Transgender Politician Sued for “Fraud”
So this is utterly repulsive: City Councilperson Michelle Bruce is being sued for fraud by her failed opponent. Why? Because Bruce is a transgender woman. Four years after she won a City Council seat, making her what is believed to be Georgia’s first transgender politician, Michelle Bruce is battling a lawsuit by an unsuccessful opponent [...]
...read moreBrave college newspaper columnist reserves his right to yell, “I’m not gay”
We really do need an “Entitled idiot douchebag college newspaper columnist” category. The latest, sent on by Doug, is written by Virginia student Alex Cortes. Cortes finds it extremely important to emphasize how he is not gay, and therefore wants the right to scream out his not-gayness at Virgina football games. The background is this: [...]
...read moreInternational Day of Action Against the Northern Territory Intervention
Via Laurelhel and BFP, today is the International Day of Action Against the Northern Territory Intervention. The Northern Territory is a territory in Australia that is sparsely populated and largely made up by Aboriginal people, whose ancestors were the original inhabitants of Australia and the victims of white colonization. The Day of Action is based [...]
...read moreSex shouldn’t matter in politics. Let’s all be gender-blind!
Here’s what happens when USA Today tries to write from a feminist point of view: you end up with a headache. Women are more kind and nurturing than men. They are natural altruists, placing the common good — including education, health and the environment — ahead of their narrow personal interests. And that’s why we [...]
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Not without my coffee
Tim Hanford at Slate reports on a study of coffee shops by an economist, Caitlin Knowles Myers, which found that women waited, on average, 20 seconds more between placing their order and receiving their coffee than did men, which held even after adjusting for the complicatedness of the drink: She, with her students as research [...]
...read moreAre women’s rights human rights?
One immigration court says no. When Alima Traore was a young girl in Mali, parts of her genitalia were cut off, which is the custom there. “In my country, usually there is an old lady who does circumcision,” said Ms. Traore, who is 28, lives in Maryland and works as a cashier. “They have a [...]
...read moreWant to live a longer life? Don’t be pregnant in America
Sarah Blustein’s got the reasons why, especially if you’re a woman of color: Good news! if you are an ordinary mortal living in the United States, your chances of staying alive are better than ever. According to new government numbers, the rate of Americans dying in 2004 (the most recent year to be calculated) hit [...]
...read moreThose gossipy female prison guards
Give me a moment to pick my jaw up off the floor. Okay, ready now. The State of New York’s Department of Correctional Services has, as the result of a lawsuit, stopped distributing a handbook to its female employees that made it very, very clear that the powers that be weren’t very happy about women [...]
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