Category Archives: Feminism

How to Prevent Single Parent Homes: Guess What? It’s Something Conservatives Oppose

Posted on April 11, 2012 by

And no, it’s not birth control–though that obviously helps too, even if conservatives don’t believe so. Joan Walsh (boldface mine): Interestingly, in this country there seems to be one almost foolproof way to prevent single parenthood (besides contraception): college. Only … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservatives, Education, Feminism | 3 Comments

Heartland Institute Employs Staffer Who Believes “Woman” Is a Pejorative

Posted on February 17, 2012 by

By now, you might have read about the leaked documents from the Heartland Institute, a right wing faith tank that specializes in global warming denialism. As is usually the case with these sorts of situations, you can learn a lot … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservatives, Feminism | 1 Comment

How Idiot Male Rape Apologizers Ruin Life for the Rest of Us

Posted on June 16, 2011 by

What a hideous, miserable existence. For men.
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Posted in Feminism, Fucking Morons, Rape | 29 Comments

Are There Any Grownup Male Congressmen?

Posted on June 12, 2011 by

Nope. There must be something in the water in the mens’ bathroom in the House of Representatives.
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Posted in Feminism, Fucking Morons | 7 Comments

The Worst Way to Combat Prostitution: Make Prostitutes ‘Sex Offenders’

Posted on May 8, 2011 by

Yes, desperate women trying to survive are treated as if they were child rapists.
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Posted in Civil Liberties, Feminism, Public Health, Rape | 9 Comments

One Jarring Observation on the Report About Women at M.I.T.

Posted on March 23, 2011 by

Not sure this was the goal.
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Posted in Bidness, Feminism | 3 Comments

Now the Republican Party Wants the IRS to Audit Rape Survivors If They’ve Had an Abortion

Posted on March 19, 2011 by

“”on audit [she] would have to demonstrate or prove, ideally by contemporaneous written documentation, that it was incest, or rape, or [her] life was in danger,” Owens says. “It would be fairly intrusive for the woman.” Gee, ya think?
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Posted in Blastocyst Liberation, Civil Liberties, Conservatives, Feminism, Taxes | 15 Comments

Texas Dems Fight Against Texas GOP Vaginal Intrusion Act*

Posted on March 13, 2011 by

One of the two major parties is in complete thrall to fanatics who believe that intimidating women through government-mandaged vaginal penetration, discomfort and pain is an acceptable means of convincing women to not have abortions. How this is markedly different than a torture regime is unclear.
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Posted in Blastocyst Liberation, Civil Liberties, Conservatives, Feminism, Rape, Torture | 11 Comments

Planned Parenthood Is Fleecing Taxpayers? Kirsten Powers Mangles the Guttmacher Institute’s Data

Posted on March 5, 2011 by

Powers shouldn’t accuse Planned Parenthood is botching the statistics, when she is the one doing so.
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Posted in Blastocyst Liberation, Feminism, Public Health | 13 Comments

Science, Gender, and ‘Cleaning Up the Mess’

Posted on February 10, 2011 by

Are women scientists are often loaded with jobs that best could be described as “cleaning up the mess”?
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Posted in Career Stuff, Feminism | 5 Comments