Convictions overturned for 2 of the New Jersey 4
Two of the four young Black lesbians who were convicted after defending themselves from a homophobic attack in 2007 have had their convictions overturned. From the New York Times article: An appeals court on Thursday overturned the convictions of two women accused in the beating and stabbing of a man who they said made unwanted [...]
...read moreThe Niagara Region Is Not The Honeymoon Capitol
Let me start off by saying hello everyone. My name is Renee, and I am the author of womanist musings. My blog is dedicated to bringing attention to bodies that matter from a black feminist perspective. In the normal turn of events people that negotiate spoiled identities, are subject to discrimination and negative stereotypes that [...]
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Do Jerks Get Laid More?
Apparently. Two hundred college students took personality tests and were also asked about their number of sexual partners. Only the young men showed a direct correlation between ‘dark’ traits,’ like narcissism, and notches on the bed post. Another study of 35,000 people across 57 countries found a similar correlation ‘between the dark triad and reproductive [...]
...read moreMoral Refusal Clauses: More Than Just Contraception
I’ve written quite a bit on so-called “conscience clauses” that allow health care providers with particular beliefs — lately, anti-choice health care providers — to refuse care to certain patients. It’s come up most often with pharmacists refusing to fill prescriptions for birth control and emergency contraception, but has also extended to fertility specialists refusing [...]
...read moreWhat about the menz gets religion
I came across an article in the Boston Globe today decrying the “gender problem” that has emerged in liberal Judaism. What’s the emergency? There are more women than men entering leadership positions. “After bar mitzvah, the boys just drop out,” said Sylvia Barack Fishman, a professor of contemporary Jewish life at Brandeis University and the coauthor [...]
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OMG Pregnancy Pacts!!?!?!
We need a new teen pregnancy phrase — “Babies Having Babies” is so early 90s. This story is getting a lot of play, and I can’t help but think that it’s in the category of rainbow parties and Satanic cults at daycare centers — that is, it’s a bullshit story published to scare the fuck [...]
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Please allow me to introduce myself.
Hi everyone! My name is Ashley, and I’ll be guest blogging here for a coupla weeks. Thanks very much to the Feministers for the invite. I’m a blogger with Change Happens, the blog of Students Active For Ending Rape (SAFER), an organization that I co-founded. I also sit on SAFER’s board. I’m currently in the [...]
...read moreGreetings from Blonde Natashaville
Hello! I am one of this summer’s first guest bloggers. Thank you very much, gracious folk of Feministe, for inviting me. It’s an honour and a privilege. I’m editor-in-chief of this online magazine & this online Arab magazine (I’m the only one in charge until we create our Arabic section). I also have a personal [...]
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