The Goal Has Been Met — $1,000 for RAWA!
Well, four hours after I put up my reminder post, the goal has been met — with 28 total individual donations ranging from $5 to $150, $1,003 has officially been raised by Feministe for RAWA, the first $1,000 of which will be matched dollar for dollar! Great work everyone, and yes, we cannot go without [...]
...read moreI love a good teabagging joke as much as the next girl, but
The sexually degrading jokes aimed at women we don’t like? They’re getting old. I’m looking at you, Matt Taibbi. Now when I read [Michelle Malkin's] stuff, I imagine her narrating her text, book-on-tape style, with a big, hairy set of balls in her mouth. It vastly improves her prose. Later in the comments he says: [...]
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Not Yet Rain
Last month, Rachel posted on a new documentary on abortion in Ethiopia. That 23 minute film is called Not Yet Rain, and is now available for free viewing online. The film includes interviews with two young women who were raped and are now seeking legal abortion care, a woman who self-induced several of her own [...]
...read moreApril Tell it WOC Speak Carnival Now Up!
Just a quick note to let you know that the third and most recent WOC and Ally Blog Carnival is now up! Check it out, spread the word — and don’t forget to submit to next month’s installment!
...read moreReminder: Donate to RAWA
Hopefully you’ve all seen the post about amazing Feministe commenter Forrester’s generous offer to match up to $1,000 in donations made to RAWA, in solidarity with the 300 Afghan women who recently marched against the new law which legalizes marital rape (among other human rights violations). Well, we’re almost there, but not quite. So far, [...]
...read moreTarget Women: Your Garden
Of course, “garden” doesn’t really mean garden, if you know what I mean ladies, and I think that you do! Of course, we’re talking about that feminine garden. You know — the one down there. (Click here if you can’t view the embedded video.) Apparently with Sarah Haskins, ask and ye shall receive. Well, okay, [...]
...read morePost Mortem: On Beyond Galloping Zebras
Thursday I met with the psychiatrist who oversaw my transition and a few months of my re-transition. It was interesting–very brief, and anticlimactic; at this point, I’m not really in transition in either direction. She also clearly saw it as a one-time deal. She asked some questions about how I was, and what it had [...]
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