Strong women
Not to write two work-out mentioning posts in a row, but my gym has simply the baddest-ass logo ever: It’s a totally co-ed gym and our logo is a girl doing some burly power snatches. How awesome is that? What’s really weird is that it took me awhile to realize that there wasn’t another logo [...]
...read moreWe’ve come a long way, baby?
The other day, I woke up and threw on running shorts and a sports bra and went for a jog. I’m in Boston for the summer, so I headed towards the Common which takes me by Copley Square. There’s a big marble circle in the ground with all the names of the Boston Marathon winners [...]
...read moreGMVW*: Sara Bareilles
A friend passed this to me yesterday, and at first I was like, “Ok, fun and poppy, pretty good. Kinda empowering.” But then, bizarrely, I woke up this morning and it was the only thing I wanted to listen to (over, and over and over**). And now, I’m now passing the infection on to all [...]
...read moreSupporting Abortion from the Shadows
Over at The New York Times’ Magazine, Emily Bazelon has a must-read article on the future of abortion providers in America. There’s a lot to digest and think about in the piece, but for those of those familiar with the dismal statistics on abortion providers (a 1992 survey of OB/GYNs found that 59% of those [...]
...read moreSearch for the Next Stupak
Over at the Daily Beast, Dana Goldstein has some insight into the next big brouhaha to come out of the health care bill — Conservative mobilization against free birth control: [T]he Daily Beast has learned that many conservative activists, who spent most of their energies during the health-care reform fight battling to win abortion restrictions [...]
...read morePower Pictures Post
I don’t know if this series of pictures by Barbara & Michael Leisgen could be called feminist, per se. But they give me a good old-fashioned girl-power kick when I look at them, and at the same time a feeling of almost Zen-like calm. My favorite below. View the whole series here. Hat tip to [...]
...read moreIn D.C., New York and San Fran, Carrying a Condom Can Give Cause to Arrest
You’d think this was one of those mythical laws from one of those Puritan colonial states, but it’s not. D.C. police confirm that carrying a condom, while with another person, can contribute to cause to arrest for prostitution. Making condoms a factor for arrest, discourages prostitutes (or anyone, really) from practicing safe sex — this [...]
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