Good News Out of Mozambique
Mozambique has decided to end its ban on abortion after the government acknowledged that current legislation was endangering the lives of women in the country, according to news reaching here from the Mozambican capital Maputo on Monday. The proposed shake-up follows the release of a report by the Mozambican Health Ministry which said around 100 [...]
...read moreShocker: Sam Brownback supports forced pregnancy for rape and incest survivors
From an anti-choice site: Sam Brownback, the Kansas senator, is widely considered by many in the pro-life community to be one of the strongest pro-life candidates seeking the Republican nomination for president. He proved his pro-life bona fides again over the weekend when he said he opposed abortion in cases of rape or incest. Brownback’s [...]
...read moreAre Law Students Emotional Wrecks?
Yes. “The emotional distress of law students appears to significantly exceed that of medical students and at times approach that of psychiatric populations.” That’s the conclusion of a new study, suggesting that law school has a corrosive effect on the well-being, values and motivation of students. Yeah, that sounds about right. Good to know I’m [...]
...read moreA Note on Comment Moderation
I’m sorry for all the comments that were stuck in the moderation queue today — I was away from my computer all day, and wasn’t able to clear them at all. It was nothing personal. The next few days are going to be fairly busy for me, so the mod queue will be checked less [...]
...read moreWhy I hate “I hate children…”
Hello everyone! Roy here, starting my first day guest blogging. I thought I’d start my first guest-blog here by saying thanks to my gracious hosts for inviting me for the week, and by introducing myself to everyone. The bloggers here at feministe were awesome enough to extend me an invitation to guest-blog for the week, [...]
...read moreWomen in Art
Apparently, women in art are all fair-skinned, sitting still, and posing demurely. Those women’s likenesses, naturally, are captured by male painters. I’m channeling the Guerilla Girls as I watch this. Thanks to Chris for the link.
...read moreJustice?
I hate Paris Hilton. I think she’s one of the worst human beings in the world. She’s an entitled spoiled brat, and watching the way she treated people on The Simple Life made me sick. I was happy she was sent to jail. I was happy when she was sent back. But let’s not pretend [...]
...read moreLady Troubles
I need to buy a new camera, and I had one all picked out, but I just learned that Canon doesn’t make a tiny, bedazzled, cute pink version with widely-spaced buttons for my long fingernails and detailed pictures to help me figure out how to use it (reading the instruction manual is hard). Now I [...]
...read moreOf playbooks, emulators and ‘people’
I’m definitely of the opinion that men and women are more similar than different, and that the general tendency of patriarchal society to push us further apart, with concepts like “men are from Mars, women are from Venus” and so on, only serves to perpetuate gender inequality. Although there appears to be scientific evidence that [...]
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