazine, Fall 2008
Unfinished Business: A Lack of Student Aid May Keep Many Promising Minds Out of Washington Square
NYU Magazine, Fall 2008
Race-ing for Office: Are We Closer to Judging a Candidate by the Content of His, or Her, Character?
NYU Magazine, Fall 2008
The Power of the Coffee Klatch
The American Prospect Online, October 13, 2008
Dare I Believe Obama Can Win?
The Christian Science Monitor, October 2, 2008
The Misrepresented Middle Class
The American Prospect Online, September 29, 2008
Sarah Palin’s Retrograde Gender Politics
The American Prospect Online, September 15, 2008
Sex Education as Liberation
The American Prospect Online, September 2, 2008
The Teen Moms of Gloucester: What the Media Didn’t Tell You
Co-written with Elaine Tyler May, Alternet, August 12, 2008
Sexual Misconduct on Subways
Metro, August 11, 2008
Are We Neglecting an Activist Generation?
The American Prospect Online, August 11, 2008
A Powerful Movement Puts Mothers at the Helm of Social Change
Alternet, August 8, 2008
(Female) Suicide Bombers
Huffington Post, August 4, 2008
The Aisle of Least Resistance
The American Prospect Online, July 21, 2008
Counter Cyberbullies with Compassion
The Christian Science Monitor, July 9, 2008
Obama is Not a God
The American Prospect Online, July 9, 2008
The Carrie Bradshaw Effect
Huffington Post, June 27, 2008
The Celeb Factor in Politics
The American Prospect Online, June 27, 2008
Party Crashing: How the Facebook Generation Does Politics
Alternet, June 26, 2008
Generation Y Refuses Race-Gender Dichotomy
Alternet, June 18, 2008
Alice and Rebecca Walker Clash: Do Feminists Have to Choose Between Diapers and Dreams?
Alternet, June 13, 2008
Dear Hillary
The American Prospect Online, June 9, 2008
Generation Entitled
Dame Magazine, June 5, 2008
Fanning the Flame of Youth Civic Engagement
Women’s Media Center, June 3, 2008
‘Opting In’ to Progressive Parenthood
Alternet, May 21, 2008
A Crisis of Attention and Intention
The American Prospect Online, May 19, 2008
The Undocumented American Dream
The American Prospect Online, May 5, 2008
Violence That Doesn’t Make the News
Metro, April 23, 2008
More Than a Mother-Daughter Debate
The American Prospect Online, April 22, 2008
Tax Time Reminds Us to Reflect on Govt. Representation
Huffington Post, April 15, 2008
Oprah’s Stale Definition of Charity
The American Prospect Online, April 11, 2008
The Emotional Voter
Guest blog on Glamour Magazine’s blog, Glamocracy, April 3, 2008
Notes From an Intergenerational Conversation
Guest blog on shifting careers, The New York Times, April 1, 2008
A Real Dialogue on Race
The American Prospect Online, March 24, 2008
Taping Over Old Ideas of Community
The American Prospect Online, March 21, 2008
An Intergenerational Feminist Dialogue on the Election
Jewcy.com, March 17-21, 2008
Come Together? Yes, We Can.
The Washington Post, March 9, 2008
Jar of Coins
The Sun Magazine, March 2008
Is Work/Life Balance Possible?
Skirt Magazine, March 2008
16 web sites to try for new ideas
The Writer, April 2008
A More Enlightened Security Policy
The American Prospect Online, February 26, 2008
A Head Scarf if Not Just a Scarf
The Christian Science Monitor, February 25, 2008
Iraq: Experiencing the War at Home
Alternet, February 21, 2008
Ladies in the Lead
Dame Magazine, February 18, 2008
Send Obama a valentine for shining light on interracial love
The New York Daily News, February 14, 2008
Minunderstanding ‘Generation Me’
The American Prospect Online, February 11, 2008
Why Race and Gender Do Matter
The American Prospect Online, January 28, 2008
Admitting the Complexities of Abortion
Huffington Post, January 21, 2008
Take Care of Yourself
Experience Life, January/February 2008
The Democratic Race as John Hughes Comedy
The American Prospect Online, January 14, 2008
Love Your Fat Self
Utne Reader, January/February
Virgin or Slut: Pick One
Alternet, December 20, 2007
Putting the Humanity Back in Philanthropy
The American Prospect Online, December 17, 2007
Good Calories, Bad Calories Q&A
Alternet, December 12, 2007
Where Politics and Buddhism Intersect
The American Prospect Online, December 7, 2007
All the News That’s Fit to Depress
The American Prospect Online, December 3, 2007
Mating in Captivity Q&A
Alternet, November 28, 2007
Untying the Gender Bind
Dame Magazine, November 28, 2007
The Faith Column Part III: Gender on a Spectrum
The New Statesman, November 29, 2007
The Faith Column Part II: Identity Crossroads
The New Statesman, November 28, 2007
The Faith Column Part II: Is Feminism Dead?
