March 2010
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Women's History Month Quiz →
In honor of the last day of Women’s History Month, here is a quiz that will test your knowledge of women’s history from ancient times until the turn of the 20th century. It probably won’t be too difficult to beat my 38%.
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“It should be harder to get married and easier to get divorced.”
– -A guest at the Passover Seder I attended last night who had been married four times
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Fucking While Feminist →
Washington City Paper’s The Sexist interviews feminist writer, performer and activist Jaclyn Friedman.
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“You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.”
– Margaret Thatcher
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Why It's Too Early to Celebrate Health Care Reform
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NOW explains that the health care bill contains a sweeping anti-abortion provision and ultimately achieves the same outcome as the infamous Stupak-Pitts Amendment, namely the likely elimination of all private as well as public insurance coverage for abortion. It also imposes “a bizarre requirement” on insurance plan enrollees who buy coverage ...
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10 Tweets About the Health Care Reform Bill
Context: Last night Rep. Bart Stupak, a pro-life Democrat, was speaking to members of Congress on the House floor when someone who has yet to be identified called the 58-year-old abortion opponent a “baby killer.”
@emjb: Republican member yelled “Baby killer” at Bart Stupak for caving. You know what *actually* kills babies? NO ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE.
@conservagirl...
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Abortion Gang: A New Blog for Choice
From the blog:
We are Jewish, Christian, atheist, Muslim, Wiccan, secular. We are mixed race, African-American, Latina, White, bi-racial. We are completing a graduate degree, we didn’t finish high school. We have had abortions, children, miscarriages. We have IUDs and we use rhythm beads. We work in reproductive health and we twitter about being #prochoice. We call ourselves feminists,...
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Feeling Upset for No Obvious Reason? Here's How to... →
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The Undomestic Goddess Interviews Me About...
Question #10:
What is one piece of advice you’d like to give to young girls today?
“Make an effort to help other women. Prioritize women. Go out of your way. All of us have been socialized to deprioritize women. We have to reprogram ourselves.”
Read the rest of the interview here.
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A Personal Essay About Illegal Abortion →
Bridget Potter writes about the illegal abortion she got in 1962. Everyone should read this, but especially pro-lifers who don’t get that women will always find ways to terminate unwanted pregnancies. Making abortion illegal will just make the process dangerous and terrifying.
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Studies Show that Women are Smart and Capable
A recent New York Times article claims that men’s overconfidence hurts them as investors. The article cites studies that show that men are more likely to sell low, trade stocks more often, and generally make less-informed and riskier decisions than women.
The conclusions are not overwhelming because, as one of the professors involved pointed out, “The differences among women and the differences...
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“I had a boyfriend who told me that I’d never succeed… and that he...”
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Mississippi school canceled the prom when a female... →
We should have let them secede.
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This is What a Feminist Looks Like →
Amanda ReCupido’s simple, awesome blog.
Send your picture to amanda (dot) recupido (at) gmail (dot) com.
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My article on what women can learn from men with... →
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International Women's Day Versus Everyday →
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A blogger in the UK shares her thoughts on the significance of International Women’s Day.
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Take Action on International Women's Day
For more than 30 years the U.S. has failed to ratify CEDAW (Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women), the most complete international agreement advancing basic human rights for women.
Take action by signing NOW’s petition online or use these talking points to call the White House at (202) 456-1111 or fax them at (202) 456-2461.
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Three Feminist Oscar Moments
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1. Kathryn Bigelow was the first woman in Oscar history to win Best Director. Her film, The Hurt Locker, also won Best Picture.
2. When Mo’Nique won for Best Supporting Actress, she thanked the Academy “for showing that it can be about the performance and not the politics.” That would be her performance, which she was unapologetic about nailing.
3. Sandra Bullock...
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Forwarded Joke from My Mom
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A teacher wrote “A woman without her man in nothing” on the chalkboard, and asked his students to punctuate it correctly.
All of the boys in the class wrote: “A woman, without her man, is nothing.”
All of the girls in the class wrote: ” A woman: without her, man is nothing.”
Punctuation is powerful!
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“New York Magazine: You’ve said that actresses shouldn’t need to lose...”
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A Louisiana public school asks the girls to sit... →
The ACLU filed a sex segregation lawsuit in September 2009 against the Vermilion Parish School District in Louisiana. The school district segregated its classrooms by gender (only allowing the girls to join the “special needs” co-educational classes). The hearing, regarding sex-segregated classes in coeducational public schools, is currently taking place at a federal court in...
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Finally, an iPhone app that does the opposite of... →
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Treaty for the Rights of Women
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Officially known as the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), the Treaty for the Rights of Women is the world’s most complete international agreement on basic human rights for women.
The United Nations General Assembly adopted the treaty in 1979, and 30 years later 186 countries have ratified it....