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• Unlucky, lazy, or just female? Why there aren’t more women in the top 100

  By lindsaymf on January 9, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  by Kate McInturff First appeared on the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives blog, behindthenumbers.ca, republished with permission.   Imagine finding $7.96 million in your stocking on Christmas morning. For Canada’s top 100 CEOs, that happy day has arrived. These 100 Canadians earn… Read More ›

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• ACT NOW: Tell Gov. Christie to Condemn Rape Audit Bill!

  By Maureen on January 7, 2014 • ( 3 )

  

  New Jersey Representative Chris Smith is at it again. Since taking office, he has attacked abortion and healthcare relentlessly, and there’s no end in sight. His latest proposal, which would require rape victims who choose abortion to prove to the… Read More ›

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• The Veil of Denial: Women and Alcohol

  By Guest on January 6, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  During my early college years, I became a feminist out of necessity. On a foundation of pain wrought by those teenage years of girlhood, I was ready to believe that something else was possible. To make sense of the world… Read More ›

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• Links We Love

  By amblitstein on January 3, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  The Atlantic provides insight on how paternity leave has the potential to benefit fathers, children, and mothers. Ms.Magazine Blog lists 2013’s feminists heroes. Researchers from the University of California, San Diego, discover the myth of a gender-specific tone of voice. See The New York… Read More ›

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• India, One Year After Nirbhaya

  By Guest on December 31, 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  A year has passed since the fatal gang-rape of the 23-year old student in New Delhi, which in the words of Indian President Pranab Mukherjee “shook the conscience of the whole nation.” The tragic episode led the world’s largest democracy… Read More ›

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• Evidence, Evidence, Evidence. Except for Abstinence-only Education.

  By lindsaymf on December 29, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  I’m sure anyone who’s glanced at the news over this past week or so has noticed that a bipartisan budget deal has passed both the House and the Senate. We avoided another shutdown. Big yays all around. There is definitely… Read More ›

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• Links We Love

  By amblitstein on December 27, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  The Canadian Supreme Court struck down its existing anti-prostitution laws. See Al Jazeera. The social construction of masculinity will be revealed in the Representation Project’s 2014 “The Mask You Live In.” See Upworthy. A federal district judge in Utah invalidated the state’s… Read More ›

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• Spotlight On: Jennifer Baumgardner

  By Maureen on December 23, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  I first heard of Jennifer Baumgardner when I learned of her “I Had An Abortion” documentary and since then have been wowwed by her. She has an impressive feminist resume: she’s the Executive Editor & Publisher of The Feminist Press,… Read More ›

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• Links We Love

  By Maureen on December 20, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  US District Judge Brian Cogan has ruled that a group of New York Catholic institutions cannot be forced to offer birth control in employee health care plans as mandated by the Affordable Care Act. See Jezebel. Michele Bachelet, Chile’s first… Read More ›

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• The Forgotten Ones

  By Guest on December 19, 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  As a reproductive rights activist, I never thought that feminism would fail me. I was wrong. I was seven weeks pregnant when I was faced with the toughest decision of my life: Abide by my partner’s rules — have an… Read More ›

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