The New Statesman, November 27, 2007
The Faith Column Part I: Ugly, Boring, and Angry
The New Statesman, November 26, 2007
Female Rights Workers Gain Thanks in Award Season
Women’s eNews, November 22, 2007
The Problem with Youth Activism
The American Prospect Online, November 19, 2007
(And my response to a college student’s op-ed denouncing my column on Campus Progress.org)
Launching 2.0
Dame Magazine, November 14, 2007
A Tale of Two Sisters: An Intimate Project Helps Twins Bridge Decades of Separation
NYU Alumni Magazine, Fall 2007
Columbia University Students Go On Hunger Strike
The Huffington Post, November 9, 2007
The American Idea, As If You Asked
The American Prospect Online, November 5, 2007
Generation Overwhelmed
The American Prospect Online, October 22, 2007
How to Address Obesity in a Fat-Phobic Society
Alternet, October 17, 2007
Time to Rethink our Economic Priorities
The American Prospect Online, October 5, 2007
Rethinking Antidepressants and Youth Suicide
Alternet, September 25, 2007
New School Racisim: Jena 6 and Beyond
The American Prospect Online, September 20, 2007
The Missing Measure of Our Outrage
The American Prospect Online, September 10, 2007
Why Men Should Be Included in Abortion Discussion
Alternet, September 6, 2007
Telluride Film Festival Feminist Round-Up
Feministing, September 6, 2007
Reflections on Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters
The WIP, August 15, 2007
AIDS in Africa: Patch Up the Broken Record
Metro, August 14, 2007
Women’s Studies Writers Vie for More Media Turf
Women’s eNews, August 9, 2007
Hillary in the pillory
The Christian Science Monitor, August 9, 2007
It’s she-man John vs. he-man Hill
The New York Daily News, July 22, 2007
Fox and CBS Refuse to Air Condom Ads
Alternet, July 12, 2007
Sisterhood Uninterrupted
The New Republic, Open University, July 10, 2007
Great, if Not Dangerous Expectations
Work+Life Fit, June 19, 2007
Ceasefire in the Intergenerational Femininist Fights
Metro, June 19, 2007
Father-Daughter Connection is Critical in Self Worth
Newsday, June 17, 2007
Healing the Generational Rift in Feminism
Huffington Post, June 12, 2007
Why Feminists Fight With Each Other
Alternet, June 12, 2007
Underneath Pop Star Scandals is a Serious Message about Young Women and Addiction
Huffington Post, June 7, 2007
Are Young People Apathetic?
Metro, June 7, 2007
New Book Adds Realism to Gen Y’s Great Expectations
Huffington Post, June 4, 2007
Urban Theater Puts Teens Center Stage
Women’s eNews, May 25, 2007
Separating Fact from Fiction in the Age of Obesity
Alternet, May 24, 2007
Time Off for the Overworked American
American Prospect Online, May 21, 2007
Misinterpreting the Virginia Tech Legacy
Huffington Post, May 9, 2007
For Girls Who Hate Their Bodies: A Spiritual Crisis
The Christian Science Monitor, April 24, 2007
The Frightening New Normalcy of Hating Your Body
Alternet, April 18, 2007
Sprinting Into the Future: A Week in the Life of Two NYU Undergrads Reveals a New Generation of Power Students
NYU Today, Spring 2007
Stop Counting, Start Living
Metro, April 16, 2007
The Un-Pretty Perfect Girl
Alternet, April 6, 2007
Health care hypocrisy about birth control
Metro, March 27, 2007
Gay Expectations Make for Complex Relationships
Huffington Post, March 26, 2007
Oprah’s ‘Secret’ Could Be Your Downfall
Alternet, March 26, 2007
Our Bodies, Our Shells
Time Out New York, March 21, 2007
Feminist Art Crowds the Culture Calendar
Women’s eNews, March 19, 2007
Fighting Apart for Time Together
American Prospect Online, March 13, 2006
Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters (book excerpt)
Bitch Magazine, Spring 2007
Does Being a Feminist Mean Voting for Hillary?
