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Home Truths

I should be going to bed but I wanted to direct whatever little bit of audience I still have to two related articles. The first, from The Nation (subscription required, but here’s the interesting bits) regarding a new Unicef report, Child Poverty in Perspective: An Overview of Child Well-Being in Rich Countries:

Congratulations: Children in […]

Trappings of Beauty

I’m always discovering new horrible things that women have done in order to fit into beauty standards now and in the past. Whether it is the recent Western Barbie-doll ideal, Muslim women spending their lives hidden from the world, or Chinese children having their feet bound or many, many others; men (and the women […]

Mom is still a woman

She will be so relieved.

My Mother is not a Woman

At least some people in Congress seem to think so. Apparently, a woman is a “female human being who is capable of becoming pregnant.” That is according to page 9 of the Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act (pdf). Click the first link to go to Feministing for more reasons this is a […]

Heartland - I Loved Her First

I don’t usually listen to Country music anymore, but I was flipping through the channels the other day and heard this song “I Loved Her First” by Heartland. I’m not sure if it is sweet or creepy. It just reminds me of those creepy Purity Balls. I don’t know, maybe I’m being […]

George W. Bush, sexist asshole

From the asshole-in-chief’s press conference today:

In my first act of bipartisan outreach since the election, I shared with her the names of some Republican interior decorators who can help her pick out the the new drapes for her new offices.

What a chauvinist prick.

No means no up to a point (in Maryland, at least)

I don’t really know what to say about this that Feministing, Feministe, and Pandagon haven’t already said, but everyone needs to be aware of this. An appellate court in Maryland has ruled that after sex has begun a woman has no right to withdraw her consent.

Feministe had this to say:

let’s pretend that “average person” […]

And you thought the Abramoff scandal was just about buying off politicians

Exactly how hostile to family values does the Republican party have to get before people start waking up?

Remember how just two years ago George Bush claimed he wanted to put a stop to human trafficking - i.e., women being forced into sexual slavery?

Then why was the Bush administration’s premiere advocate for stopping such sexual slavery […]

Absolutely Disgusting Abstinence Sign

via feministing

Mike Tyson, Male Gigolo?

Apparently hiting women for fun and profit isn’t enough for Mike Tyson. Great move for someone known for rape and domestic abuse, by the way. He’d also like to be a manwhore:

If we were making a list of people most likely to strike a blow for women’s sexual equality, […]