Author Archive for Veronica
Veronica I. Arreola is a professional feminist, a mom and a writer. She blogs about the intersection of feminism and motherhood at VivalaFeminista.com. Veronica lives on the north side of Chicago with her husband, their spunky daughter and doxie named Piper. You can connect with Veronica at Facebook or Twitter.
Chicago Parents Strike Back
TweetWhat a year this has been for Chicago Public School families! We started the year with our new mayor and his appointed school CEO pushing a longer school day ( 7 1/2 hours) onto families, teachers and students. The mayor continues to cry “it’s all about the children!” as his reasoning for the longer school [...]
Mujeres invites Latinas to come together
Tweet“Let’s never forget our roots and let’s never stop speaking out on behalf of our community!” Mujeres Latina en Accion founder Maria Mangual Three decades ago Maria Mangual attended a Latina leadership conference in Indiana. When she came back she organized a local conference called La Mujer Despierta. This lead to the creation of Mujeres [...]
Fifteen years of amazing women
Tweet Do you remember where you were fifteen years ago? The year was 1996, Alanis Morrisette won Album of the Year, 110 people died on ValueJet 592 and Dolly the Sheep was born. There were three other births that rocked our world and fifteen years later, we’re all better for having them in our lives: [...]
Don’t forget to add media literacy to your kid’s back pack
Tweet Reading, ‘riting and ‘rithmetic. As Chicago’s students prepare to begin a new year, parents hope that they will get plenty of the classic three Rs. As the parent of an eight-year-old girl, I wish that media literacy was part of the crammed third-grade curriculum. Any flip on the TV or through a magazine will [...]
Deproblematizing the birthing process in Illinois
Tweet After four long years, it looks like the women of Illinois will finally have the choice to give birth outside of a hospital. Even before I had my daughter (eight years ago on August 1st!), I wondered why women had to go to hospitals to have babies. Yes, I then learned that some women [...]
The War on Unions is a War on Chicago’s Working Women
Tweet It’s not a surprise that some of Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s first acts in office have been to “warn” Chicago unions that he is not their fan. The biggest attack has come against the teacher’s union: [Last] week, the Chicago Public Schools announced layoffs of 1,000 teachers. An education reform bill passed by the state [...]
How Will Chicago Women Fare in a post-Oprah World?
Tweet Well she’s gone. After a long and star-studded good-bye, Chicago is Oprah-less. For feminists, Oprah was a double-edged sword. At times she wielded her power to shed much needed light on domestic violence and the need to educate our girls here and around the globe. Yet at the same time she taught a whole [...]
Chicago Women Sports: The Girls of Summer are back!
TweetWhile our Boys of Summer are a collective 14 games back and we hope the Bulls will continue to charge through the playoffs, we shouldn’t forget that this is the start of women’s sports season. The Chicago Force, our football team, is off to a 4-0 start. They play on the north side and tickets [...]
Let’s talk about rape
Tweet Rape is not a topic most of us want to talk about, but since others are talking about it, we need to talk about it. We started out the year with Congressional Republicans wanting to redefine rape as needing to have force involved aka “forcible rape.” Feminists won the “forcible rape” battle, but some [...]
Preparing for the Chicago Election Day 2011
Tweet Alright Chicagonistas, it’s time to get ready for election day! Here is a list of things you must know: Election Day is February 22, 2011. Need to know where to vote? It’s the same site as the voter status and it will also give you a list of your public officials. Democracy online FTW! [...]
