A Farewell to Feminism

I have been silent for some time now, because I have gone through a series of major life changes.  One of which (perhaps the smallest) was coming to a conclusion about my writing—the more so since many of my fictional characters are female.  Which is that I am forced to say, I am no longer [...]

A Feminist Theory of the Second Amendment

A Feminist Theory of the Second Amendment by Erin Solaro  I wasn’t going to write this for a while, I figured I’d write about Israel for a time, but I expect there will be plenty of opportunity to do so later this summer.  Instead, I thought I would write about McDonald v. Chicago, the Supreme [...]

What Do We Do With Our Freedom?

What Do We Do with Our Freedom? By Erin Solaro Delivered at Winthrop University for the John C. West Forum 2 March 2010   Thank you for having me and thank you for coming here to listen to me speak.  My name is Erin Solaro, author of Women in the Line of Fire:  What You [...]

Porn is What We Have Done with Our Freedom

Porn is What We Have Done with Our Freedom by Erin Solaro     Relax. This is not your usual piece on pornography, your usual “We know porn does real and terrible damage to millions of human beings and their society, but no one seems to know how to deal with it.” Nor is this [...]

Women, Handguns and Civilization

For a law-abiding citizen to bear personal arms is an act of civilization. Not just an act of self-defense or an act in defense of civilization, but an act of civilization. This is true for men and it is even more true for women. For a woman to bear personal arms means that she will [...]

Women and Guns

In a previous post, I mentioned that I voted for Obama, then went out and bought a handgun.  First handgun that is mine, not my husband’s.  Yesterday, I went shooting for the first time in approximately 12 years, and shot a handgun for the first time in at least 15.  Took me a while to [...]

Women and the US Draft

A correspondent, whose name I have withheld pending permission to use it, has asked me to consider whether or not women’s exemption from registration for Selective Service contributes to the glass ceiling in this country, and whether or not I think women should have to register for Selective Service. In good, ambiguous fashion, my answer [...]