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So the Stupak Amendment Sucks: Here's What You Can Do About It

Find out how your representative voted on and call their office, to thank them or to tell them that you'll be supporting a pro-choice democrat in the next primary.

Focus on the Family's Insurance Plan Covers Abortion (And Other Ironies of The Latest Assault on Choice)

by Eyal Press, TheNation.com

If anti-choice pols want to assure taxpayers they won't subsidize abortion, why haven't they tried to abolish tax breaks for employer-sponsored health insurance?

Will the Stupak Amendment Force Women Who've Miscarried to Lose Insurance Coverage?

by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check

I think so.

Pretentious Scold Bernard-Henri Lévy Decries "Lynching" of Roman Polanski

by , Shakesville

"Why don't we hear these intellectuals denounce with equal ardor ... the martyrdom of child soldiers in Africa, or child slaves in Asia?"

Anti-Woman Amendment to Health Care Passes House

by Adele Stan

The Stupak amendment -- an anti-choice measure that could virtually eliminate insurance coverage for abortion -- will be attached to the health-care reform bill.

House Takes Up-or-Down Vote on Stupak Amendment, Threatening Women's Rights

by RH Reality Check, RH Reality Check

The House leadership bows to anti-choice congressmen, allowing them a vote on an anti-choice amendment to the health-care bill.

Anti-Rape Activist Gabrielle Union Speaks Out About Her Own Rape and the Richmond, CA Gang Rape

by Melissa McEwan, Shakesville

"After googling the gang rape story in Richmond and reading comments on blogs, it just leaves me sickened and really sad."

Meet the 28 (Male) Anti-Choice Dems Who Are Stalling Health Reform

by mcjoan, Daily Kos

Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) claims he's recruited over 40 anti-choice Dems to sabotage the current bill.

Do Pregnant Women Have Fewer Rights?

by Alexa Kolbi-Molinas, Blog of Rights

A slew of recent cases reveal a persistent paternalistic treatment of pregnant women by overzealous prosecutors and judges.

Are Obama's All-Guy Basketball Games Really a Big Deal?

by Sady Doyle, Comment Is Free

When the president held an office basketball game and invited only male employees to play, it sparked anger, simply because it looked so familiar.

"Precious" Star Claims the Spotlight

Emily Wilson, The Women's Media Center. November 10, 2009.
In the harrowing new film "Precious", Gabourey Sidibe plays the title role of the obese Harlem teenager caught up in a cycle of abuse, incest and poverty.

9 Silly Things People Say When They Hear You Don't Want Kids (And Ways to Counter Them)

Liz Langley, AlterNet. November 10, 2009.
Wanting kids isn't just the social norm, it's said to be a biological imperative, the only supposed "duh" of evolution. But yet, some of us choose not to -- and for good reason.

How the Stupak Amendment Radically Undermines Women's Rights

Rachel Morris, Mother Jones Online. November 10, 2009.
Bart Stupak's last-minute amendment to the health care bill is even more dangerous than you think.

4 Ways the Stupak Amendment Deprives Women of Access to Abortion

Jessica Arons, The Wonk Room. November 9, 2009.
The health-care bill passed by the House will expand access to health care. But millions of women are about to lose coverage they currently have and need.

Fetus-Shaped Potatoes? Going Undercover Inside the Weird World of Right-Wing Abortion Foes

Ann Neumann, AlterNet. November 3, 2009.
I went undercover to a Pro-Life Federation conference. What I found there was not "middle America" or even conservative America. It was fringe America.

"Restless Vagina Syndrome": Big Pharma's Newest Fake Disease

Terry J. Allen, In These Times. November 3, 2009.
The pharmaceutical industry wants you to think that if you don't have sex like a porn star, you're in need of their drugs.

Why It's Not Smart to Call Women Conservatives 'Whores'

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet. November 2, 2009.
Conservative women should be strongly criticized. But using gendered language to attack them doesn't help progressives.

Boobs to Die For

Elisheva Wolfe, Nerve.com. November 1, 2009.
I love my boobs. I'm going to use them every day until they start to kill me.

How a Racist Judge Inadvertently Made the Case for Gay Marriage

Madison Shockley, Truthdig. October 30, 2009.
A bigoted justice of the peace in the backwoods of Louisiana accidentally got to the heart of the issue around a key argument in California's gay marriage debate.

There's No Hope for Afghanistan If Women Aren't Involved

Ann Jones, The Nation. October 28, 2009.
What happens to women in Afghanistan is not merely a "women's issue." It is the central issue of stability, development and durable peace.

Is the Catholic Leadership Trying to Silence Nuns?

