Why not illegalize it?
We’ve been talking a lot the past few days about the recent study which demonstrated that the abortion rate is no higher in countries where abortion is legal than where it’s illegal. Zuzu just wrote about Matthew Yglesias’s post, and she’s right that it does ooze with the privilege of never having to worry about [...]
...read moreWhy diversity is important
With not one, but two examples from the pundit class. First up: Matt Yglesias, in response to some posts from Jessica and Scott about the Guttmacher study Jill wrote about here. The other day, Jessica Valenti was touting a questionable bit of statistics: A new study by the Guttmacher Institute and the World Health Organization [...]
...read moreFeministe All Over The World
(I moved this up because it’s a fun meme). Sitemeter has this nifty little function where we can look and see where our last 100 visitors came from. I´m pretty impressed that Feministe readers come from all over. In the past hour, we´ve had people from Spain, Australia, Finland, Belgium, Germany, Austria, New Zealand, the [...]
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Pro-Life… Until Birth
Surprised Baby is surprised to learn that if he wants health care, he has to somehow get himself back into his mother’s womb We know that “pro-lifers” don’t really care all that much about women’s health and lives. We know that they justify the damage they do with concern for the unborn. We know that [...]
...read moreFeel-Good Post of the Day
Jim H from Indiana sent this story on to me a few weeks ago, and I’ve been meaning to post it ever since. I think you’ll all enjoy it: As a veteran of auto racing for 30-plus years and go-kart racing for seven, I’ve seen a lot of change in my time. In auto racing, [...]
...read moreNewsweek on Feminist Bloggers
Somehow I missed this until today, but Feministe got a mention in Newsweek (last paragraph). Which is very cool. I’m glad to see mainstream news organizations covering feminist bloggers, and I’m glad they’re actually talking to some of us (like Jessica) instead of just talking about us. And the reporter picks some great feminist women [...]
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It truly pains me to defend Ann Coulter, but
Liss is right. The story: Maxim — always a beacon of gender equality — has posted a picture of Ann Coulter with suggestions for how to “perfect” her (get it?). Which would be funny, because there’s a whole lot that’s fucked up about Ann Coulter — her misogyny, her racism, her death wishes to liberals, [...]
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Feminists Do It Better
Panties never lie. Another what-we’ve-been-saying-all-along study: Feminism makes your relationships better. Contrary to popular opinion, feminism and romance are not incompatible and feminism may actually improve the quality of heterosexual relationships, according to Laurie Rudman and Julie Phelan, from Rutgers University in the US. Their study* also shows that unflattering feminist stereotypes, that tend to [...]
...read moreBirth-Control Foe To Run Office on Family Planning
It sounds like an Onion headline, but it’s not.
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