September 2011
14 posts
4 tags
Rape culture, sexual terrorism, gender and...
Trigger warning for descriptions of violence against women.
I haven’t taught my Gender and Violence class for a couple of years, so much of it feels new to me. Last night we were discussing an essay by Carole Sheffield called “Sexual Terrorism.” Sheffield defines sexual terrorism as “a system by which males frighten and, by frightening, control and dominate...
3 tags
#9 of “10 REASONS TO BE PRO-CHOICE” by ”Pine Belt...
The abortion issue isn’t really about “protecting the unborn.” If we examine the other positions that usually go along with being anti-choice, and if we talk honestly about them, we discover that criminalizing abortion is really about making it harder for women to make their own choices about when to have sex, and with whom. Criminalizing abortion is really about reversing the progress toward...
4 tags
Anti-abortion protesters target clinic’s landlord...
This is SUCH BULLSHIT. How does anyone think this is acceptable behavior? Harassment of a CHILD to make a point?
Antiabortion activists who have sought for months to shut down a Germantown clinic picketed its landlord outside a Montgomery County middle school where his daughter is a student, school and police officials said Monday.
Some held a large banner that showed his photo, his full...
3 tags
Carhart's Germantown landlord wages peaceful...
…protestors have shifted their focus away from Dr. Carhart and onto Todd Stave, the clinic’s landlord, and his family. Antis are standing outside his child’s middle school with graphic signs; they are publicizing his picture, home address, and phone number; and they are deluging his family with phone calls at home.
Anti-choice groups, including Defend Life and the Maryland Coalition for...
3 tags
4 tags
I won’t stop talking.
lipstick-feminists:
“I won’t stop talking. I am a girl you have no control over. There is not a gag big enough to handle this mouth.”
—
Kathleen Hanna
DAMN I love me some Kathleen Hanna.
4 tags
8 tags
Supporters' claims that legislation requiring the...
From The Hampton Roads Virginian-Pilot online:
New regulations proposed for abortion clinics across Virginia would, indeed, tighten standards for patient safety and require a higher level of care.
They would increase the scope and depth of required record-keeping. They would also reduce Virginians’ access to first-trimester abortions.
Planned Parenthood and other advocates of abortion...
4 tags
{Two Years;;Feels Like Forever}
klondikebar123:
Originally posted HERE.
One morning, at about 3 a.m. The Boy gently woke me up with kisses. Sleepy but feeling warm and loved, I responded eagerly. Before I realized it, we were lying next to one another, breathing heavily but snuggling happily. At 6, I got out of bed to go help my dad and The Boy went off to work. Later that night was my little sister’s 17th birthday party....
4 tags
Justice Department Tougher on Abortion Protestors →
“The Obama Justice Department has been taking a more aggressive approach against people who block access to abortion clinics, using a 1994 law to bring cases in greater numbers than its predecessor.
The numbers are most stark when it comes to civil lawsuits, which seek to create buffer zones around clinic entrances for people who have blocked access in the past. Under the Freedom of Access to...
5 tags
“SOME find revealing items for nursing mothers “disturbing,” as Kathie Lee...”
– Nursing Bras That Show Mothers in More Than ‘Work Mode’ - NYTimes.com
Gee thanks, Kathie Lee.
2 tags
5 tags
Who Says a Nursing Bra Can't Be Sexy? (from... →
A new item has come along to confuse the populace about whether breasts are for titillation or feeding babies: The sexy nursing bra. The items themselves aren’t really revolutionary. They look the same as any other lingerie, but the cups snap open and there may be an extra hook in the back. However, since nursing women have been forced into hideous utilitarian undergarments for years,...
6 tags
