The Female of the Species*
Through some miracle of the Fates, I had not one but two male teachers in high school who happened to discuss women’s issues on the same day. One of them, an aging hippie who had us read Hemingway but who gently nudged us to consider Hemingway’s treatment of his leading ladies, referred to the characters [...]
...read moreThe Politics of “Hello”
One of the stumbling blocks I repeatedly have over discussions of street harassment is that much of the time, on paper, it’s doesn’t look like harassment. Hell, much of the time what makes me uncomfortable isn’t harassment. Much of the time, what makes me uncomfortable is hello. Hello doesn’t get a lot of attention in [...]
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Welcome to the Dollhouse: Men and Beauty Products
Back when pretty much the only men wearing makeup were either rock lords or Boy George, I privately came up with the guideline that if any particular piece of grooming was something women generally performed while men generally didn’t, I could safely consider it “beauty work.” Nail polish and leg-shaving? Beauty work. Nail-trimming and hair-combing? [...]
...read moreBanning abortion after 20 weeks
An excellent article in the Times about the push to ban abortion after 20 weeks, and how bans are based on mostly made-up “facts” about fetal pain but pro-choice groups can’t fight them because the current Supreme Court is fairly hostile to abortion rights. As a result, women aren’t able to get abortions when they [...]
...read moreThe Pregnancy Cult
A lady’s story of utilizing the services a “pro-life” crisis pregnancy center to get free stuff, even though she had no plans to terminate her pregnancy. Bonus: Free stuff. Downside: Total assholes. When I found this online, I decided to scam the pregnancy cult for all they were worth. I went in, faking that my [...]
...read moreCatholic Pro-Life Warriors Still OK with Women and Girls Dying
How very pro-life of the Catholic Church: Today marks the opening of a United Nations general assembly “high level meeting” on Aids in New York City that will evaluate the progress of that body’s response to the pandemic over the past five years and set the agenda for the next decade. Serra Sippel, president of [...]
...read moreJailing women who try to commit suicide
Bei Bei Shuai tried to kill herself with rat poison last year. She survived. But she was pregnant, and her fetus died. Now she’s being charged with murder and attempted feticide. Shaui’s downward spiral began in late December, when her boyfriend blindsided her. It turned out the man who had fathered her baby and promised [...]
...read moreRemember that time I received multiple emails from someone telling me to quit killing dogs babies?
from [redacted] to [me] date Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 4:53 PM subject Heard on Medved. How many? Greetings Ms. Filipovic, I just heard you on the Michael Medved show. I ask, in all seriousness: How many abortions have you committed; that is, how many times have you hired someone to kill the ultimate underdog, [...]
...read more“Pro-life” anti-abortion laws mean that women are denied abortions and watch their babies die.
“The law worked as it was intended.” Nebraska fully outlaws abortion after 20 weeks, even in cases where the baby will not survive after birth and the pregnancy is doomed. Danielle and Robb Deavers had such a pregnancy, and wanted to terminate it so that their baby wouldn’t suffer. They couldn’t, and Danielle had to [...]
...read moreUnsolved Hysteries
Remember the campaign, started by Devery, to submit photos of your used tampons to Rep. Bobby Franklin in Georgia? Well now there’s a blog aggregating all of the crime scene photos. Meet Unsolved Hysteries, and submit your pics. No zygote death shall go undocumented.
...read moreA fetus will “testify” about abortion bill
Oh wow. I would LOL because, seriously? But this is actually pretty fucked up: A fetus has been scheduled as a legislative witness in Ohio on a unique bill that proposes outlawing abortions after the first heartbeat can be medically detected. Faith2Action, the anti-abortion group that has targeted Ohio to pilot the measure, called the [...]
...read moreJill Stanek thinks punching women so they have black eyes is hilarious
LOL the GOP is punching people in the face. Hilarious. That link goes to a cartoon of a man armed with a GOP-labeled boxing glove. He stands next to a woman with a black eye whose name tag says “Planned Parenthood,” and men with black eyes whose name tags read “Unions” and “NPR.” A man [...]
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