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  • Get Involved: The No More Excuses Campaign

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    I love a good activist campaign, so you can only imagine how stoked I was to learn of Ms. Magazine’s & the Feminist Majority Foundation’s No More Excuses campaign. In a nutshell, the campaign’s goal centers on encouraging law enforcement… Read More ›

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  • Women Around the Globe: News Roundup

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    The sudden rise in food and fuel prices in Uganda is raising concerns. One woman shares her story of how she must survive on one meal a day. See IRIN. The three largest countries of the Maghreb–Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia–have… Read More ›

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  • An Open Letter to the NY Daily News

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    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… Read More ›

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  • Links We Love

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    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… Read More ›

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  • Rape = “Sex Romp”?

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    So, according to the New York Daily News, rape of a trafficked minor is really just a “sex romp.” Giants player Lawrence Taylor, who was busted having “sex” with a 16 year old in a motel room last year, was… Read More ›

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  • Lessons From a Stranger

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    I spent my morning yesterday doing “clinic defense” in the Bronx. What does this mean? Basically ensuring that patients entering and leaving a woman’s health clinic were free from harassment. And, as with most feminist endeavors, I re-learned a very… Read More ›

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  • Women Around the Globe: News Round Up

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    Egypt’s provisional military government is causing consternation in light of stories of 18 women who were stripped, beaten and administered “virginity tests” during a protest in Cairo. See Women’s eNews. Lynsey Addario, newly released from captivity in Libya, explains why… Read More ›

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  • Back Up Your Birth Control!

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    Happy Back Up Your Birth Control day of action!! Today marks the 10th anniversary of the campaign, which aims to raise awareness of and expand access to Emergency Contraception (EC). Before I began expounding on why you should back up… Read More ›

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  • Wal-Mart v. Women

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    One of the ways I try to be a good feminist is to put my money where my ever-blabbing mouth is. This means no shopping at Wal-Mart, amongst other places. Yes, I love a good deal as much as the… Read More ›

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  • Links We Love

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    Happy reading… She Ended the Men’s Club of National Politics, New York Times Women Seeking Abortions in South Dakota to Get Anti-Abortion Advice, New York Times Period Dolls and Other Educational Toys We’d Like to See, Jezebel Colleges’ Rape Secret,… Read More ›

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