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January 04, 2010 | Frances Kissling |
Reclaiming Legal Abortion as a Fundamental Right
How did we get to the point where denial of abortion funding for poor women has apparently become an acceptable tradeoff in the campaign for health insurance reform? Here, the former president of Catholics for Choice traces the history and tells us why justice demands the immediate repeal of the Hyde Amendment.
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January 02, 2010 | Julie Zeilinger |
Media
Support Women Artists Sunday: Kate Nash
Nash was born in Dublin, Ireland, to an English father and Irish mother, on 6 July 1987. She grew up in Harrow, North West London. Nash became interested in music in childhood. She learned how to play...
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Why I Don't Like Pride
But Steph, you may say: you're trans, and sort of a lesbian – queer as hell! You should love pride!
And yes, I should. But I don't. There are a few reasons, all compelling.
1) Transphobia. Full stop...
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Happy New Year!
Instead of posting some random facts about this holiday (if there are any?) I figured I should post about the "Don't Drop The Ball" campaign. Hope everybody has a happy (and safe!) holiday.
Why New Y...
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The Headscarf
Right. Islam and feminism. What's the deal? I really don't know. I do appreciate the religion, though, as a lapsed Muslim, I'm probably not the best person to talk about this.
Still, I think I'm qual...
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Feminist Vlogging
It seems like blogging is a pretty accepted form of spreading the feminist word. However, we don't talk about those who are doing some awesome feminist vlogging. I thought today I'd share some of the ...
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December 26, 2009 | Julie Zeilinger |
Media
Support Women Artists Sunday: Regina Spektor
A veteran of New York's anti-folk scene, songwriter Regina Spektor makes quirky, highly eclectic, but always personal music. Born and raised in Moscow until age nine, Spektor listened to her father's ...
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December 25, 2009 | Brenna F |
Media
The Prince Is Safe Now
This morning I felt extremely lazy, so when I woke up at 11:00 I decided to turn on some cartoons. (Hey, we’re all kids at heart.) There were commercials on, but one of them was a little different t...
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Required Reading: Girldrive
I just finished reading the book Girldrive by Nona Willis Aronowitz (who has been an fbomb supporter from the beginning!) and Emma Bee Bernstein, and I must say, everybody who reads this blog HAS to r...
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December 23, 2009 | Sarah Seltzer |
Arts and culture
The Two Sides of Louisa May Alcott
A new documentary, to air next week on PBS’s “American Masters,” paints the creator of Little Women and its feminist heroine Jo as a complex personality, caught up in the needs of a difficult family.
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Will Fundamental Rights or Fundamentalism Prevail in the Health Care Battle?
Shortly after midnight, Senate Democrats amassed the 60 votes necessary to pass a key test for health care legislation, but only after bowing to demands on abortion coverage that threaten women’s health and well-being.
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Support Women Artists Sunday: Florence & the Machine
Florence and The Machine is the name for Florence Welch and her cast of backing musicians. The band has received a great deal of critical acclaim since their inception and were chosen in 2008 as one o...
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December 18, 2009 | Betsy Wade |
Media
Honoring a Friend, Recalling a Battle for Women in Journalism
As newspapers suffer hard times, the alumnae of a classic battle at the New York Times paid tribute to their chronicler.
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Depend on Women to Keep the Momentum Rolling on Global Warming
Women are bringing the word to negotiators at the climate change conference in Copenhagen that those closest to the damaging effects of global warming point the way toward lessening the risks to the most vulnerable among us.
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December 16, 2009 | Taylor S |
Disability,
Feminism
An Old School Family
I grew up in an old school family. I am a second generation Hungarian immigrant, and first generation Canadian immigrant. Our family unites all of central Europe: Hungary, Croatia, former Yugoslavia, ...
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Kathleen Kennedy Townsend Calls on Progressive Catholics to Resist Pressure from Bishops on Abortion
At a critical moment for health care reform, Townsend says it is essential for religious progressives to speak up.
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December 14, 2009 | Barbara Glickstein |
Health
Breast Cancer Screening: Why I Support the New Guidelines
Media coverage of the new guidelines regarding mammography screening has emphasized controversy and focused on fears about health rationing. However, many women’s health advocates have, for years, warned that the tests are oversold. Here, the author explains and asks us to take a rational look at the evidence.
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December 14, 2009 | DrewsieDrewsie |
Media
A Feminist Analysis of "Fifteen"
Taylor Swift's song, Fifteen:
I love country music. I love it with a burning passion. And inside of my love for country music also comes a love for Taylor Swift. I like her because she is my age, he...
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What I Learned at SDLC
When I told my friends I was going to SDLC, the Student Diversity Leadership Conference, they all asked the question I’d both anticipated and dreaded. “How can you go to that?” they asked, “You’re whi...
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December 12, 2009 | Julie Zeilinger |
Media
Support Women Artists Sunday: Tegan and Sara
Ask and you shall receive, FBombers...
Tegan and Sara are a Canadian indie rock/indie pop duo consisting of identical twins Tegan Rain Quin and Sara Kiersten Quin, born September 19, 1980. Both Tegan...
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December 10, 2009 | Janus Adams |
Arts and culture
“Truth Goes Marching”
Historian Janus Adams reflects on two Civil War exhibits in New York, featuring John Brown and Abraham Lincoln. In a footnote she finds her key to women’s truth, hiding in the margins of history and giving us insight into the issues of today.
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December 10, 2009 | Amy CT |
Feminism
"I'm Not At All Sexist, Except..."
I work in a café – this may not initially seem important, but bare with me. So, when I work on Sundays, I’m the team supervisor; a seventeen year old girl running a team which includes at least two o...
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December 09, 2009 | Nellie B |
Feminism,
Violence against women
That's Not Funny
They're everywhere, it seems. Polluting my conversation, tainting my first impressions of people, causing me to seriously question my feminism. I'm talking about rape jokes.
This culture has legit...
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