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And a whopping one answer: The answer is relatively simple– which law would be broken? If the woman pursued the abortion with malice towards the unborn, then it would be murder one. It is possible, although unlikely, that this would be brought. It is, however, likely that the doctor would be brought up on murder [...]
...read morewhy do I fuck thee? let me count the ways
All 237 of them. Although they simplify the hundreds into 4 meta categories, researchers Cindy M. Meston and and David M. Buss have attempted for the first time to catalogue all of the reasons that humans have sex. (You can read the original article here. WARNING: PDF) By breaking motivations for sex into 4 huge [...]
...read moreQuestions for Pro-Lifers at HuffPo
I put up an expanded version of the earlier Question for Pro-Lifers piece at HuffPo. Check it out. I look forward to seeing if it gets any comments beyond “It’s about the babies!”
...read moreFrom Clash to Civilization
Ari Melber has a post up at HuffPo today about a panel he’ll be moderating at YearlyKos. I’ll be speaking, along with Glenn Greenwald, The Politico’s Mike Allen and Time magazine’s Jay Carney. The panel is Blogs and the MSM: From Clash to Civilization. It will address issues like: Which conventional criticisms of blogs and [...]
...read moreA Question for Pro-Lifers
I know there are at least a few regular readers who self-identify as “pro-life.” So here’s a question for you: How much time should she do? One goal of the anti-choice movement is to outlaw abortion. But, as Anna Quindlen points out, anti-choice activists are almost never able to identify what the legal consequences should [...]
...read moredudes declare sexual assault funny as long as the victims are men
Thanks to Jill and the Feministe crew for giving me the opportunity to guest blog this week! I’m excited to be here. I usually write over at saltyfemme.com about queer, feminist, and Jewish things. I recently saw a video that left me disgusted and really confused. Hopefully you smart Feministers will chime in and help [...]
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arabic hellos; sabah il kheer
Let me begin with a brief introduction and summary of the past 3 months. I sometimes go by Aaysof. I identify as an Egyptian-American born and raised in Houston, Texas. My mother moved from Cairo to the States with her family when she was 18 and in her 20s married a first generation Hungarian man; [...]
...read moreI am a real grown-up.
I just bought my first living room furniture — as in, a couch, a chair and a table that actually match. Which means I’m moving into my first apartment that actually has a living room. Plus I just got my first real business cards (thanks to everyone who emailed to offer to design them, and [...]
...read more“Pro-life” laws kill women
Nigerian law is pretty much in line with what anti-choice activists would like to see in the United States. Abortion is illegal. Contraception is rarely used. The birth rate is high. And 1.5 million Nigerian women have illegal abortions every year. Last year, 220,000 women died from illegal abortion. Illegal abortion accounts for 40 percent [...]
...read moreGood enough?
I hate it when Post Secret makes me teary. Otherwise, posted without comment. Updated: if the image isn’t showing up for some reason, click the link and scroll about halfway down. The card is a black and white photo of a woman leaning against a wall and the text begins “my greatest fear…” or you [...]
...read morePerez Hilton and the celebutante meltdown
I have no particular love for Perez Hilton (real name Mario Armando Lavandeira) , and clearly he doesn’t mind it that way. (For those with the fortune to have missed out on the PH phenomenon, he’s a celebrity gossip blogger with a penchant for abusing photoshop.) While the New York Times cheerfully documents his misadventures, [...]
...read moreUK Girl Scouts want to be prepared for real life
Good for these girls. Guides, which are the British equivalent of Girl Scouts, are asking for information on sex, money management, environmentally-friendly living, and assembling flat-pack furniture. Awesome. Thanks to Thomas for the link.
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