Chanel Dubofsky

Chanel Dubofsky is a New York based writer. Her work has appeared in The Frisky, The Billfold, The Forward, Role/Reboot, Lilith and Gender Focus. She is the creator and editor of The Marriage Project, an interview series with women about the role of marriage in imagination, media and reality.

Fancy Birth Control Technology Can’t Solve Everything

Chanel Dubofsky

Apps to track contraceptive use are plentiful, often free or cheap, user-friendly, and undoubtedly helpful to some individuals. But that doesn’t mean that perfect birth control use is a forgone conclusion for everyone.

Abortion Speak-Outs Can Combat Our Own Stigma Too

Chanel Dubofsky

Thursday's live-streamed "one in three" speak-out made me realize that even as a staunch reproductive rights advocate, a clinic escort, and a feminist, I still have to battle my own internalized abortion stigma.

MTV’s ‘Virgin Territory’ Treads Too-Familiar Ground

Chanel Dubofsky

What could have been a fascinating insight into strangers' expressions of intimacy is instead a tableau of stereotypical sexual narratives already prevalent in mainstream media.

Women Who Have Abortions Are ‘Not Alone’: A Q&A With Abortion Story Advocate Beth Matusoff Merfish

Chanel Dubofsky

Rewire recently spoke with Beth Matusoff Merfish, co-founder (with her sister, Brett, and mother, Sherry) of Not Alone about how her organization combats abortion stigma through storytelling. As Merfish explains, these stories have the potential to "open people’s minds" and hearts.

‘Childless’ or ‘Childfree’: The Difference Matters

Chanel Dubofsky

Mother’s Day is a great time to remind ourselves that language matters, and that the experience of not wanting children in a world where women are defined by their reproductive desire and potential is very different than being a woman who would like to be a parent some day.

Why the ‘Good Mother’ Myth Has Got to Go: A Q&A With Avital Norman Nathman

Chanel Dubofsky

Rewire recently spoke with Avital Norman Nathman, editor of The Good Mother Myth: Redefining Motherhood to Fit Reality, about toxic ideas of perfection, parenting, and gender.

Talking to Men Who Are Clinic Escorts

Chanel Dubofsky

I decided to track down some cisgender men to find out what escorting has meant to them, and to better understand why they volunteer to wake up early and stand outside an abortion clinic for hours.

Chanel Dubofsky

Fancy Birth Control Technology Can’t Solve Everything

Abortion Speak-Outs Can Combat Our Own Stigma Too

MTV’s ‘Virgin Territory’ Treads Too-Familiar Ground

Women Who Have Abortions Are ‘Not Alone’: A Q&A With Abortion Story Advocate Beth Matusoff Merfish

‘Childless’ or ‘Childfree’: The Difference Matters

Why the ‘Good Mother’ Myth Has Got to Go: A Q&A With Avital Norman Nathman

Talking to Men Who Are Clinic Escorts

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