July 2011
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Saturday Morning Links
10 Reasons Schools Should be Teaching Financial Literacy to our Kids -YES. I know there are so many things that people say kids should learn at home, but would it be so bad to have someone well educated in a critical life skill teaching it to kids?
10 historic people from the GLBTQ community to add to the textbooks.
Who did the recession hit the hardest? Hint: It’s not white people.
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The Bystander Effect →
The bystander effect or is a social psychological phenomenon that refers to cases where individuals do not offer any means of help in an emergency situation to the victim when other people are present. The probability of help has in the past been thought to be inversely related to the number of bystanders; in other words, the greater the number of bystanders, the less likely it is that any...
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Famine In Somalia
Famine in parts of Somalia has killed tens of thousands of people, according the United Nations. Half of the population faces hunger, malnutrition and other related problems, and tens of thousands of refugees are fleeing to neighboring countries. Visit this link to find ways to help.
From the official US response:
The United States is deeply concerned by the humanitarian emergency in the...
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Saturday Morning Links
Chris Brown is set to star in “Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man”. I already think the whole theme is kind of sexist ,but is adding Chris Brown to the mix a good idea?
NPR is running a series on pregnancy and childbirth. Its really a fascinating look at different experiences, cultures, and things people never tell you about being pregnant.
How Stuff Works has a pretty good article...
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This app shows you what you could save with no... →
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Without paying for this IUD noise, I could protect 60 acres of rainforest from deforestation!
Someone in my position in the US could fund a shelter for 50 women surviving trafficking for a year with the savings they’d make from no-cost birth control!
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The High Cost of Birth Control
The other day I posted a coupon for NuvaRing, a form of birth control. With the upcoming charge to to make birth control without copays mandatory, people who aren’t familiar with the costs of BC could wonder what the fuss is about. A few key points on the cost of birth control:
Women typically pay between $15 and $50 a month in co-pays for birth control pills — $180 to $600 a year.
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Benefits of Birth Control
One of the (ignorant) arguments against affordable, accessible, birth control is often that women should just not have sex. I’m just going to assume that we all know the basis of why the is ridiculous, so I’m going to skip over that part. But the other thing is, birth control can have a number of health benefits.
I have been taking various types of birth control for about a decade now...
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Birth Control Blog Carnival
So, tomorrow Planned Parenthood Action Center is teaming up with the National Women’s Law Center to host a BC Blog Carnival. Which I think is a great idea.
There have been a LOT of discussions going on over at The Chicktionary, but I wanted to go ahead and open up my blog for this too. I’m working on lining up some good resources and information about BC for tomorrow, and most likely...
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Anyone use NuvaRing? →
This post is about my birth control. (But I mean it’s TMI Tuesday right?)
Today I got a three month supply for $15! And I know, from experience, without insurance NuvaRing is $70 a month. So if you click the link above, you can get a re-useable coupon for $15 off. It might not seem like much to some people, but BC can get expensive, and I feel like this coupon might not be common...
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Straight man couldn't donate blood because he... →
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Sit down for this.
A man in Indiana recently went to donate blood, but he was refused the opportunity.
During the screening process at Bio-Blood Components Inc., Aaron Pace, 22, was told he could not donate blood because he “appears to be a homosexual.”
He’s straight. And they sent him home because he looks gay.
The FDA has had a ban on MSM (men who have sex...
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Perfect Pop Star?
A Japanese pop group has recently created a new member. Yes, created, as in made her digitally out of the best features of the other members of the group. The video in this article shows how the management of the group put together the avatar piece by piece using the “best” features of other girls in the group.
There are 58 girls in the group. 58 girls, and none of them are good...
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Saturday Morning Links
The founder of the first women’s homeless shelter dies at 85. From this article: “Kip Tiernan was dumbfounded when she saw women disguising themselves as men to get a meal at a men-only homeless shelter in Boston nearly 40 years ago — so much so that she went ahead and founded the nation’s first homeless shelter for women.”
A Practical Wedding is facilitating weddings for...
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Currently Reading
So I’m currently reading “She’s Not There” by Jennifer Finney Boylan. And I would really recommend it! The book is a memoir about Boylan’s transition of male to female. As a writer anyway, Boylan does a great job of highlighting important moments, but also adding plenty of wit.
And it’s also a great story, which can sometimes get lost in memoirs. I’m...
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Saturday Morning Links
An update on the case to help the cheerleader from Silsbee, TX who was forced to cheer for her rapist - so far people have donated $23,000 to help her pay her legal fees. I still think this is a terrible case, but it’s great to see people rallying to help.
SexyFeminist looks at Teen Mom and asks the question - is it feminist? The show may be controversial, but I agree that it’s...
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11 Facts About Global Poverty →
Nearly half the world – over three billion people – live on less than $2.50 a day.
According to UNICEF, 26,500-30,000 children die each day due to poverty – that’s 18 children dying every minute, a child every three seconds.
About 1.1 billion people in developing countries have inadequate access to water, and 2.6 billion lack basic sanitation.
For the 1.9 billion children from the ...
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“I grew up around women, I believe that we can teach each other so much. I’m...”
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