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• ‘Tis the Season for Feminist Cheer!

  By Maureen on December 5, 2013 • ( 2 )

  

  We’re officially in the thick of the holiday season, which in our consumerist culture means gifts, gifts and more gifts. Sure, iPads are all the rage, but why not put your money where your feminist mouth is? We’ve searched the… Read More ›

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• Vote for sherights!

  By Maureen on December 4, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  We’re super excited to announce that we’ve been nominated for a WEGO Health Activist Award in the best blog category for our women’s health advocacy. If you dig our reproductive health coverage and calls to action, please do us a… Read More ›

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• Women Around the Globe: News Roundup

  By Maureen on December 4, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Rape, child abuse and domestic violence are all driving HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa. See The Guardian. A female rapper, Mayam Mahmoud, tackles harassment and victim-blaming in her songs, challenging expectations of veiled Egyptian women. See The Guardian. Women and children… Read More ›

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• Abortion Takes Center Stage in NYC Custody Case

  By Maureen on December 3, 2013 • ( 2 )

  

  A New York City woman embroiled in a custody case with her physically abusive ex-husband risks losing her children because she had an abortion. Salon has the details: When they divorced in 2011, Houston megabanker Manuel John Mehos, 59, had… Read More ›

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• Links We Love

  By Maureen on November 29, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Big Pharma’s big secret is revealed: Plan B may not work for overweight women. See CNN. The Supreme Court will take up the question of whether for-profit employees can refuse to cover birth control for its employees. See Huffington Post…. Read More ›

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• Stand Up for Somali Women

  By Maureen on November 25, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  The news of two Somali women being arrested for reporting rape has us all fired up.  In response, we have started a Thunderclap campaign to demand justice for these women: http://thndr.it/19WHDgP. Please join us by pledging your tweet and/or Facebook… Read More ›

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• Great Expectations

  By lindsaymf on November 25, 2013 • ( 3 )

  

  Dearest sherights community- Thanks for the very warm welcome! I can’t wait to settle into my seat as Editor of sherights, and am excited for the feminist rock-and-roll to come. I thought I would take a hot second to tell… Read More ›

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• Somali Women Arrested for Reporting Rape

  By Maureen on November 23, 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  Freedom from violence? Freedom of the press? Justice? Not for a Somali woman and journalist who were arrested for reporting rape. After alleging in a video interview that she was raped at gunpoint by colleagues, a 19-year-old woman and the… Read More ›

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• Links We Love

  By Maureen on November 22, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  A toy company called GoldieBlox has a line of toys that inspires girls to become engineers. And an awesome commercial. See Slate. Ms. Magazine founder Gloria Steinem accepted the Presidential Medal of Freedom this week. See RH Reality Check. Three… Read More ›

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• Bribing Breastfeeding Mothers?

  By Maureen on November 22, 2013 • ( 7 )

  

  I often wax poetic about breastfeeding. I nursed my daughter for her first year and take pride in this — not only was my baby getting the health benefits of my breast milk, but I had persevered and stuck to… Read More ›

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