June 2010
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The Anti-Rape Condom →
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"Go Live as a Man for One Week."
Nancy Bauer wrote a piece for the New York Times Opinionator section this week called “Lady Power,” in which she argues that the state of feminism today is embodied by Lady Gaga.
The comments were more interesting than the piece itself, and touched on artifice, morality and hook up culture. One in particular by a Transgender man (he was born a woman and became a man) really got me...
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Father's Day Tweets from Feminists
Photo by Dead Homer Society
@DCdebbie Happy Father’s Day— especially to all the gay dads who had to fight hard for their children and for acceptance. #lgbt
@KushielsMoon RT @Mama_JuJuBee Hubby just woke up. I said “Happy Father’s day” & handed him the baby. That’s a good gift,right? | LOL perfect gift!
@estystein Interesting how each holiday brings up...
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I knew Amy Poehler was awesome. I didn't realize... →
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Three Ways Women Hurt Other Women and Three Ways...
At 92Y Tribeca the other day, I heard Susan Shapiro Barash, author of Tripping the Prom Queen: The Truth About Women and Rivalry, talk about the ways in which women hold each other down instead of raising each other up. Following are three:
1. The “Not Enough Pie Syndrome”
Women seem to be under the impression that there are a finite amount of good things that can happen to us, so if a good thing...
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Sex Trafficking in South Africa for the World Cup
From Change.org:
World Cup fever is everywhere, bringing hundreds of thousands of people from around the world to South Africa.
But not all of those people are tourists.
As many as 20,000 women have been trafficked into forced prostitution for the 2010 games in preparation for the influx of visitors. Some of these women entered South Africa on the promise of regular jobs, and upon arrival...
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Pro-choice means fighting forced abortions too. →
fuckyeahabortions:
padaviya:
They are stories of women given injections in their seventh, eighth, and ninth months of pregnancy and forced to give birth to dead babies after days of contractions.
They are stories of women snatched by officials in their last month of pregnancy, dragged to clinics, forcibly injected with solution that kills their unborn child, and kicked in the stomach.
They...
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WatchEvery day The Man’s Guide to Love posts a new video on its site with honest advice about love from men of all demographics.
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The Last Remaining Abortion Provider in...
Two weeks ago, an anti-abortion extremist invaded the waiting room of the Jackson Women’s Health Organization in Jackson, Mississippi - the only abortion provider in the entire state of Mississippi.
The Feminist Majority Foundation’s legal coordinator traveled to Jackson to discuss ways to improve security, to assess legal needs and to devise new ways for the local community to support the...
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Sleazy Model Scouts Prey on Young Brazilian Women →
Photo by Joao Pina for The New York Times
As a friend of mine said, “You can feel the corporate interest. It’s like they are driving around back roads in Brazil looking for a good spot to dig a copper mine.”
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Relatively Pro-Woman Tweets from Men Mentioning...
@FlyMrWhite #MenShouldnt hit women….ever. period….
@MisterPrimetyme #menshouldnt get a female pregnant…if u cant even take care of urself
@MalikilaM #MenShouldnt lead a woman on under any circumstances. It’s a waste of her time, feelings, and energy.
@MR_CROMER #MenShouldnt glorify how much pussy they get and then turn around and call a woman a whore for fucking...
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We LOVE Sweden
Photo by Casper Hedberg for the International Herald Tribune
The International Herald Tribune is running a series called “The Female Factor,” which examines where women stand in the early 21st century. Yesterday’s story focused on Sweden, which may be the most promising model for gender equity in the world.
Currently, 85% of Swedish fathers take paternal leave. This started in 1995 when Sweden...
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Girlcotting Urban Outfitters →
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Women Artists that were Not Included in Rolling...
Lauryn Hill
Aimee Mann
Regina Spektor
Tori Amos
Sheryl Crow
Whitney Houston
Mariah Carey
Fiona Apple
Indigo Girls
Liz Phair
Sarah McLachlan
Blondie
It’s a terrible list (no songs from the above artists were mentioned, but R. Kelly’s “I Believe I Can Fly” is #406), and obviously one intended to cozy up to certain record labels (U2 is mentioned six times). Only...