Author Archives: Fe Bongolan

About Fe Bongolan

Fe Bongolan is a writer, dramaturge and actor living in Berkeley, California. Along with her Planet Waves column "Fe-911," Fe performs with Cultural Odyssey's "The Medea Project -- Theater for Incarcerated Women," which produces work empowering the voices of incarcerated women, ex-offenders, women with HIV-AIDS and young girls. A long-time Planet Waves fan and an employee in the public sector off and on for 30 years, she describes herself a "mystical public servant." When it comes to politics, she loves reading between the lines.

How Much is that Test Tube in the Freezer?

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Fe Bongolan

I have been somewhat in absentia here at Planet Waves, having had my surrogate come and speak on my behalf while I have had a very busy past few weeks. I’ve been working with my theater company on developing our … Continue reading →

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And now a word from Down There

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Fe Bongolan

Fe Bongolan has taken a brief reprieve from her political column to regain some much-needed sanity and bring down her cortisol levels. In her absence, Fe’s uterus has agreed to take on this week’s Fe-911 column in honor of May … Continue reading →

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Pluto stations, Ceres in Taurus: Monsanto threatens Vermont

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Fe Bongolan

Monsanto Threatens to Sue Vermont if Legislators Pass a Bill Requiring GMO Food to Be Labeled From AlterNet / By Will Allen and Ronnie Cummins The world’s most hated corporation is at it again, this time in Vermont. Despite overwhelming public support and support from a clear majority … Continue reading →

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We Are Our History

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Fe Bongolan

By the very title of my column — Fe 911 — it’s been my assignment here to provide an antidote to the shock doctrine we’re continually bombarded with culturally, politically and socially. Some days, these shocks come faster than usual. … Continue reading →

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This Is Personal

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Fe Bongolan

I do not know Trayvon Martin. I don’t know members of his family. I don’t know what the town of Sanford, Florida is like. I do not know George Zimmerman. But what I do know is that there are many many … Continue reading →

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America, what time is it?

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Fe Bongolan

America, what time is it? Where are you now? I’m sure many of our international readers might be wondering why am I asking my own country these questions. But I know many of you are looking at the news coming … Continue reading →

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The Memo

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Fe Bongolan

Now that the nation has spanked Rush Limbaugh for his heavy breathing over Sandra Fluke, and there has been open ridicule of the Virginia legislature’s vaginal ultrasound laws, you would think that there would be a chilling effect on similar sentiments and legislation elsewhere. … Continue reading →

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Regarding Sandra

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Fe Bongolan

“When you let university administrators or other employers rather than women and their doctors dictate whose medical needs are legitimate and whose are not, women’s health takes a back seat to a bureaucracy focused on policing her body.” Continue reading →

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Spring Is Here and the Transvaginal Probes Are in Bloom

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Fe Bongolan

As spring approaches, there seems to be an explosion not just in Virginia for state legislature-sponsored pre-abortion ultrasound laws. Differing by varying degrees of severity, trans-vaginal probing of women seeking abortions has been proposed by state legislatures in Ohio, Illinois and … Continue reading →

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Virginia, Stay Out of My Vagina

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Fe Bongolan

I’m trying to stay calm. Just when you think the politicization of female reproductive choice can’t get any worse, the state legislature of Virginia has proposed a new law requiring doctors to perform a trans-vaginal probe ultrasound for any woman seeking … Continue reading →

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