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On The Issues Magazine

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About Me

Outspoken, Political, Feminist, Prolific, Fearless: ON THE ISSUES MAGAZINE ONLINE is a successor to the progressive, feminist quarterly print publication. Delivering solid, thoughtful and critically engaging articles since 1983, published by Choices Women’s Medical Center, Merle Hoffman, President and CEO, located in Long Island City, New York.

My Interests

Having heated, nuanced political conversations involving controversial issues that deserve recognition, debate, and analysis.

I'd like to meet:

Feisty Bloggers, Activists, Documentarians, Guerilla Journalists, Students, Educators, Playwrights, Social Workers, Lawyers, Global Citizens, Rape Crisis Counselors, Ob-Gyns, Web Editors, Anti-Racist Organizers, Critical Theorists, Political Prisoners, and Other Sassy Grassroots Innovators.

Music:

Bonfire Madigan, Jessica Delfino, Kristy Kruger, Lola Johnson, 3PAC, Superstar Sideshow, Tamar Haviv, Rachael Sage, Angela Jimenez, Michal, Triple Creme, Chloe Jo, Emily Zuzik, Sin and Tonic, Robin Cloud, Evalyn Parry, Sarah Woolf, Cat Martiino, Jen/ed, Jackie Sheeler, Alix Olson, Tammy Faye Starlite and the Angels of Mercy, Jennifer Lindsay, Tara Lynne Band, Cheryl B., Difranco, Bitch and Animal, Sleater Kinney, The WAWA Cabaret Band,

Movies:

War Zone, The Education of Shelby Knox, Women Behind the Camera, JUNO,Elizabeth, Babette's Feast, But I am a Cheerleader, Jesus Camp, Saved, Bend it Like Beckham, Science of Sleep, Zapatista a Big Noise Film, The Abortion Diaries, Kissing Jessica Stein, Kara Walker's Work, Matthew Barney, Bjork Music Videos, Ana Mendieta

Television:

Although some tv shows are fun to watch on DVD, we prefer live participatory theatrical experiences with: Words of Choice, WOW! Cafe Theatre, Guerrilla Girls, Missile Dick Chicks, Gaia, Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind, VDAY, Twenty Percent Theatre Company, Lady Circus, Giwayen Mata, The Center for Indigenous Theatre, Echo Theatre, Brava! for Women in the Arts, Angry Little Girls, and About Face Theatre

Books:

Too many to list, some Current Favorites: Dr Sketchy's Rainy Day Coloring Book, Fun Home; a family tragicomic, Divas Don't Yield, The Latest Edition of Our Bodies Ourselves, The Anatomy Coloring, Society of the Spectacle, Valencia, Gender Outlaw, Drag King Dreams, Authors: Anais Nin, Laura Mulvey,

Heroes:

Feminists of All Stripes.