April 2012
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Florida Senate women flex muscles -... →
sarahlee310:
A group of women in the Florida Senate joined together in the past session to kill a number of bills, including the expansion of private prisons and anti-abortion measure.
Together, they defeated a massive expansion of private prisons, blocked an omnibus antiabortion bill from debate and prevented unregulated, out-of-state companies from taking over state-sponsored homeowners...
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When a rich woman wants to stay home with her... →
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“The most prevailing incentive to labor was to secure the means of education for...”
– Harriet Hanson Robinson, the wife of a newspaper editor and Lowell Mill Girl from the age of ten in 1834 to 1848. (via coolchicksfromhistory)
Iowa Republican State Senator Proposes Drug... →
stfuconservatives:
The War on Women continues. In this installment, an Iowa state senator proposes that women who receive child support from their partner should be drug tested. Because that’s not demeaning or an invasion of privacy or anything.
-Jess
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Think women have achieved equality? Think again. →
lostgrrrls:
thedaysarenotfullenough:
We Can’t Be Equal While:
Gender Roles Men are the default and women are the Other (and therefore lesser).
Being called “girly” or a “sissy” or “pussy” are some of the worst insults you can give a man.
When a woman shows confidence in herself, she is said to “have balls”, or conversely she is a “man-eater”, “ball-buster”, or a “bitch” because she was “too”...
“…the war on women is real. And look I tell you where it’s going to intensify....”
– Vice President Joe Biden, on MSNBC’s The Ed Show
more, plus video, here.
(via thesmithian)
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Virginia GOP lawmaker berates a woman: "I’m not... →
think-progress:
ProgressVA recently released a report on the legislative influence of the corporate-funded American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) — which began hemorrhaging donors in the wake of a campaign raising awareness of its efforts to disenfranchise voters and enact Florida-style “stand your ground” laws. The group noted that the Commonwealth of Virginia has spent $232,000 of...
Nationwide rallies against the War on Women: April... →
fuckyeahfeminists:
Rallies and protest marches will take place across the United States and territories on April 28th. This movement, Unite Against the War on Women, has been gaining momentum across the nation. Events are scheduled at state capitols and major cities in all fifty states, Washington, D.C., American territories, and other areas. All event times and locations are available...
(Wisconsin Republican Governor) Scott Walker... →
sarahlee310:
Gov. Scott Walker (R-WI) quietly signed three controversial bills on the eve of a holiday weekend to significantly limit access to abortion services and sex education. Walker “signed the bills Thursday but didn’t announce the move until midday Friday, when his office released a list of more than 50 bills he signed Thursday and Friday,” the Associated Press reports. The measures...
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“The clitoris is pure in purpose. It is the only organ in the body designed...”
– Natalie Angier (via winslowfiascoo)
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Texas Rep, Having Failed to Pass Anti-Choice Law,... →
rhrealitycheck:
By Andrea Grimes
Texas Republican House Representative Bill Zedler couldn’t get the anti-choice amendment he proposed during last year’s special lawmaking session approved by his peers in the legislature—he’d like to gather as much information as possible on women seeking, and doctors performing, abortions—so he’s asked the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) to do...
