2005 April Archive | Feministing

Spanish Parliament Passes Gay Marriage Bill; Like Usual, Our Country Sucks

Last Friday, Spain’s parliament accepted the right for same-sex couples to marry and adopt children, reports BBC News. Now the Senate just has to pass the bill, which is expected within weeks.
In addition to a previous post on the new socialist (and feminist) Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero’s efforts to create a domestic violence bill, he has since made strong efforts to remove the strong influence from the Church in Spain, and create a secular state.
Under the bill, Spanish Civil Law will include the statement: “Matrimony shall have the same requisites and effects regardless of whether the persons involved are of the same or different sex.” Woohoo!
While the newly elected ...

By Ann • 19 years ago

Since when are pro-choicers not “real women”?

A cadre of anti-choice women are descending upon Washington today for “REAL Women’s Voices,” a lobby day against abortion rights.
Sponsored by the Family Research Council, the National Right to Life, Concerned Women for America and other conservative groups, the event’s “real women” speakers include such political heavyweights as Rachel Campos-Duffy of Real World: San Francisco, and pro-life singer/songwriter Kara Klein, who “will speak at the press conference and sing her new song about Terri Schiavo, ‘Beautiful Still.'”
I’ll be writing my legislators today to let them know that I am a REAL woman who is PRO-CHOICE and opposed to the so-called Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act.
(I’ll also be waiting to hear about the number of ...

By Jessica • 19 years ago

Need an abortion? Get a note from your parents…

Yes, I’m serious. Check this out from the Houston Chronicle:

Young women would need written permission from their parents to get an abortion, and the court process to bypass that consent would be much tougher under a bill passed by a House committee late Monday.While current state law mandates that minors notify their parents of their intent to have an abortion, the bill, filed by Rep. Phil King, R-Weatherford, prohibits a doctor from performing the procedure unless a parent, managing conservator or court-appointed guardian approves.
You have got to be kidding me. This isn’t like missing class; it’s a life changing decision. I always love the logic that says teen girls are too immature ...

Yes, I’m serious. Check this out from the Houston Chronicle:

Young women would need written permission from their parents to get an abortion, and the court process to bypass that consent would be ...

By Ann • 19 years ago

Goin’ to the chapel? Not without passing this DV course

Romanian men who want to get married will have to complete a course on domestic violence first.
The Telegraph (U.K.) is reporting that the three-day course is designed to deter men from abusing their wives. If they won’t attend the course, the government won’t issue the marriage license.
There are also classes geared toward women, who will learn about their rights and that they do not have to tolerate beatings. (The article doesn’t say whether women will be compelled to attend.)
Romania has only recently begun to recognize domestic violence as a problem. The new law sprang from a government survey published this year that found many men regarded a marriage licence as permission to beat their wives. About ...

By Vanessa • 19 years ago

I know my vagina is a treasure and all but damn…

Check out this belt ordered by an unidentified actress to be worn at the Cannes film festival. The diamond is 22-carat, by the way. That’s some serious pussy accessorizing right there.
Via Nerve.

By Jessica • 19 years ago

Arizona pharmacist recommends lying to women

Don’t know if anyone caught this (I’m still trying to catch up)…
K-mart pharmacist Dan Gransinger recently wrote a letter to the editor to the Arizona Republic, recommending that other pharmacists who have a problem dispensing emergency contraception simply lie to their female customers:
The pharmacist should just tell the patient that he is out of the medication and can order it, but it will take a week to get here. The patient will be forced to go to another pharmacy because she has to take these medicines within 72 hours for them to be effective. Problem solved.
Yes, he actually wrote this. You have to love how fucking nonchalant he is about lying. As if ...

By Jessica • 19 years ago

Increase of women’s bathrooms on LA college campuses

Apparently bathroom humor isn’t beyond the Associated Press. Was this lead sentence really necessary though?
It’s being called potty parity. The nine-campus Los Angeles Community College District has pledged to add more women’s bathroom stalls across its campuses as part of a $2.2 billion construction program. The move calls for four bathroom stalls for every 50 women and one for every 50 men. That compares with state ratios of three for every 50 women and one for every 100 men.
Can’t wait for the anti-feminists to grab onto this one. We’re taking over the toilets! Next, the world…

Apparently bathroom humor isn’t beyond the Associated Press. Was this lead sentence really necessary though?
It’s being called potty parity. The nine-campus Los Angeles Community College District has pledged to add more women’s bathroom ...

By Jessica • 19 years ago

Pura Vida

Got back from my Costa Rican road trip last night. Went to Monteverde for a couple of days and then was off to Puerto Viejo on the Caribbean coast.
Several things I learned on my trip:
Skirts make for easy road-side peeing.
Alka-Seltzer is king.
They tell you not to put paper in the toilet for a reason.
There are still people who get their hair braided on vacation and think it’s super-cool. (We get it; you were on the beach. Now give it up already.)
Thanks to all the Feministing ladies for putting in more time while I was gone. And a tremendous thanks to Amanda for ...

Got back from my Costa Rican road trip last night. Went to Monteverde for a couple of days and then was off to Puerto Viejo on the Caribbean coast.
Several ...