October 19, 2005 - New York, NY – December 2005 marks the 10-year anniversary of Feminist.com, a thriving online community and definitive hub of resources and information dedicated to women's equality, justice, wellness and safety. Like a “feminist Google,” Feminist.com facilitates connections between women and the many, varied organizations serving their needs and interests worldwide. As a library, a promoter of activism, a networking engine, and an Internet “home” for women all over the world, Feminist.com advances women-friendly organizations, increases civic involvement, and promotes self-sufficiency, spiritual health and general wellness - always in keeping with the spirit of its mission of "Awareness, Education, Activism and Empowerment.”

Over the last decade, the non-profit Feminist.com has provided millions of visitors with quality news, original articles, anti-violence resources, and the critically acclaimed Ask Amy column by noted author and activist Amy Richards (Manifesta, Grassroots) with advice and information on issues impacting women and girls. Women all over the world are actively connecting to information, organizations and each other, through the useful and varied links, activism alerts, event listings, and women-owned business listings offered at Feminist.com. The site is fast becoming the place to go for excerpts from both new and well-known authors and currently offers excerpts from Jane Fonda’s My Life So Far and Eve Ensler’s The Good Body.

In 1995, at a time when very few organizations - especially women’s organizations - had web sites, Feminist.com was launched by a group of twenty-something experts in the fields of activism, law, television, journalism, music, marketing and communications to initiate and facilitate grassroots mobilization and communication around political, health and educational issues related to women.

Feminist.com provided a pro bono web presence for numerous leading women’s organizations including the Center for Women’s Global Leadership, Equality Now, Girls Inc., the Ms. Foundation for Women, the National Committee on Pay Equity, the National Women's Political Caucus, 9to5 National Association of Working Women, RAINN, Sisterhood is Global, Third Wave, Women’s Campaign Fund and V-Day, among others. Today, Feminist.com continues to provide a web presence for nascent organizations as they launch, playing a vital role as their link to their constituencies and other interested parties. For groups that already have web sites of their own, Feminist.com helps spotlight and promote their specific campaigns and issues, and hosts a variety of columns by organizations such as Amnesty International, Equality Now, the Feminist Majority Foundation, Men Can Stop Rape, RAINN, the White House Project, Women’s eNews, and the Younger Women’s Task Force.

“When we launched Feminist.com in 1995, the Internet was in its infancy and young women had few comprehensive resources to educate themselves about feminist issues and ideas, ” states Marianne Schnall, Founder and President of Feminist.com. “I envisioned and created Feminist.com as a user-friendly space on the Internet where women could not only find information they were seeking but they could also connect to other women and women’s groups across the country and around the world.”

Feminist.com is not aligned with just one organization or agenda so it works in collaboration with many groups and helps to facilitate communication and cooperation between them. For the past decade, Feminist.com has connected individuals with organizations, resources, and each other. Feminist.com assists its visitors in finding the causes, issues and organizations that resonate with them, leveraging the massive potential of the Internet to connect, educate, and empower.

Feminist.com has won countless awards for its comprehensive content and resources, and has been reported on extensively in national publications including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Ms. Magazine for its dedication to promoting and sustaining women's well-being. Because of its early popularity and ongoing and growing appeal, Feminist.com now welcomes more than 75,000 visitors each month from all over the world, and tens of thousands of sites and search engines link to the site.

What the media are saying about Feminist.com:
"FEMINIST.COM+WOMEN=POWER. You're a feminist lost in cyberspace; how do you cut through the endless wilds of data and find womyn-friendly space? Go to http://feminist.com, the guiding light for progressive women on the Web." -- Ms. Magazine

“Check out Feminist.com for a nicely connected resource on a wide range of issues involving women -- activists or not. You’ll find everything from health and fitness reports to the latest news on what politicians are up to.” -- USA Today Online, “Net Sites of Note”

“Women, socially conscious and economically viable, that’s what Feminist.com presents. Don’t miss the collection of speeches on women’s issues ... The extensive Activism section, with links to really useful political, medical and children’s issues, along with other resources, is excellent.” -- McKinley Group

In honor of the site’s successful first decade, Feminist.com is proud to announce a series of new features that will inform visitors, inspire discussion, and introduce new ideas for continued progress and action. Some of the new features on Feminist.com include:

Men’s Voices, Men as Allies, a series of articles by Men Can Stop Rape, an organization committed to mobilizing male youth to prevent men's violence against women.
http://www.feminist.com/resources/artspeech/mensvoices.html

Speeches from the Omega & V-Day “Women & Power” Conference, featuring keynote speeches and interviews by Jane Fonda, Gloria Steinem, Sister Joan Chittister, Johnnetta Cole, Iyanla Vanzant and Marion Woodman.
http://www.feminist.com/resources/artspeech/womenandpower.html

Positive Energy For Women, a column by Judith Orloff, M.D, psychiatrist and author of the new book “Positive Energy: 10 Extraordinary Prescriptions for Transforming Fatigue, Stress, and Fear into Vibrance, Strength & Love.”
http://www.feminist.com/resources/artspeech/insp/positiveenergy.html

Advancing Women's Leadership, a series by Marie C. Wilson, president of The White House Project and author of “Closing the Leadership Gap: Why Women Can and Must Help Run the World” (Viking/Penguin, 2004).
http://www.feminist.com/news/womensleadership.html

Excerpts From “Grassroots: A Field Guide for Feminist Activism,” written by “Ask Amy” columnist Amy Richards (in conjunction with Jennifer Baumgardner).
http://www.feminist.com/resources/artspeech/genwom/grassroots.html

Organizing Younger Women by the Younger Women's Task Force, the new campaign by the National Council of Women's Organizations.
http://www.feminist.com/activism/organizingyw.html

An Updated Anti-Violence Section, featuring many new resources, including updates to our extensive Anti-Violence Resource Guide - a comprehensive directory of resources and listings - as well as regularly updated news stories, columns and action alerts from organizations such as Amnesty International, Equality Now, RAINN, and Women’s eNews.
http://www.feminist.com/violence

Feminist Activism For the College Grrl, written by Brooke N. Benjestorf, a college senior, and spotlighting feminist themes, issues and events. A hub for individual young women and feminist groups on campuses across the country to network with each other, share information, and organize students around issues and events.
http://www.feminist.com/activism/collegeactivism.html

For more information or media inquiries about Feminist.com, please contact Susan Celia Swan/Matt Dunn at swan@swanllc.com or call 212-253-1823.