Again With the Demonizing of Women’s Sexuality
Hi all, sorry for the late start over here, but I’m Monica from The American Prospect and PostBourgie. I was happy to get an invite to blog for a couple of weeks, and will work really hard to squeeze in time between my work at Tapped and PB. I wanted to kick it off by [...]
...read moreWhat winning means
Today we called a client to tell him that 15 years after he was convicted, the state appellate court overturned his conviction and ordered a new trial “in the interest of justice.” It was an exciting moment. A crowd of people packed into the room and hovered around the phone–our clinic had had the case [...]
...read moreWelcome to the world, Layla Sorella
So many congratulations to Jessica Valenti and Andrew Golis for the birth of their first baby, Layla Sorella Valenti-Golis (how beautiful is that name?). Little Layla was born early, at 29 weeks, after Jessica was diagnosed with severe preeclampsia and HELLP syndrome. But Layla is reportedly a strong and feisty little thing — just like [...]
...read moreAnother Defense of Hooking Up — This Time, With Science!
Via Tracy Clark-Flory at Salon’s Broadsheet, a recent study from the University of Iowa suggests that “hooking up” can actually lead to meaningful relationships sometimes! Honestly I find nothing more tiresome than oldsters (not to over-stereotype, but it does seem to be a certain brand of baby boomer — ahem, Laura Sessions Stepp), who warn [...]
...read moreTuesday True Blood Roundtable: I Smell a Rat
Spoilers below! This week on True Blood, everything was just one reveal after the other: we found out what Sookie and Crystal are, we got a slice of Sam’s past, we uncovered (part of?) what’s up with Holly, and we learned about Jesus and Lafayette’s ancestry.
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The Past and Now
About two years ago I attended a NARAL event at received a t-shirt that read, “I Heart Pro-Choice Boys.” I’m not one for clothing with a message, but I wear that shirt with pride. Pride not only for the organization, but for the concept the shirt relays: anti-choice boys need not apply. The other day [...]
...read moreGreetings
Hello lovely Feministe readers. I’m a longtime reader but first time blogger here so many thanks to Jill for letting me post here. My name is Kay Steiger, and my day job is editing Campus Progress, part of the Center for American Progress. (My brand-new colleague Shani did some guest blogging for the site a [...]
...read moreGlass Slippers
Reshma Saujani is a 34-year-old attorney running against Carolyn Maloney in New York’s 14th Congressional district. She’s a new-comer to politics; she’s Indian-American; she’s socially liberal but pro-Wall Street; and she’s running against a faithful liberal feminist. If elected, Saujani would be the youngest woman in Congress. No one really expects Saujani to win, but [...]
...read moreAre black women too religious to get married?
As I’ve previously blogged here, the media has a not-so-subtle obsession with the love lives of single black women. Recently, CNN.com added more fuel to the fire, pondering, “Does the church keep black women single?” We’ve already learned from the mainstream media that black women are too educated, too successful and too independent to be [...]
...read moreNot so much, no.
Reader April sent in an article from the LA Times (thanks!) called Medical treatment carries possible side effect of limiting homosexuality. You know this isn’t going to go well already, don’t you? It begins with this: Each year in the United States, perhaps a few dozen pregnant women learn they are carrying a fetus at [...]
...read moreIs this thing on …? Woohoo!
Yay, I get to post at Feministe! Thanks so much for having me. I’ve been marking off the days ever since Jill invited me and look forward to talking with all of you after the obligatory intro … My blogging habit started in 2002 and eventually I cofounded PacificViews with my friend Mary from The [...]
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