Table of Contents
- On-campus resources
- National Organizations
- Academic Resources
- Women's Herstory
- Gender and Politics
- Violence Against Women
- Sexuality
- Reproductive Choice
- Menstruation/Pregnancy/Motherhood
- Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender/Intersex
- Body Image
- Masculinity
- Sports
- Music, Literature and Art
- Newspapers and Magazines
- Global Feminism
- Cool feminist stuff
On-campus resources
Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance, a pro-choice feminist student organization affiliated with the Feminist Majority Foundation.Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Alliance (GLBTA) is the student organization created to provide gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transgenders, transsexuals, their friends and supporters, and all students, faculty, and staff of SJSU an opportunity to meet in a supportive environment.
Mothers On a Mission (M.O.M.) is a student organization that provides support, counseling and resources to parents who attend SJSU.
Society of Women Engineers (SWE) is a non-profit organization that encourages women to achieve their utmost careers as professional engineers and leaders of tomorrow.
MOSAIC Cross-Cultural Center provides support services and educational opportunities for students, and prepares innovative, socially-just leaders for our global community.
The Student Life Center coordinates a wide variety of programs and services that promote student involvement in campus life and provide opportunities for student leadership training and development.
Counseling Services provides psychological and educational counseling to assist SJSU students in becoming successful graduates.
Associated Students,SJSU is the representative body for students at SJSU. They offer several services including the Print Shop, Computer Services Center and the Child Development Center.
Disability Resource Center (DRC) provides high quality retention services for students with disabilities and reasonable accommodations for faculty and staff with disabilities.
The Health Center provides free or low-cost primary care and limited specialty care to students. They also manage the Peer Health Education and the Prevention Education programs and the Condom Co-op.
University Housing Services provide supportive and affordable residential learning communities that promote academic success and individual development. They also have the Off-Campus Housing office to help students find apartments.
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National Organizations
San Jose/South Bay NOW the local chapter of the National Organization for WomenNational Organization for Women seeks to take action to bring women into the full participation in the mainstream of American society now, exercising all privileges and responsibilities thereof in truly equal partnership with men.
Feminist Majority Foundation was created to develop bold, new strategies and programs to advance women's equality, non-violence, economic development, and, most importantly, empowerment of women and girls in all sectors of society.
Third Wave Foundation helps support the leadership of young women 15 to 30 by providing resources, public education, and relationship building opportunities.
V-Day, the global movement to stop violence against women and girls.
Radical Women is an autonomous, all-women's group, affiliated with the Freedom Socialist Party on the basis of mutual respect, solidarity, and shared socialist feminist ideals.
Association for Women in Science (AWIS) is dedicated to achieving equity and full participation for women in science, mathematics, engineering and technology.
Association for Feminist Anthropology an academic organization founded to foster development of feminist analytic perspectives in all dimensions of anthropology.
Womanist Theory and Research is a biannual, peer-edited, interdisciplinary, intercultural, international journal on women of color.
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Women's Herstory
National Women�s History Project is an educational nonprofit organization whose mission is to recognize and celebrate the diverse and historic accomplishments of women by providing information and educational materials and programs.American Women's History Guide provides citations to print and Internet reference sources, as well as to selected large primary source collections.
Women�s History Sourcebook, an online magazine highlighting the extraordinary achievements of women throughout history and recognizing the obstacles they have had to overcome in order to reach their goals.
Diotima serves as an interdisciplinary resource for anyone interested in patterns of gender around the ancient Mediterranean.
Women in World History, an interactive site full of information and resources about women's experiences in world history.
Women's International Centeris a non-profit organization dedicated to women and their great contributions to humanity. (Scroll down for Women in History links)
Lesbian History Project site contains a information on all aspects of lesbian history -- there are names, dates, events, books, and even links to articles.
Suffragists Oral History Project contains full oral histories on seven prominent 20th century suffragists.
Equal Rights Amendment Task Force has historical information and updates regarding the ERA.
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Gender and Politics
Women of Color Resource Center (WCRC) is headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area and promotes the political, economic, social and cultural well being of women and girls of color in the United States.Equal Rights Amendment Task Force has historical information and updates regarding the ERA.
Emily�s List is a political network for pro-choice Democratic women candidates that raises early money to make women credible contenders. EMILY stands for "Early Money Is Like Yeast" (we help the "dough" rise).
Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University is a university-based research, education and public service center.
League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan political organization that encourages the informed and active participation of citizens in government.
Alternatives to Marriage Project (AtMP), a national nonprofit organization advocating for equality and fairness for unmarried people, including people who choose not to marry, cannot marry, or live together before marriage.
GenderGap.com an award winning site containg information on women elected officials and women in the military. Good analysis of upcoming political contests. Also, a historical section on "women warriors" throughout the ages.
