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.
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! [...]
Do you help others at work or influence them?
Tweet More importantly, how would someone categorize you? In a 2009 study, Rice University researchers found that people valued job candidates who were influential over candidates who were helpful. And the usage of those terms fell along a gender lines. Women were more often described with communal terms versus men who were described with agentic [...]
Chicago Foundation for Women’s new President, Sujata
Tweet With all the talk about the Great Recession being the “Mancession”, the impact on women has been missing in mainstream media. Yet the statistics don’t lie. Women have been greatly impacted and the effects of pay inequality have been felt in families where women have become the bread winner due to men losing jobs. [...]
When will Chicago get to say Madame Mayor again?
TweetChicago has always been a fun electoral town, with our machine and “vote early and vote often” motto. But Chicagoans need to hold on to their hats as we prepare for the mother of elections – We’re getting a new mayor! Once the news got out that Daley decided that he had his full of [...]
