Feministing, White House Stands Firm as Catholic Groups Rail Against New Contraception Rules Feminist Wire Daily Newsbriefs, 9th Court Panel Rules Proposition 8 Unconstitutional Womens eNews, Minimum Wage Doesn’t Pay for Hard Work FMF Feminist News, SD House Committee Strikes Down CPC False Advertising Bill Reuters, Komen Under Microscope for Funding, Science
September 30, 2011
NYPD to Brooklyn Women: Don’t Wear Short Skirts, Feministing Indiana School Imposes Extreme Sex-Segregation, Feminist Daily News Child Brides: A Rights Violation 54 Leaders Can’t Ignore, Huffington Post You Can Get Laid Without Being a Jerk, Jezebel Update: Maryland Clinic Landlord’s Successful Anti-Anti Campaign, Feminists for Choice
August 20, 2011
NYPD Cop Accused of Rape, MSNBC Learning to Love My Baby, The Guardian Sex, Lies and Hush Money, Ms. Magazine Times Haven’t Changed for ‘The Help’ of Today, Women’s eNews N.Y. Women’s School Offers Gender-Neutral Lesson, Women’s eNews Porn Star Publicly Breastfeeds Her Baby, Gets Accused of Promoting… [Read more…]
August 17, 2011
One of these days, I’m going to stop reading the news. Everything I read as of late infuriates me, including yesterday’s news that former sportscaster Marvell Scott will only serve 20 days of community service for what the NY Post calls a “sickening child prostitution rap.” In a nutshell, Scott was offered and took a… [Read more…]
June 20, 2011
A couple of month ago, I wrote about the class action lawsuit pending against Wal-Mart. Unfortunately, the Supreme Court today ruled in favor of the megastore, and ultimately, sexism. The majority opinion, delivered by Scalia, claimed that there could be no class discriminated against since there was no written policy covering them all: The conceptual… [Read more…]
June 9, 2011
Fight Over Planned Parenthood Funding Could Be Key Issue in 2012 Election, Women’s Health Policy Report Santorum Calls Abortion Exceptions To Protect Health of Mother “Phony,” Think Progress Portland Passes Trans Inclusive Health Care, Feministing Bill Introduced Lifting Block on Servicewomen’s Abortion Rights, Ms. Magazine How We Could Be Preventing Unwanted Pregnancies, And Aren’t, Jezebel… [Read more…]
May 22, 2011
A Saudi Arabian woman behind a social media campaign encouraging women to drive cars has been detained by authorities for her actions. See Jezebel. Hundreds of Ugandan women marched in a protest against rising food and fuel prices and recent brutality by police and other security operatives. See Ms. Magazine. British Justice Secretary Ken Clarke… [Read more…]
May 2, 2011
Well, this is certainly a step in the right direction. The U.S. Department of Labor has announced a revision to its Equal Opportunity policy, which now covers current and future federal government employees based on gender identity and pregnancy. Ms. Magazine explains, Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis updated policies on gender discrimination as part of… [Read more…]
April 19, 2011
Although the Daily News printed one paragraph of a letter to the editor I submitted in response to the “sex romp” debacle, it has yet to issue an apology or retract the egregious term. As such, what follows is my open letter to the newspaper. Please feel free to “sign” it as well in the… [Read more…]
April 18, 2011
Are There Alternatives to the Failing National Reproductive Rights Organizing Model?, Feministing.com DOMA Hearing Held in US House, Feminist Wire Daily Newsbriefs The Last Allowable Taboo, Huffington Post Anti-Sex Trade Turns to Focus on Men Who Buy Sex, Women’s eNews GOP’s Attack on Child Labor Threatens our Daughters, Women’s eNews Now Women Are Suffering from… [Read more…]
February 8, 2012
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