International Women's Democracy Center was established to strengthen women's global leadership through training, education, networking and research in all facets of democracy with a particular focus on increasing the participation of women in policy, politics and decision-making within their own governments.
Women's Campaign School at Yale University teaches women the political skills, strategies and tactics to run a winning campaign. WCS is jointly sponsored by the Yale Law School and Women's Studies.
Legal Information Institute, Cornell University's electronic collection of Supreme Court decisions since 1990.
Independent Judiciary provides current information and the latest news on nominations to the federal bench.
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Violence Against Women
YWCA Rape Crisis Center seeks to minimize the traumatic aftermath of sexual assault by providing a 24-hour hotline immediate in- person crisis assistance, and counseling services.Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence is a non-profit, multi-cultural agency dedicated to providing proactive and progressive solutions to domestic violence.
Support Network for Battered Women battered women�s shelter in Mountain View that provides counseling and legal assistance.
Santa Clara County Domestic Violence Council
V-Day, the global movement to stop violence against women and girls.
EQUALITY NOW! is an international human rights organization dedicated to action for the civil, political, economic and social rights of girls and women.
Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN) is the nation's largest anti-sexual assault organization.
Students Active For Ending Rape (SAFER) is a national not-for-profit student organization committed to empowering university students doing grassroots work to rewrite campus sexual assault policies.
National Sexual Violence Resource Center is a central clearinghouse for the voluminous resources and research and provides a place to turn to for information, help and support.
Creativefolk.com Songs Related to Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault...and Survival. An annotated list of recorded sources, from traditional ballads to punk.
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Sexuality
Good Vibrarions is a worker-owned, women-owned cooperative providing access to accurate sex information and sex toys, books and videos to promote healthy attitudes about sex. Stores in San Francisco and Berkeley.Planned Parenthood offers general and reproductive health services, including abortion and birth control.
San Francisco Sex Information (SFSI) is a free information and referral switchboard providing anonymous, accurate, non-judgmental information about sex.
Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality is the only graduate school in the United States, and one of the few in the world, approved to train sexologists.
Vulva University provides positive and healthy sex education online. Courses range from Orgasm to Erotic Massage to Sex Toys 101.
Learning how to use a speculum
The-Clitoris.com an educational site dedicated to women's sexual pleasure, health, and happiness.
Go Ask Alice! Columbia University's health question and answer internet service.
SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Health Collective works on issues of sexuality and reproductive health, and encourages health organizations to emphasize more holistic approaches to reproductive health, which includes advocacy, education and training.
Coalition for Positive Sexuality (CPS) is a grassroots, not-for-profit, activist organization that provids teens with with candid sex education materials.
Sexual Health infoCenter has been operating as one of the most popular sources of sexual health information on the Internet, created in the spirit that there should be open and honest discussion of human sexuality.
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Reproductive Choice
Planned Parenthood offers general and reproductive health services, including abortion and birth control.Women's Community Medical Clinic closest abortion provider to campus. Also offer routine gynecological exams.
Pro-Choice Coalition of Santa Clara County whose purpose is to amplify, affirm, defend, and expand reproductive rights of all women including the right to a safe, legal and accessible abortion, regardless of age, race, faith, nationality, sexual orientation or handicap.
ACCESS a Oakland based organization that is committed to combating barriers to reproductive health care that disproportionately impact low-income and uninsured women, women of color, young women, immigrant women, and women in rural areas.
Women's Choice Clinic a feminist clinic in Oakland that works to free women "from fear concerning their bodies, from unwanted pregnancies, from an impersonal medical system and from excessive fees."
California Abortion & Reproductive Rights Action League (CARAL) is a membership organization dedicated to defending the rights of all women to have access to a full range of reproductive choices.
SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Health Collective works on issues of sexuality and reproductive health, and encourages health organizations to emphasize more holistic approaches to reproductive health, which includes advocacy, education and training.
Pro-Choice Public Education Project (PEP) is a collaborative project of the country's leading national pro-choice organizations dedicated to empowering this new generation of pro-choice activists and supporters.
Center for Reproductive Rights is a non-profit legal and policy advocacy organization dedicated to promoting women's reproductive rights.
Reproductive Health Technologies Project contains up-to-date information on reproductive health issues, including Emergency Contraception, microbicides, and early abortion. It is an advocacy- and education-oriented site that keeps abreast of the most recent research.
Back Up Your Birthcontrol a campaign to educate the public about Emergency Contraception.
Feminists for Life, a nonsectarian, nonpartisan, grassroots organization that seeks equality for all human beings and champions the needs of women.
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Menstruation/Pregnancy/Motherhood
Mothers On a Mission (M.O.M.) is a student organization that provides support, counseling and resources to parents who attend SJSU.Planned Parenthood offers general and reproductive health services, including abortion and birth control.
