Arizona is officially the worst state in the union now, right?
I know it’s a tough competition, but now they’re evaluating a bill that would allow doctors to keep crucial information from pregnant women, if giving them that information might lead to abortion. The bill purports to protect doctors from “wrongful birth” suits, but the consequences could be much broader — it removes civil penalties for doctors who intentionally withhold health information from pregnant women. So if a woman gets prenatal testing and the fetus has severe abnormalities incompatible with life? It’s a-ok to just not tell her — just let her go on decorating that nursery! If a woman is pregnant and the doctor realizes that she’s going to have a baby with a disability or a birth defect? Just don’t mention anything, because who needs time to prepare? If there are potential health complications because of a fetal abnormality, or another problem with the pregnancy? Meh. Don’t tell the little lady, because she might make a decision you don’t like.
...read moreGo to get Skittles for your little brother, end up dead
An unarmed 17-year-old boy was shot and killed last month by a Neighborhood Watch leader. What happened? The kid was walking home after buying some Skittles at a convenience store for his little brother. George Zimmerman, a 28-year-old man who headed the local Neighborhood Watch, saw the kid and thought he looked “suspicious.” Zimmerman called 911 to report a suspicious person. The 911 dispatcher told Zimmerman not to follow the kid. Zimmerman did anyway. Some sort of confrontation ensued, and Zimmerman shot the kid to death. Zimmerman has not been charged with any crime.
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STAY OFF THE POLE.
Good God, public transportation riders, how many times do we need to tell you? Quit hogging the entire pole!
...read more“Planned Parenthood: we’re going to get rid of that.” – Mitt Romney
Sure, he’s a totally moderate Republican who’s just a good businessman, right? I actually don’t think Romney actually gives a fuck about Planned Parenthood. One year he loves ‘em, the next year he hates ‘em, whatever — homeboy will do or say whatever he needs to do or say to get elected. What’s scary is [...]
...read moreArizona demonstrates why “The Pill isn’t just for family planning!” isn’t enough on its own
The Arizona legislature, in yet another bid to prove that they’re willing to reach for the stars in the interest of screwing people over, is debating a bill that would allow employers to offer insurance coverage for good girls with medical needs without covering hobags who just like to do it–assuming the women in question are willing to put their private medical records up for the judgment of their boss.
...read moreFun in Getting Taken Out of Context
So there’s this book called “50 Shades of Grey” that everyone is talking about, and I haven’t even read the damn thing, but it sounds like all kinds of silly and kind of fucked up, and probably a bad representation of BDSM and sex generally, and it’s being compared to Twilight and championed by “Mommy Bloggers” so I probably will not bother picking it up. When a journalist contacted me and asked if I’d give a quote on it, I said I hadn’t read it, but I could speak generally on issues of consent and sexuality. Great. She emailed me a very general question, I gave a general answer. This is the outcome:
...read moreOld Ladies Talking? IN PUBLIC?!?!
“I know older men in comedy who can barely feed and clean themselves, and they still work. The women, though, they’re all ‘crazy.’ I have a suspicion — and hear me out, because this is a rough one — that the definition of “crazy” in show business is a woman who keeps talking even after no one wants to fuck her anymore.” -Tina Fey
...read more“The dangers of carbon dioxide? Tell that to a plant, how dangerous carbon dioxide is.”
Thank you, Rick Santorum, for that little bit of TRUE SCIENCE. So now we can take you our back and bury you in a pile of dirt and manure, right? Plants love that, so it must be ok.
...read more“I personally prefer the classic term ‘strumpet’.”
So Rush Limbaugh calls a Georgetown law student a slut and a prostitute for having the audacity to talk about birth control, and when pressed to respond Mitt Romney simply says, “It’s not the language I would have used.” Very cool. Very principled!
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