Women’s Movement

Rx for Change: Language Matters, Especially When Talking About Root Causes

By Laura Kaplan | Mar 27, 2015 | Comments Off on Rx for Change: Language Matters, Especially When Talking About Root Causes

For my 67th birthday this year, my dear friend Peaches — with whom I shared those heady years in Jane, the underground, feminist abortion service — sent me a card. On the front was a picture of an elderly woman (much older than me) carrying a placard that said, “I Cannot Believe I Still Have To Protest This Shit.” Amen, sister, I thought as I read it and laughed.