Blood Sisters is an exciting launching pad girl base fueling action to combat the silence surrounding our female bodies.
Menstrual Monday a grassroots movement to create a new holiday that creates a sense of fun around menstruation.
Glad Rags organic cotton cloth pads are soft, natural, reusable, washable, hypo-allergenic and incredibly comfortable.
Association of Labor Assistants & Childbirth Educators(ALACE) provides referrals and labor assistant training.
La Leche League was founded to give information and encouragement, mainly through personal help, to all mothers who want to breastfeed their babies.
Centre for Research on Mothering, at York University, Toronto, whose mandate is to promote feminist maternal scholarship by building and sustaining a community of researchers - academics and grassroots - interested in the topic of mothering-motherhood.
American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) promotes the health and well-being of women and infants within their families and communities through the development and support of the profession of midwifery as practiced by certified nurse-midwives, and certified midwives.
Coalition for Improving Maternity Services (CIMS) is a collaborative effort of numerous individuals and more than 50 organizations whose mission is to promote a wellness model of maternity care that will improve birth outcomes and substantially reduce costs.
Positive Parenting is dedicated to providing resources and information to help make parenting more rewarding, effective and fun!
Hip Mama is a magazine bursting with political commentary and ribald tales from the front lines of motherhood.
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Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender/Intersex
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Alliance (GLBTA) is the student organization created to provide gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transgenders, transsexuals, their friends and supporters, and all students, faculty, and staff of SJSU an opportunity to meet in a supportive environment.Billy DeFrank Lesbian and Gay Community Center provides resources to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people of all ages and backgrounds that are not available elsewhere.
GLSEN Peninsula/South Bay is a group of gay and straight concerned teachers, administrators, students, parents and citizens who work together to end the destructive effects of anti-gay bias in schools.
Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (P-FLAG) promotes the health and well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered persons, their families and friends through support, education, and advocacy.
Sisterspirit is a non-profit all volunteer bookstore which serves the women's and LGBT communities of all cultures by providing resources for personal growth and empowerment.
Human Rights Campaign the largest national lesbian and gay political organization.
LLEG� National Latina/o Lesbian, Gay Bisexual & Transgender Organization is the only national nonprofit organization devoted to organize Latina/o LGBT communities addressing the need to overcome social, health, and political barriers faced due to sexual orientation, gender identity and ethnic background.
Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) is dedicated to promoting and ensuring fair, accurate and inclusive representation of people and events in the media as a means of eliminating homophobia and discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation.
The Intersex Society of North America (ISNA) is devoted to systemic change to end shame, secrecy, and unwanted genital surgeries for people born with an anatomy that someone decided is not standard for male or female
All Things Bisexual - the directory exclusively for bisexual sites and those G/L/B sites with significant bi content.
Bi All Means "the bisexual person's guide to the Internet". Resources and links branch out beyond Web sites to include Usenet newsgroups and email lists.
Lesbian History Project site contains a information on all aspects of lesbian history -- there are names, dates, events, books, and even links to articles.
Girlfriends Magazine the online version of a "glossy, color, bimonthly magazine with the mission to cast a lesbian perspective on culture, politics, literature, and more."
Tri-Ess is an educational, social and support group for heterosexual crossdressers, their spouses or partners and their families.
Gender Education and Advocacy (GEA) is a national organization focused on the needs, issues and concerns of gender variant people in human society.
International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE) is a leading advocate and educational organization for promoting the self-definition and free expression of individual gender identity.
She is a monthly publication for the women of the GLBT (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender) community.
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Body Image
National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance is a non-profit human rights organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for fat people.About-face a San Francisco-based non-profit group that negative and distorted images of women in the media.
AdiosBarbie a body image site for every body, no matter what your size or background.
Fear and Loathing in the Mirror. A well-designed Columbia University journalism graduate project with great links, tidbits, and graphics.
National Eating Disorders Association seeks to eliminate eating disorders and body dissatisfaction
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Masculinity
XY is a website focused on men, masculinities and gender politics.National Organization for Men Against Sexism (NOMAS) is an activist organization of men and women supporting positive changes for men.
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Sports
San Jose CyberRays, women's professional soccerSan Francisco Stingrayz women's professional tackle football team.
Oakland Banshees women's professional tackle football team.
Women's Sports Foundation is a charitable educational organization dedicated to ensuring equal access to participation and leadership opportunities for all girls and women in sports and fitness.
REAL SPORTS magazine the magazine of choice for fans and athletes involved in girl's and women's sports. Its purpose is to entertain and inform so our readers can become involved with the drama of competition involving female sports.
