Presenting ¡PRESENTE!
Nezua of The Unapologetic Mexican is involved in the launch of a new site and organization called Presente, which aims to unite Latin@s and Hispanics politically. Here’s what Nez says: OVER AND OVER we hear about The Hispanic Vote™ and The Latino/a Vote® and it is a real thing we are talking about in all [...]
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Thursday LOST Blogging: The Variable
Spoilers below! All I can say to last night’s episode the Variable is a big fat wow. After a few episodes that I thought were a bit mediocre — and yeah, I know, others have disagreed — last night kicked some major ass. Inner-group conflict, gun fights, mind-bending quandaries, flashback reveals and more!
...read moreRape Means Rape
Mikki Halpin goes after the use of the term “rape” to mean “anything bad that happened to me” — like performing poorly on an exam or being on the losing team. She’s absolutely right: “People use the word ‘rape’ to hype an experience, such as Jon Stewart’s political critique of Jim Cramer’s financial predictions,” says [...]
...read moreNew Hampshire! [is not as great as I thought. See update below.]
Live free or die, baby. Notably, conservatives were right: This is the kind of havoc that breaks loose when you put the ladies in charge: First, the New Hampshire House of Representatives voted to raise the state’s gasoline tax by 15 cents over three years. Then the House approved a bill allowing the use of [...]
...read moreInside a “Crisis Pregnancy Center”
We’ve covered Crisis Pregnancy Centers quite a bit here on Feministe, and regular readers are probably aware of their deceptive, manipulative and sometimes dangerous practices. Tina Dupuy’s investigation into Los Angeles County CPCs reveals that these centers haven’t changed their ways, despite increasing exposure. Avenues is a California primary clinic, fully licensed and accredited by [...]
...read moreGlobal Day of Action for Troy Davis
Yesterday, I got an email from Amnesty International calling for strong and visible action in support of Troy Davis‘ plea to not be executed without a fair trial. I’m just going to go ahead and repost the whole thing below: The 30-day stay issued by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals expires on May 15th. So [...]
...read moreMiss California deserved the “assholes” tag
I put up this post taking Miss California to task for her anti-gay views, and a few commenters objected to the fact that I tagged the post “assholes” (others wondered what made Miss CA so different from Barack Obama). Here’s your answer: The reigning Miss California has gone to Washington to help launch a campaign [...]
...read moreCLEAN Carwash!
We’re still at it! This Sunday, May 3rd, the CLEAN Carwash Campaign and Progressive Jewish Alliance will be picketing the Vermont Hand Wash at 1666 N. Vermont Avenue from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Although no carwash in Los Angeles can be described as “good,” the owners of the Vermont Hand Wash in Los Feliz [...]
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Here’s Your Damn Cookie
So, you know those guys who think that they’re sooooo great for not beating their wives and for thinking women should be equal and all, and therefore feminists owe them some kind if immediate and sincere recognition? And how we’re always asking them if they want a cookie for their trouble? Well, someone actually decided [...]
...read moreI’ll admit it: I was wrong.
Remember when I said that Men’s Rights Activists don’t get laid? Turns out I was wrong: (In my defense, I only said they don’t get laid much).
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In Honor of Fair Pay Day
Re-posting this awesome guest-post by Sarah Jaffe. Sarah has another fair pay post up today — head over there and read it. Here’s Sarah: So our economy is falling apart, right? And the government keeps bailing out these massive financial firms while talking Very Sternly to the auto company CEOs about how they need to [...]
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