Alternet, February 26, 2007
Courtney was interviewed about this piece on KPFA 94.1 on March 1, 2007.
The Messy Relationship Between Bloggers and Politicians
The Christian Science Monitor, February 16, 2007
Why Love is Our Most Powerful, Lasting Form of Activism
Alternet, February 14, 2007
Courtney was interviewed on BBC Live at Five about this piece.
‘Oh, Obama!
WireTap, February 11, 2007
Reprinted by The Nation.
‘Young Women Re-Craft Feminism as DIY Project
Women’s eNews, February 9, 2007
‘Mommy Wars’: It’s Time for a Real Cease Fire
The Cincinnati Enquirer, February 4, 2007
Never Again, Again?
Huffington Post, January 28, 2007
Learning My Instincts
Newsweek, January 26, 2007
Willful Ignorance
American Prospect, January 17, 2007
Check out the discussion that ensued as a result of the article at RH Reality Check
After laughter, action
The Baltimore Sun, January 7, 2006
Reprinted in Minnesota Star Tribune, The Patriot-News, San Mateo County Times, Common Dreams, The Boulder Daily Camera, and Newsday. Additionally, Courtney was interviewed by A British satire site as a result of the article on Humor Feed
Women’s eNews’ 21 Leaders for the 21st Century Series:
Seven Who Stake Our Claim to the Future
January 4, 2007
Seven Who Will Not be Stopped, January 3, 2007
Seven Who Exert the Power of Their Voice, January 2, 2007
Using the F-word in Class
Metro, December 21, 2006
Wake Up, Employers: Working Moms are Giving Up
Alternet, December 20, 2006
Cuddly Dolls Offer Honest Answers About Anatomy
Women’s eNews, December 10, 2007
Reprinted on Alternet, December 13, 2006
The Shape of Water
Feministing, December 7, 2006
No One is Immune From Racism
Metro, December 4, 2006
Keep the Flame Alive with Uncertainty
Metro, November 22, 2006
Is Overachieving Bad for Girls?
Alternet, November 16, 2006
Insurance Companies Guilty of Contributing to Eating Disorder Deaths
Huffington Post, November 14, 2006
Hot or Not?
Publisher’s Weekly, November 13, 2006
Losing a Student, Gaining a Legacy
Metro, November 13, 2006
Female sexuality a complex pursuit
Metro, November 2, 2006
Love Without Suffocating: What a Novel Idea
Feministing, November 1, 2006
Young Women Say Generation Labels Need Not Apply
Women’s eNews, October 31, 2006
The Pleasure of Distance
Huffington Post, October 31, 2006
Toll of war is unquantifiable
Metro, October 19, 2006
I wonder, should any of us be OK?
Metro, October 12, 2006
Politics, Youth, and the Deception Circus
Metro, October 5, 2006
Is the American Dream a Delusion?
Alternet, October 3, 2006
Shooting the Skeletal Messenger
Huffington Post, October 1, 2006
Positive Aging Acts are Popping Up All Over
Women’s eNews, September 28, 2006
Our spent lives; a generation in debt
Metro, September 28, 2006
U.S. vs. John Lennon
Huffington Post, September 21, 2006
Minority Old Boys Network Shamelessly Recruits Eye Candy
Feministing, September 15, 2006
Move Over Kate: Real Women are In
Metro, September 14, 2006
The Iraqi Innocents: Their Lives for What?
Metro, August 30, 2006
Robo-Feminist
Barnard Magazine, Summer 2006
Plan B: Threat to life or affirmation?
Metro, August 10, 2006
Megachurches Court Cool to Attract Teens
Alternet, August 8, 2006
Interviewed on Uprising
LA-based Pacifica radio show, August 10, 2006.
Hunger for Drama Makes Others Starve
Metro, August 2, 2006
Military Monsters of Our Own Making
Metro, July 19, 2006
Metal Heads: The robotic antics of the Botmatrix
BUST, August/September, 2006
Friends Growing Apart, Together
Metro, July 10, 2006
Joy Cardin, of NPR-affiliate Wisconsin Public Radio, interviewed Courtney about “Saying I don’t to expensive weddings,” June 30, 2006
Saying I don’t to expensive weddings
The Christian Science Monitor, June 15, 2006
Reprinted by Yahoo News, The Free Lance-Star of Virginia, and Desert News of Utah. Also reprinted as Sticker Shocked Lovers Say I Don’t, CBS News, June 20, 2006
Can We Vaccinate Against Ignorance?
