Molly Ringwald Can Help Me Any Day
Don’t know if y’all know this but Molly Ringwald has a new book! And I actually want to buy it! Like, right now! It’s being labeled a self-help book, which, okay… Part of me realizes that Molly Ringwald isn’t exactly a self-help expert, and another part realizes I’m not actually a fan of self-help books [...]
...read moreOn Baby Emma
This story, no matter where you’re coming from, is incredibly sad (although it should be noted that the circumstances are very rare). A 20-year-old college student in Virginia gets pregnant, gives birth and places the baby for adoption. The baby, Emma, is placed through a Utah adoption agency. The baby’s father, John Wyatt, petitioned for [...]
...read moreBoycotting Arizona
This is not at terrible idea. A spreading call for an economic boycott of Arizona after its adoption of a tough immigration law that opponents consider racially discriminatory worried business leaders on Monday and angered the governor. Several immigrant advocates and civil rights groups, joined by members of the San Francisco government, said the state [...]
...read moreAnti-Choice? There’s an app for that.
The American Life League now has an anti-choice app for the iPhone. I’m sort of confused about what it does, exactly, other than let you upload photos wearing a pro-life t-shirt. Awesome, you guys. So why this app? Here is why: “Primarily, we are concerned with getting people to think of the child as a [...]
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Arizona Immigration Law: A Roundup
Recently, I wrote about a bill in Arizona that would require police to check the papers of those they “reasonably suspect” to be undocumented immigrants. Tragically, infuriatingly, and unforgivably, that bill has now passed both houses of the legislature and been signed by the governor. A brief rundown of the law can be found here. [...]
...read moreLast Chance: Bowling for Abortion Access
Ok Feministers, now is the time: Donate to the Feministe team and support the National Abortion Access Fund. We’re still really far away from reaching our goal, so please help out! Also, I’ll be bowling tonight in Williamsburg with Sally, Sady and some Feministe friends, and the number of beers I buy for everyone is [...]
...read moreBoobquakes and Brainquakes to Fight Oppression
Boobquake 2010 is here! Along with its challenger, Brainquake! Background info for those who don’t know… An Iranian cleric said that slutty women cause earthquakes, so Jen McCreight from Blag Hag declared a Boobquake: a day when you wear revealing garb to “fight supernatural thinking and the oppression of women.” Over on Facebook, a Brainquake [...]
...read moreShameless Self-Promotion Sunday
You know what to do.
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Bits and Pieces
(image via) “It needs to said, and it needs to be repeated–the first president to be murdered in this country’s history was murdered by a white supremacist. We have to say this. It’s not enough to think about what white racism costs black people, we have to think about what white racism costs white people.” [...]
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