Dispatches From The War On Women:
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The American nuns deserve a whole lot of credit here. First they find themselves the target of attacks by the Vatican over their doctrinal fidelity and divided loyalties–the nuns spend most of their time on social justice issues like serving the poor while the bishops prefer to lobby against health insurance and hide pedophiles. But rather than slink away quietly as Rome told them to, they’ve decided to take their message directly to the flock. That’s right. A busload of nuns is taking a nine-state tour to highlight the social justice work they do. The tour will coincide with the bishop’s “Fortnight of Freedom” protest and organized civil disobedience around the health care bill– a week of openly and actively fighting for the right to deny lifesaving medical care based on personal prejudice. There really couldn’t be a starker contrast in approaches and positions then the bishops vs. the nuns. My money is on the nuns.
Continuing with the theme of revolution, Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) has called for one after Republicans blocked the Paycheck Fairness Act. Ladies, we all need to sign up.
The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists told Republican lawmakers to sit down, quiet up, and stop trying to play doctor with all the anti-woman legislating–in the New York Times no less.
I guess DC didn’t get the message because House Republicans are again offering a bill to target abortion access for the women in the District of Columbia.
Anti-abortion group Live Action released another in a series of sting videos designed to rally troops around the federal sex-selective abortion ban PRENDA but inadvertently ended up proving just how bad PRENDA is and how impossible these kinds of abortion bans are to police.
Check out this great three part conversation with trans feminist bloggers Emily Manuel, Monica Moldinado, Stephen Ira, and Avory Faucette.
Trans hate crime victim CeCe McDonald has been sentenced to 41 months in a men’s prison while the state makes its own determination as to her gender.
Minnesotans don’t seem as interested in banning same-sex marriage as supporters of the ban originally thought.
Depressed after the Wisconsin recall election even though the Democrats took the Senate? Don’t be.
A new study shows an enormous gender pay gap found at America’s venture capital firms.
Why are our schools for sale?
Lastly, meet the women and people of color who invented the internet.
The American nuns deserve a whole lot of credit here. First they find themselves the target of attacks by the Vatican over their doctrinal fidelity and divided loyalties–the nuns spend most of their time on social justice issues like serving the poor while the bishops prefer to lobby against health insurance and hide pedophiles. But rather than slink away quietly as Rome told them to, they’ve decided to take their message directly to the flock. That’s right. A busload of nuns is taking a nine-state tour to highlight the social justice work they do. The tour will coincide with the bishop’s “Fortnight of Freedom” protest and organized civil disobedience around the health care bill– a week of openly and actively fighting for the right to deny lifesaving medical care based on personal prejudice. There really couldn’t be a starker contrast in approaches and positions then the bishops vs. the nuns. My money is on the nuns.
Continuing with the theme of revolution, Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) has called for one after Republicans blocked the Paycheck Fairness Act. Ladies, we all need to sign up.
The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists told Republican lawmakers to sit down, quiet up, and stop trying to play doctor with all the anti-woman legislating–in the New York Times no less.
I guess DC didn’t get the message because House Republicans are again offering a bill to target abortion access for the women in the District of Columbia.
Anti-abortion group Live Action released another in a series of sting videos designed to rally troops around the federal sex-selective abortion ban PRENDA but inadvertently ended up proving just how bad PRENDA is and how impossible these kinds of abortion bans are to police.
Check out this great three part conversation with trans feminist bloggers Emily Manuel, Monica Moldinado, Stephen Ira, and Avory Faucette.
Trans hate crime victim CeCe McDonald has been sentenced to 41 months in a men’s prison while the state makes its own determination as to her gender.
Minnesotans don’t seem as interested in banning same-sex marriage as supporters of the ban originally thought.
Depressed after the Wisconsin recall election even though the Democrats took the Senate? Don’t be.
A new study shows an enormous gender pay gap found at America’s venture capital firms.
Why are our schools for sale?
Lastly, meet the women and people of color who invented the internet.
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