Metro, June 14, 2006
X Women Kaggilion Million: The Last Hug
Feministing, June 2, 2006
Representing Conscious Masculinity
Feministing, May 24, 2006
Bliss is Ignorance: Beyond Magic Pills
Metro, May 24, 2006
Joanne Levy-Prewitt, of the San Francisco Chronicle, writes about the perfect girl concept and Courtney in her syndicated column on Sunday, May 21: College Bound: A Weekly Guide to Higher Education
Pop Singer Makes Slaving For Beauty Look Ugly
Women’s eNews, May 18, 2006
Letter to My Mother accompanied by Letter to My Daughter by my mother, Jere E. Martin
Alternet, May 12, 2006>
Mother’s Day (And Night)
Metro, May 11, 2006
Power must come with responsibility
Metro, May 3, 2006
Gen Y’s opt out vision
The Christian Science Monitor, April 27, 2006
Reprinted in The Free Lance-Star of Virginia, The Las Vegas Tribune and The Arizona Daily Star
Treatment Limits Hobble Eating Disorder Centers
Women’s eNews, April 27, 2006
Duke rape: shock over the usual
Metro, April 24, 2006
Our delusions are their demise
Metro, April 18, 2006
Paradox of the Perfect Girl
Alternet, March 29, 2006
One Big Fat Lie
Alternet, March 2, 2006
“Seeing with New Eyes: Mapping Justice with Eric Cadora”
Clamor Magazine, Spring 2006
Internet Activism
Yes!: A Journal of Positive Futures, Spring 2006
On the ‘Loss to my Own Heart’: Documentary wrestles with women’s experiences of abortion
The Village Voice, January 23, 2006
Women’s eNews’ 21 Leaders for the 21st Century Series:
Seven Who Construct New Realities, January 4, 2006
Seven with Gifts that Transmit Power, January 3, 2006
Seven Who Listen to the Voices of Women, January 2, 2006
DIY Gifts: Oral History CD
ReadyMade Magazine, December 2005/January 2006
American Girl Expects Strong Sales Despite Boycott
Women’s eNews, December 6, 2005
For Career Lift, Female Executives Try Flying
Women’s eNews, November 6, 2005
Violence Shelter Considers Hiring Male Director
Women’s eNews, August 22, 2005
This story was reprinted at Alternet and prompted a controversial debate of postings.
The Famine Mystique
Off our backs, 35th Anniversary Issue
Home Ec Stirs Domestic Politics into College Mix
Women’s eNews, May 12, 2005
Basketball, Bitch, and Beyond: Surveying the Third Wave Feminist Landscape
Clamor Magazine, May/June 2005
Learning for Free: A Columbia professor’s poli-sci class is the crack in the ivory tower that lets the neighborhood in
The Village Voice, April 14-20, 2004
The Indypendent Sells Out?
Clamor Magazine, November/December 2004
A Family of Enraged and Impassioned Women
Yes!: A Journal of Positive Futures, Fall 2004
Boo’s clues
Time Out New York Kids, Fall 2004
Letter to the Editor RE: McGreevey’s Web: The Personal and the Political
The New York Times, August 14, 2004
Review of Crossing the Blvd: Strangers, Neighbors, Aliens in a New America by Warren Lehrer and Judith Sloan
Oral History Review, Summer/Fall 2004
The March for Women’s Lives: Reflections of a third-generation feminist
Utne.com, April 27, 2004
Double Lives: Negotiating the private and the public in an interracial relationship
Off our backs (the feminist newsjournal), May-June 2004
Road Trip Revelries: Nowhere is actually where everything is
Utne Reader, January/February 2004
Amen
Published as Clamor Magazine’s Communique #33 in a series for subscribers
The Path to Actualization
Project Spera, Spring 2003
No More Junk, Eat Healthy!
Clamor Magazine, May/June 2003
Redefining the Family: Young feminists move beyond the myth of Ozzie and Harriet
Barnard Magazine, Spring 2003
Watch Out: Seejay Launches BTWOF
Poets & Writers, September/October 2003
iMentor: Virtual Volunteering Toward Youth Empowerment
Clamor Magazine, January/February 2003
First Prize in Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics Essay Contest
Rhythmic and rowdy: The Rise of spoken-word poetry
The Writer, May 2002
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