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Mandy Van Deven

Mandy Van Deven is a freelance writer and founder of the Feminist Review blog. Focusing on gender, politics, and popular culture, her work has appeared in various online and print media, including AlterNet, Bitch, In These Times, and make/shift. Mandy worked for over ten years as a grassroots organizer in New York and Atlanta. She is an avid and enthusiastic world traveler who has collected friends in countries all over the globe. She currently lives in Calcutta, India.

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Religion Dispatches
Feminists hate religion, right? Not necessarily. From Christian feminists participating in Wiccan rituals to Goddess worshipers honoring Jesus, the landscape of feminist spirituality is is not what it was in the ’60s and ’70s.
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Religion Dispatches
What’s the connection between feminism and the war on terror? How do indigenous activists use US influence to effect change in their own governments? Why was George H.W. Bush nicknamed “rubbers”? The author of a new book on reproductive rights in the global context answers these questions and then some.
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