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Music, Literature and Art
Sisterspirit is a non-profit all volunteer bookstore in San Jose which serves the women's and LGBT communities of all cultures by providing resources for personal growth and empowerment.Boadecia's Books independant bookstore in North Berkeley serving the feminist and LesBiGayTrans communities.
That Takes Ovaries!: Bold Females and Their Brazen Acts presents sixty-four brave, unabashed, fun-loving women and their short stories of strength and audacity.
Guerrilla Girls are a bunch of anonymous females who take the names of dead women artists as pseudonyms, appear in public wearing gorilla masks and expose sexism and racism in politics, the art world, film and the culture at large.
ColoredGirls.com is dedicated to a female audience of color passionate about books and writing.
Creativefolk.com Songs Related to Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault...and Survival. An annotated list of recorded sources, from traditional ballads to punk.
ArtWomen.org is a non-commercial, non-profit, voluntary project on the web.
National Association of Women Artists seeks to foster artists who are women and offers exposure and opportunities for sharing that special communication inherent in art.
Women Make Movies is a multicultural, multiracial, non-profit media arts organization which facilitates the production, promotion, distribution and exhibition of independent films and videotapes by and about women.
Voices From the Gaps is a World Wide Web project that focuses on the lives and works of women writers of color in North America.
Ladyslipper publishes the world's most comprehensive Catalog & Resource Guide of Music by Women, which contains information about a variety of female musicians, writers, performers and composers, plus a section devoted to the musical contributions of non-sexist men.
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Newspapers and Magazines
Hip Mama is a magazine bursting with political commentary and ribald tales from the front lines of motherhood.Girlfriends Magazine the online version of a "glossy, color, bimonthly magazine with the mission to cast a lesbian perspective on culture, politics, literature, and more."
Bitch: Feminist Response to Pop Culture is a print magazine devoted to incisive commentary on our media-driven world.
BUST for women with something to get off their chests.
Ms. magazine Unique, outspoken, and hard-hitting, the original feminist magazine.
Radiance: The Magazine for Large Women; its purpose was to support women "all sizes of large" in living proud, full, active lives, at whatever weight, with self-love and self-respect.
Bamboo Girl, a magazine for Asian Pacific Islander grrls who don't fit into the mainstream! Bamboo Girls challenges racism, sexism, and homophobia from the point of view of smart, loud, nontraditional girls of color.
Blue Jean Online is a creative space for young women ages 14-22 to submit their writings, art work, photography, crafts and other works for online publication to a world wide audience.
Mother Jones is an independent nonprofit whose roots lie in a commitment to social justice implemented through first rate investigative reporting.
She is a monthly publication for the women of the GLBT (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender) community.
Feminista! is a journal of art, literature, social commentary, philosophy, wit, humor, and respect
Expository Magazine an on--line feminist magazine with a wide variety of content, from fiction to theoretical academic papers.
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Global Feminism
V-Day, the global movement to stop violence against women and girls.EQUALITY NOW! is an international human rights organization dedicated to action for the civil, political, economic and social rights of girls and women.
International Women's Democracy Center was established to strengthen women's global leadership through training, education, networking and research in all facets of democracy with a particular focus on increasing the participation of women in policy, politics and decision-making within their own governments.
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) works for "the equality of all people in a world free of sexism, racism, classism, and homophobia, the guarantee of fundamental human rights, an end to all forms of violence: rape, battering, exploitation, intervention and war, the transfer of world resources from military to human needs"
WomenWatch is a joint initiative of three entities in the UN system specifically devoted to women's issues. The site serves as a gateway to UN information and data on women world wide.
Rising Daughters Aware is dedicated to the existence of support and culturally sensitive, qualified medical and advocacy assistance for women who are seeking to avoid, or have already been subjected to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM.)
MADRE is an international women�s human rights organization that works in partnership with women�s community-based groups in conflict areas worldwide.
Global Fund for Women is a grantmaking foundation supporting women's human rights organizations around the world working to address critical issues such as gaining economic independence, increasing girls' access to education and stopping violence against women.
Bat Shalom is a feminist peace organization of Israeli women that works toward a just peace between Israel and its Arab neighbors.
GABRIELA Network (GABNet) is a Philippine-US women's solidarity organization, which addresses issues affecting women and children of the Philippines, but which have their root causes in decisions made in the United States.
Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW) is a non-governmental organization that promotes women's human rights. It works internationally to combat sexual exploitation in all its forms.
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Cool feminist stuff
toughtitties is a women's clothing company founded by five kids in San Francisco.one angry girl designs funny, feminist tees and bumper stickers.
Outspoken Clothing a women-owned clothing company for progressives and liberals, feminists, lesbian, gay, and bisexual people, vegetarians, and environmentalists.
Blacklava is a grass roots organization whose mission is to raise questions about how Asian Americans are viewed in today's society.
A Woman�s Guide on How to Pee Standing
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