Maureen Fiedler, Ms. Magazine. October 27, 2009.
The Vatican's secretive investigations of American nuns is seen by many as attempts to intimidate outspoken, liberal nuns into submission.

Is Sleeping With a Married Man Sexist?

Mandy Van Deven, RH Reality Check. October 27, 2009.
How does sleeping with a married man square with feminist politics?

Rape Is a Pre-Existing Condition? The Heartlessness of the Health Insurance Industry Exposed

Danielle Ivory, The Huffington Post Investigative Fund. October 21, 2009.
By taking anti-AIDS medicine after a rape, Christina Turner discovered that she had made herself all but uninsurable.

Why Do Men Catcall?

Ronnie Koenig, AlterNet. October 21, 2009.
Screaming at women about their appearances reinforces some men's sense of dominance -- but it's street harassment.

A National Treasure -- The Memoirs of Gay Rights Pioneer Martin Duberman

Doug Ireland, Gay City News. October 20, 2009.
Father of gay studies programs in universities, Duberman was early to embrace the nascent, post-Stonewall gay liberation movement and join its militant ranks.

Rethinking Marriage. The World Has Changed. It's Time!

Melissa Harris-Lacewell, The Nation. October 19, 2009.
We must do more than simply re-integrate new groups into an old system. We need to seriously consider our assumptions about the system itself.

Gloria Steinem: Why We Should Be Both Optimistic and Cautious About a New Report on Women in the Workplace

Gloria Steinem, Women's Media Center. October 19, 2009.
The Shriver Report stands to attract some serious (and overdue) attention to a woman's role in the workplace. Whether that will translate to action is yet unclear.

Going Green Means Having Fewer Kids

Emily Badger, Miller-McCune.com. October 19, 2009.
There are already just too many people on the planet. What are we supposed to do about it?

How to Have Sex Like a Virgin for Only 30 Bucks

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet. October 16, 2009.
Who doesn't want to have sex with virgins?

There's Another Way to Dress Up for Halloween Instead of Slutty Nurse Outfits

Vanessa Richmond, The Tyee. October 15, 2009.
Hallow'green is freakier than scarily packaged costumes.

Why Running Can Be a Feminist Act

Courtney Wilder, Minnesota Women's Press. October 14, 2009.
Nothing -- especially nothing involving women and their bodies -- can remain politically neutral for long.

Ridiculous Study Blames Feminism for Non-Existent 'Happiness Gap' Between Men and Women

Barbara Ehrenreich, Tomdispatch.com. October 14, 2009.
Much-discussed study claims that women are more depressed relative to men in recent decades, when it actually suggests that neither marriage nor children make women happy.

Working With the Victims in the Complex Struggle to Fight Sex Trafficking

Noy Thrupkaew, The Nation. October 13, 2009.
The Philippines suffers from a significant problem with child sex exploitation, but it also provides more fertile ground for US work on anti-trafficking.

Barbie's "Fat Ankles"? 9 of the Doll's Most Embarrassing Controversies

Wendy Norris, RH Reality Check. October 13, 2009.
The doll's history is filled with gender, body image and racial gaffes.

Why I Like Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s Body Better Than Jennifer's

W. Scott Poole, Religion Dispatches. October 13, 2009.
Has a new horror film about a murderous cheerleader subverted the mythos of woman as the source of evil or just the opposite?

Lysol-Scented Vaginas: The Strange History of Douching

Cherry Trifle, SeXis Magazine. October 5, 2009.
Thanks to a media marketing machine bent on making money by making women feel bad, women used to pour Lysol in their vaginas. Some still douche. But why?

We Are All Roman Polanski's Victims, And We All Deserve Justice

Jaclyn Friedman, AlterNet. October 2, 2009.
When a rapist, no matter how gifted or famous, is allowed to escape justice, we're all harmed.

At the Values Voter Summit, Wing-Nut Christian Right Plots Its Comeback

Rob Boston, Church and State. September 28, 2009.
Religious conservatives, safely out of the public eye, let loose a string of shocking diatribes at the Values Voter Summit.

A Day in the Life of an Abortion Clinic Escort

Anonymous, RH Reality Check. September 28, 2009.
Every day that our doors are open to women seeking abortions, the sidewalk in front of our clinic is occupied by stalkers, harassers, and creeps.

Israel's Fear of Jewish Girls Dating Arabs; Team of Psychologists to "Rescue" Women

Jonathan Cook, AlterNet. September 25, 2009.
Youth counselors and psychologists are going after young Jewish women who are dating Arab men to "rescue" them.

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