Feminism Archive

24 May 2013

Congress Critter: All Your Uteri are Belong to Us

What do you say to a woman who tells you how a anti-abortion bill you’re supporting would have forced her to give birth to a fetus that was missing a significant part of it’s brain and would
23 May 2013

On Uppity Women…

When a woman tries to behave like a human being, they say she wants to be a man. Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1949
29 Apr 2009

100 days of Reproductive Justice under Obama

Here’s a slide show on reproductive accomplishments (and failures) during Obama’s first 100 days:
27 Apr 2009

Clinton vs. Smith on Family Planning

I saw this video a few days ago and I thought I’d share. It’s Hillary Clinton responding to the faux-concern of some white dude named Christopher Smith on providing abortion services to women of colour in other
4 Apr 2009

Zygotes get no love in North Dakota

The absurdly ridiculous and dangerous “personhood” amendment in North Dakota has been laid to rest by the state Senate. Senators voted 29-16 Friday to reject legislation that sought to define as a human being "any organism with
27 Mar 2009

The patriarchy made flesh

From Cath Elliot’s article about how religion makes life a living hell for women: To the men of religion, women’s lives simply do not matter: "respect for life" never ever means "respect for a woman’s life." And
11 Mar 2009

Countdown to Steele’s resignation begins now

They’re already mad at him for trying to stand up to the personification of the angry white man, Rush Limbaugh.  I highly doubt they’re going to like what he said in an interview with GQ (via Think
11 Mar 2009

Obama must enjoy pissing off wackadoodle Christians

He’s lifted the ban on embryonic stem cell research, is working on revoking the conscientious objector clause for medical personnel and he’s also established a new post in the state department for international women’s issues (source): US
27 Feb 2009

Because women are stupid, that’s why.

Upon hearing that South Carolina has passed a bill requiring a 24 waiting period between forcing a woman to get an ultrasound and letting her get an abortion one may pause to wonder why. One may also
24 Feb 2009

Reproductive loons admit it’s not about the babies

Public funding of family planning services prevents around 1.9 million unintended pregnancies, 860K unintended births, 810K abortions and 270K miscarriages each year, saving the United States billions of dollars in medical expenses (source). Thus it makes sense