June 2011
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WatchEgypt under fire for “virginity tests”
May 2011
81 posts
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Tuesday
I was going to talk about critical thinking, and how using those skills would be better for all of us. And I will. But not know. It’s been a long day. So. Here are some images I really like.
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You Can('t) Dance if You Want To. →
The pope closes a 500 year old monastery, home of a dancing nun, because of reports of nuns dancing around the altar during the church service.
Clearly the pope has never heard of Praise Dancing. Personally, I think the nun has a gift.
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Danica Patrick and Children
There’s an article on the front page of Yahoo dealing with Danica Patrick’s decision to pursue her career rather than have children. The front page link to the article says “Danica’s Interesting Take on Motherhood”. It’s not so much a take on motherhood, as it is Patrick stating her own personal choices. And not so much “interesting” as much as...
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“If everyone believed in peace like they say they do, we’d have peace. The...”
– Gil Scott-Heron
Old Navy Debuts Gay Pride T-Shirts For It Gets... →
How cool is this?!
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“You are responsible for the energy you create for yourself, and the energy you...”
– Oprah
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Clergy members denounce bill to end Planned... →
Concerned Clergy for Choice, a statewide network of 1,000 religious leaders, is condemning legislation proposed by Assemblyman Steve Katz, R-Patterson, Putnam County, that would prohibit state funding for Planned Parenthood or any other family-planning health center that offers abortions. Rabbi Dennis S. Ross, director of the network, said ministers from Baptist, Episcopal, Lutheran, Methodist,...
chocolateisnottheenemy-deactiva asked: your blog is inspiring. thank you :)
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Transgender Widow's Marriage Voided →
You may have heard the story of Nikki Araguz. She is a transgender woman who was (common law) married to a firefighter who passed away in July. According to Nikki, her husband Thomas was aware of her past, but apparently his family was not, and a filed a lawsuit to ensure Nikki did not receive any of his assets.
A Wharton county judge ruled the marriage void, ensuring Nikki does not receive any...
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The NY Times Publishes Teens "Coming Out" Stories →
Bullying and suicides of gay and lesbian teenagers are in the headlines, the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy has been repealed, and the debate over same-sex marriage continues to divide the country. Against this backdrop, many L.G.B.T. youth wonder how accepting society will be.
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Perry Gets His Ultrasound: Next Stop Courthouse →
And there also remains a question of whether someone will sue to keep the law from taking effect – namely the Center for Reproductive Rights, which has sued to keep a similar law in Oklahoma from taking effect. The CRR last year filed a legal challenge to the Oklahoma law and a judge in July 2010 blocked enforcement of the new law until the legal challenge could be settled. The suit challenges...
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johniekomie-deactivated20110724 asked: remember when you posted about newt misspelling his wife's name..well he had sooo many by now he gets confused
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Home births to be insured in Vermont →
As a rural state with one of the higher rates of home births, Vermont will soon require private health insurers to cover the services of midwives who attend them, joining a handful of states with similar mandates.
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Young Female Employees: A Risky Investment? →
For real?
But according to several women quoted in the report, these numbers are motivated by a difference in persuasions, not the nature of the industry or the vagaries of working in a male-dominated field. Instead, women of the 21st century don’t feel the need to break the boys’ club as their predecessors did.
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“My spirituality has always been linked to my feminism. Feminism is about...”
– Starhawk, as quoted in Womanspirit Rising : A Feminist Reader in Religion
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If You Haven’t Been On Food Stamps, Stop Trying to... →
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Does Keeping Your Name Lead to Mass Confusion?
This article on the frontpage of Yahoo today talks about what guides women to keep or change their name. While the study the article talks about is really interesting, the way the author portrays the decision to change or keep the last name is…well, a little dramatic. She talks about how “confusing” it can be for people (more than once), and uses the example of a woman who uses...
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NWHW - Friday
I read this blog post that gives some brief ideas on hospital vs home birth, and the writer lands with a pretty good “maybe somewhere in the middle is a good compromise”. Which I agree. I do think people in US are a lot less accepting of more traditional routes, yet we still have a pretty high maternal mortality rate (which I wrote about a couple of weeks ago).
Of course, births in...
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Women's Health Week (Cont.)
This chart from the National Women’s Law Center breaks down the precentage of women who get regula pap smears by state.
I feel like a pap smear is like a lot of medical things, everybody know that you need one often, but they get put off, and really, who wants an interaction with those duck lips anyway? But this statistic I felt was really of note:
6 out of 10 cervical cancer cases occur...
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Gringrich mispells his wife's name seven times on... →
To which I say: HA. HAHAHAHAHA.
And then weep that he is a candidate for the president of our country.
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HILLARY CLINTON ERASED FROM HISTORY? NOT SO FAST! →
trinichaos:
Frickin amazing! lol
Love this! I think this is my favorite:
Texas to Require Sonograms Before Abortions →
keepyourboehneroutofmyuterus:
Texas Governor Rick Perry will likely sign into law a Texas bill that would require women seeking an abortion to get a sonogram, “hear a description of the fetus, including whether it has developed fingers, toes or internal organs,” and then wait for 24 hours, according to the Wall Street Journal. ”We believe that when they see the miracle of life some will change...
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U. of Michigan graduates walk out of own... →
Over 100 students, almost one third of the University of Michigan Law School’s graduating class, walked out in protest over their speaker Senator Rob Portman’s (R-OH) anti-gay record at their own commencement ceremony Saturday. Students were protesting the choice of Portman who has a substantial anti-gay voting history.
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Defend Women's Health Care Rights (USA) | The... →
propaganda-for-life:
Every single one of you should sign this. Pro-choice or anti-abortion, you’d be anti-life (meaning the women’s lives) not to sign this.
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Paycheck Fairness Act
I wante to share with you all the emails I recieved from my representatives in Washington regarding the Paycheck Fairness Act. I do live in Texas, so as you can imagine, they are pretty much a giant load of BS.
Dear Ms. Werner:
Thank you for contacting me regarding wage disparities due to gender discrimination in the workplace. I appreciate having the benefit of your views on this matter. As...
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10 Worst States To Be a Woman →
keepyourboehneroutofmyuterus:
State Republicans have introduced nearly 1,000 laws restricting women’s reproductive health access. Here are 10 of the worst states to be a woman between puberty and menopause.
“To be a woman” basically means “for reproductive health care access.” And here they are (mine comes in a whopping #2!!!!):
1. Mississippi
2. Texas
3. South Dakota
4. Indiana
5....
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Gender-neutral parenting is on the rise →
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National Women's Health Week
Did you know it’s National Women’s Health Week? There may be free events in your area dealing with women’s health.
Some interesting facts in honor of this:
Half of all mental illnesses begin in childhood, before age 14. Three-fourths begin before the age of 24.
About 24 million Americans have diabetes, about half of whom are women.
9 out of 10 people who have lupus are...
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