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…
Tag: Human Rights
Facebook gaming for social justice: America 2049
There’s this badass game I’ve been excited to hear about lately: “America 2049”, which showcases how much better Facebook gaming can be than all that “Farmville” crap. (I don’t mean to be elitist, but, like, really. One game designer I…
Zine: “The Prison-Industrial Complex Is …”
New zine available for download: “The Prison-Industrial Complex Is …” This struck me as especially relevant to the recent thread on rape culture that talked extensively about how to deal with aggressors while avoiding the prison-industrial complex. Some really amazing…
Happy Birthday, Bianca Jagger
[Photo via] Happy birthday, lovely lady (two days late, but WHATEVER). You are a goddess among mere mortals, and I really enjoy your hat.
The Evangelical Adoption Crusade
Go read this article by Kathryn Joyce. Be horrified. Adoption has long been the province of religious and secular agencies, but in the past two years evangelical advocacy has skyrocketed. In 2009 Russell Moore, dean of the School of Theology…
‘And for how long will we let ideological agendas kill women in silence?’
I want to share with you a speech given by a young Moroccan doctor and sexual and reproductive rights activist by the name of Imane Khachani. I’ve been extremely fortunate in securing an interview with Dr Khachani – ! –…
Sending mentally ill people to Siberia
“He’s really really old and has therefore earned the right to say what he thinks” doesn’t really apply when the old person in question suggests sending mentally ill people to Siberia so that they can die of exposure, and when…
Injustice at Every Turn
The National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) just released a report on discrimination against trans and gender-noncomforming people, and the results are (predictably) horrifying. The report is based on the largest…
#DearJohn: The GOP Seeks to Re-Define Rape and Restrict Reproductive Health Care
It’s not surprising that with large numbers of Republicans elected to Congress, we’re seeing major assaults on reproductive rights. What is shocking is how aggressive and heartless they are. A new bill, which has a good chance of passing, will…
On second thought about Kermit Gosnell
He does tell us a few things about abortion. They just aren’t what William Saletan thinks. The Gosnell case shows us the worst of what happens when abortion isn’t accessible. Gosnell’s “clinic” was nothing short of a house of horrors,…
Meet the Foreskin Restoration Movement
I think the title pretty much sums it up, right? But it’s an interesting and well-balanced article.
Reproductive Justice and the Law
Law Students for Reproductive Justice commissioned a study of reproductive rights legal courses in American law schools, and the results are pretty predictable: Only 18% of U.S. law schools have offered reproductive rights law courses at some point over the…