December 2010
97 posts
-Anti-Choice Lies-
PREGNANCY CRISIS CENTERS
This is probably the worst of the...
– Jessica Valenti (Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman’s Guide To Why Feminism Matters)
-Anti-Choice Lies-
POST-ABORTION SYNDROME
Yet another fake term. Its not...
– Jessica Valenti (Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman’s Guide To Why Feminism Matters)
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-Anti-Choice Lies-
ABORTION CAUSES BREAST CANCER
Abortion doesn’t cause...
– Jessica Valenti (Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman’s Guide To Why Feminism Matters)
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-Anti-Choice Lies-
THE MYTH OF “PARTIAL-BIRTH” ABORTION
Repeat...
– Jessica Valenti (Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman’s Guide To Why Feminism Matters)
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Know The Difference.
Only one in five women knows about emergency contraception, and one-third of those women confuse EC with RU-486, the abortion pill.
Stay Out!
77% of likely voters say that the government should stay out of a woman’s personal and private decision about whether to have an abortion.
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-The Scarlet Letter-
Obviously the Big A issue—abortion—is the most...
– Jessica Valenti (Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman’s Guide To Why Feminism Matters)
Male Contraceptives!
Male contraceptives are on the way! Two different kinds of pills (one hormonal, one not) and an IVD (similar to women’s IUD) are being tested for release.
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-The Morning After-
There has been way too much confusion (put out there...
– Jessica Valenti (Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman’s Guide To Why Feminism Matters)
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Mothers
Many women who get abortions say that concern for their existing children is a key factor in their decision. That sounds like the opposite of “selfish” to me.
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-Having All The Goodies And Not Paying The Price-
Because it’s for sluts....
– Jessica Valenti (Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman’s Guide To Why Feminism Matters)
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-Contraception Misconception-
Nothing exemplifies the real motives of the...
– Jessica Valenti (Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman’s Guide To Why Feminism Matters)
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-If These Uterine Walls Could Talk-
It’s not news that women’s...
– Jessica Valenti (Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman’s Guide To Why Feminism Matters)
-Taking Action-
Hearing all this stuff is really disheartening, I know. But...
– Jessica Valenti (Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman’s Guide To Why Feminism Matters)
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Report!
Fewer than half of all rapes and sexual assaults are reported to police.
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-The Laws That Make It Better, The Laws That Make You Want To Scream-...
– Jessica Valenti (Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman’s Guide To Why Feminism Matters)
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-What They Don’t Tell You-
Too often, issues of violence against women...
– Jessica Valenti (Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman’s Guide To Why Feminism Matters)
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-Harassment-
You know you have a favorite street-harassment story. (And yeah, I...
– Jessica Valenti (Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman’s Guide To Why Feminism Matters)
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-Intimate Partner Violence-
Most people are familiar with the term domestic...
– Jessica Valenti (Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman’s Guide To Why Feminism Matters)
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S.C.H.J.C
The South Carolina House Judiciary Committee voted in 2005 to make cockfighting a felony, but tabled a bill that would have done the same for domestic violence.
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-What to Do, What to Do?-
A term that’s used by a lot of feminists and...
– Jessica Valenti (Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman’s Guide To Why Feminism Matters)
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Just So You Know...
Just so you know: April is Sexual Assault month, and October is Domestic Violence Awareness month.
-Blaming the Victim-
You would think that in this day and age, blaming the...
– Jessica Valenti (Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman’s Guide To Why Feminism Matters)
Mary Beth Buchanan
In 2006, Bush appointed Mary Beth Buchanan to head the Office on Violence Against Women, whose claim to fame was spending $12 million on prosecuting people who sold bongs. So yeah, real qualified.
-Rape/Sexual Assault-
When I was in college, a teacher once said that all women...
– Jessica Valenti (Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman’s Guide To Why Feminism Matters)
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-The Blame (And Shame) Game-
Violence against women is at epidemic levels in...
– Jessica Valenti (Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman’s Guide To Why Feminism Matters)
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-But Sometimes You Just Can’t Win-
Unfortunately, despite our best...
– Jessica Valenti (Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman’s Guide To Why Feminism Matters)
-So What’s A Girl to Do?-
It shouldn’t be that hard to develop an...
– Jessica Valenti (Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman’s Guide To Why Feminism Matters)
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-Performance vs. Reality-
Contradictions aside, what all this porn/pop culture...
– Jessica Valenti (Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman’s Guide To Why Feminism Matters)
FPA
The world’s first Feminist Porn Awards were given in June 2006 in Toronto, Canada.
Violent Pornography
In 2006, the British government banned violent pornography.
-Like A Virgin, and Other Pop Contradictions-
Never mind trying to find an...
– Jessica Valenti (Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman’s Guide To Why Feminism Matters)