Feminist Peace Network is consistently one of my favorite blogs. As part of FPN's celebration of Women's History Month, this post shares the story of FPN's founding as it appeared in an article published in 2003 in Expository Magazine.
Feminist artist Lucinda Marshall founded FPN in the sad and confusing days following the terrorist attacks on the US in September 2001 and the invasion of Afghanistan shortly thereafter. A few months later, Marshall visited an FPN member in Washington, DC. After eating dinner in a restaurant one night, they realized that neither one felt safe walking to their separate destinations. This brought the realization that all of the mainstream news coverage about "terrorism" ignored the terrorism against women that goes ignored day after day. FPN's Statement of Conscience was the result.
Feminist Peace Network also has a Facebook page, and Lucinda Marshall has another wonderful feminist blog at Reclaiming Medusa.
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