Lucinda Marshall is the Director of the Feminist Peace Network (FPN) which she founded in December, 2001 as a virtual ‘room of our own’ where women concerned about how the impending U.S. invasion of Afghanistan (and later Iraq) would impact women’s lives could share their thoughts and ideas for action in a safe, supportive space. While initially focusing on militarism, the network, with participants from around the world, has expanded its vision to also address what Marshall calls the other terrorism, the systemic global pandemic of violence against women.
In her efforts to raise awareness about these issues and how they impact women’s human rights, Marshall authors the FPN blog and has published numerous articles in a wide variety of publications—from the Los Angeles Times to the Malaysian journal, Resurgence. Through her writing, Marshall brings a gendered analysis of women’s human rights that focuses not only on militarism but also on how economic, environmental and health issues effect women as well as the ongoing problem of media discrimination against women.
She was the Guest Editor for the final issue of the feminist journal off our backs which, at Marshall’s request, was dedicated to women’s visions of peace. She solicited essays from women throughout the world—ranging from Nobel Peace Prize winner Jody Williams to a group of women at a trauma center in the Democratic Republic of Congo—bringing together more than 20 voices from 10 countries.
She has also been interviewed on numerous shows, including Women’s Media Center Live with Robin Morgan, KPFK’s Uprising, The Jeff Farias Show, Mike Malloy, KPFA Morning Show, Sky News and the BBC.
In addition to the Feminist Peace Network blog, Marshall also authors her own blog, Reclaiming Medusa at LucindaMarshall.com and her work is frequently republished on numerous other sites.
Lucinda Marshall is a sought after speaker and commentator. You can learn more about her presentations here. To arrange for an interview or to book her for a panel or as a speaker, please email her at LucindaMarshall @ feministpeacenetwork.org.
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The following is a partial list of articles and essays by Lucinda Marshall:
Aporkalypse Now: Finding The Real Swine in the Pandemic Pandemonium
Archetype of Darkness: Re-Visioning Faith, The
Behind Closed Doors: The Invisibility of Domestic Violence
Booby Trap: Does Breast Cancer Awareness Save Lives? A Call to Re-think the Pink, The
Child Abuse: As American as Apple Pie
Child for Sale: The Corporate Takeover of Our Classrooms
Climate Talks: Quotes from Women in Copenhagen, The
Connection Between Militarism and Violence Against Women, The
Courage to Say the “I” Word, The
Deadly Profits of Misogynist Medicine, The
Delusion and Exclusion: The Harm that Occurs When Women are Under- and Mis-Represented
Financial Immorality of American Generosity, The
Honoring the Lives of Women Requires More than Lipservice
International Women’s Day: Honoring the Lives of Women in Perilous Times
International Women’s Day 2007: We Stand With the Women of the World
Kathleen Parker’s Duke Rant Misses the Point
Let’s Play War: How Militarism is Marketed to Children
Lynching of Cynthia McKinney, The
Making the HPV Vaccine Mandatory is Bad Medicine
Making Women’s Health an International Priority
Media Exclusion of Women Impedes Meaningful Reform
Military Pollution: The Quintessential Universal Soldier
Misogynist Undercurrents of Abu Ghraib, The
Missing in Action: The Peace Movement’s Silence on the Impact of War on Women
Nightmare of Coathangers Revisited, The
No More Excuse Notes from God: Deconstructing the Religious Imperative of Patriarchy
No More Women’s Unhealthy Healthcare
(Not) in the News: Media Culpability in the
Continuum of Violence Against WomenNurturing Our Future: One Mother’s Reflections
Reproductive Rights: The Conversation We Should Be Having
Seeing Red about Thinking Pink
September 11: The Epitome of American Arrogance
Silencing women on the Internet
Thank You Alice: A Meditation for the Winter Solstice
Unacceptable: The Impact of War on Women and Children
U.S. Actions do Little to Alleviate the Plight of Women in Iraq and Afghanistan
Urgent Need to Fully fund VAWA, The
We Stand with the Women of the World: IWD 2007
Were Women Raped I New Orleans: Addressing the Human Rights of Women in Times of Crisis
What She Wore: the Prevalence of Gender Bias in Reporting
What Women are Saying about Violence in the Middle East
Who Gave Lynndie The Leash? The Scapegoating of Private England
Whore-ifying Impact of Media Misogyny, The
Why I Do Not Support the Troops
Why Male Military Veterans are Committing Sexual Assault at Alarming Rates
Why We are Horrified by the Destructive Forces of Nature but Accept Our Own Violence
Women’s Lives: The Misogynist Football in the Healthcare Debate
Her work can also be found offline in the following books and magazines:
The Essential Hip Mama Anthology (Ariel Gore ed.)
One of the Guys (Tara McKelvey ed.)
Current Controversies: Vaccines
Women and Peace issue of Off Our Backs Magazine (Guest Editor)
