June 2012
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[Trigger warning: sizism, inappropriate use of ED,...
jenerally:
In one of the bathroom stalls at the university I attend there was this huge message, it started with “It’s true, everyone is born and built differently, but being big-boned or big-hipped is no excuse for being fat.” It continued, but was very hard to read, as was the rebuttal. The original writer, self-proclaimed “sexy biatch”, then wrote how “not all men want a girl that’s skinny...
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Sponsor ex-Wednesday Dame India's run for an... →
Our original Wednesday Dame India is running a half marathon to raise money for the Domestic Violence Intervention Project. This is a fantasic charity who not only provide support for women and children affected by domestic violence but also educate perpetrators on the effects of violence and abuse. Domestic violence is incredibly prevalent and on average 2 women a week are killed by a male...
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Tune into Women's Hour on BBC radio 4 10am this... →
For anyone who loves a bit of radio: ya’ll should tune into Woman’s Hour on BBC Radio 4 or iPlayer on Monday morning. Cherry Healey is gonna be on there talking about our show on Wednesday (Ahh!). They even asked me to be on it (very, very exciting and lovely of them!) but in the end we got squeezed out due to timing issues. Nevermind! You should all tune in anyway ‘cause...
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What women* will gain from the Affordable Care Act...
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bibliofeminista:
Some 32 million people (a majority women) will gain access to health care insurance coverage including 16 million people (also a majority women) who will gain access through Medicaid.
Subsidies to purchase coverage
About three-fourths of people who purchase through the insurance exchanges (those with incomes between 133% and 400% of poverty) will receive a...
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“Brave fares a lot better, replacing the catfight with a fairly nuanced...”
– From the Guardian: From Snow White to Brave - the evolution of the Action Princess. (via georgethecat)
Interesting article.
(via melancholywise)
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at the end of sf pride (and ny and seattle), there... →
butchrag:
remember this.
if you remember when pride was political.
it was picketed.
you were pummeled by trash, threats and physical violence.
being visible was a risk.
but you did it anyway because “it doesn’t get better”.
we make it better by not forgetting that it NEVER gets better.
people GET educated.
i am devastated by this news.
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Over Two Decades, Abortion Rate Dropped For Women...
By Annie-Rose Strasser on Jun 20, 2012 at 1:10 pm
Source Between 1990 and 2008, pregnancy and abortion rates for women in their twenties dropped dramatically, a new study revealed today. Pregnancy rates fell by 18 percent, while abortion rates dropped by a third. One of the biggest influencing factors in this decrease is the growing accessibility, use, and options for birth control....
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““feminists do kill joy in a certain sense: they disturb the very fantasy that...”
– (via exsouthernbelle)
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Intersex genitalia illustrated and explained -... →
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Preparing for the Trans Baby Boom
by Miriam Pérez, radicaldoula.com
Two weeks ago I attended the 11th annual Philadelphia Trans-Health Conference, a gathering of individuals, advocates and health providers focused on health topics for trans and gender non-conforming people. At the same conference two years ago, I was the sole doula on a panel about parenting while trans and gender non-conforming — and the only person at the...
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Olympics crackdown on sex trade condemned by Stop... →
Brooke Magnanti, the author better know by her alias, the fictional call girl Belle de Jour, has warned that the policing of sex workers in the runup to the Olympics is putting their lives at risk.
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aboyinsideavoice:
Breast cancer survivor can now swim topless in Seattle’s public pools
Yeah, she needs to wear a “gender appropriate” bathing suit even when she doesn’t have breasts OR nipples. Not to mention that men have nipples and can have them hang out, but who gives a fuck about that. The world makes me sad.
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"I Don't See Trannies"
clearbluelake:
So there is a particular kind of transphobia I get from some of my cis “friends” that I didn’t really understand until now. It comes up whenever I bring up an instance of transphobia that happens to me. My (cis) friend will say some variation of:
“I don’t understand, you must be mistaken. How could anybody know you’re trans?”
When I point out that I don’t always pass they deny...
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Chinese officials apologise to woman in forced...
City officials in China have apologised to a woman who was forced to have an abortion and suspended three people responsible, state media reports.
This came after photos showing a foetus and the mother, Feng Jianmei, shocked web users.
She was made to undergo the procedure in Shaanxi province in the seventh month of pregnancy, local officials said after investigating.
Chinese law clearly...
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“the fact that “love your body” rhetoric shifts the responsibility for body...”
– look at the medusa straight on.: on “loving your body.” (via vladislava)
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The "War on Women": A Disturbingly Self-Centered...
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Yesterday the bra burning, GOP loathing, whiny feminazi’s gathered together for rallies all around the nation to protest the Obama Administration’s unrelenting delusional claim of a “War on Women” waged by conservatives. All over the twittersphere, self-proclaimed feminists used the hashtag #UAWOW (Unite Against War on Women) to share their spiteful, angry thoughts about...
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