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Surviving “going viral,” or, how I launched a national conversation about abortion
Is this what it feels like when you decide to “Say Yes” in life? I am exhausted. I am touched. I am amazed. I am horrified. I am in awe. Last week I did the same thing I do every week (several times a week): I wrote a blog post. Same as I ever do. […]
A look at Roe at 40
January 18, 2013
In anticipation of the 40th anniversary of Roe v Wade on Jan. 22, I have written a series of posts over on The Sin City Siren. What is the state of Roe today? What is our legacy? These questions and more are examined in the links below. 40 Years of Roe: Choice in a Post-choice […]
How feticide laws turn women into gestational slaves
January 8, 2013
Anti-choice advocates have a friend in feticide laws. Akin to personhood laws, as far as I can tell, there is no upside to feticide laws. The supposed intent of such laws is to add a charge of murder to anyone who kills a fetus through violence. However, these laws are often really about criminalizing the […]
Got your tix for Corks and Forks yet?
April 21, 2012
Let’s go bowling!
April 14, 2012
The Sin City Sirens bowling team for the National Network of Abortion Funds bowl-a-thon will be playing Sunday (April 15) at 1pm at the South Point Bowling alley! Sign up for the team here! Don’t have time to sign up online? Just show up with a donation and join in the fun! The important thing […]
Celebrate two years of ACA at Planned Parenthood
March 20, 2012
Feminist Files: It’s a jungle out there
October 18, 2011
Is it something in the air? If you think there is no War on Women, you haven’t been paying attention to the full-scale attack on Planned Parenthood — which is nothing short of an indictment on women’s reproductive health care. And it’s not just about PP, people. The GOP is willing to let pregnant women […]
EC: A back-to-school essential
September 7, 2011
What will/would you do if your birth control fails? You might want to be more prepared than these two: This fall, Planned Parenthood is running a public information campaign to raise awareness about back-up birth control, specifically emergency contraception (aka, “EC”). “Accidents happen which is why it is essential for any sexually-active woman, or man […]
TF news round-up
August 30, 2011
News to set the water cooler a-boil: Did you catch the HuffPro piece on the importance of sex ed for girls? According to Dr. Helen Fisher, quoted in the article, better sex education leads to people being better adjusted sexually. So, does that mean the more you know, the better the sex? Meanwhile, 22 clinics […]
This week’s feminist news round-up
August 18, 2011
News you can use: I am so deeply sickened by this story, which you may have heard by now, about the middle school girl who was forced to write a letter of apology to her (fellow student) rapist. And we can call him a rapist, because he was convicted of the act in a juvenile […]
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