By Vanessa • 18 years ago

New site launched for the perverted and pinched

As an update to our post on “john school” and the pics of men on billboards who had been arrested for soliciting prostitutes, it looks like a new strategy in Chicago has been used to humiliate their johns, reports the Chicago Tribune.
The Chicago Police Department have begun to post names and pictures of the men on their new website. By the end of the first day that the site was up, they received more than 47,000 hits. Mayor Richard Daly says the intention is to shame them before their spouses, children, neighbors, and employers. The names of prostitutes have been on the site for some time, but “with little fanfare.” Glad to see ...

As an update to our post on “john school” and the pics of men on billboards who had been arrested for soliciting prostitutes, it looks like a new strategy in Chicago has been ...
By noauthor • 18 years ago

If you live in NY, you’re psyched today…

According to a recent NARAL press release, last night, by a vote of 34-27-1, the NY State Senate passed S.3661 –“The Unintended Pregnancy Prevention Act.” This legislation allows a woman (regardless of age) to go directly to a pharmacist to obtain emergency contraception. Now, the women of New York can avoid unnecessary delays in getting birth control.
YAY!

UPDATE: Read more about the bill at BushvChoice.

According to a recent NARAL press release, last night, by a vote of 34-27-1, the NY State Senate passed S.3661 –“The Unintended Pregnancy Prevention Act.” This legislation allows a woman (regardless of age) to ...
By noauthor • 18 years ago

What a loser!

Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone made an outrageous comment to Danica Patrick, the Indianapolis 500 star. (For those of you who don’t know, Formula One is a type of race car driving unlike that of the Indy 500 — they have their own drivers, tracks, schedules, and championship).
Obviously race car driving has never been at the center of progressive feminist thought, but check out this blurb from Sports Illustrated:
Patrick received a telephone call from Ecclestone last week during which he congratulated the Indy Racing League rookie for her performance at the Indianapolis 500, but also reiterated remarks he had made during an interview at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where the U.S. Grand Prix was being ...

Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone made an outrageous comment to Danica Patrick, the Indianapolis 500 star. (For those of you who don’t know, Formula One is a type of race car driving unlike that of the ...
By Jessica • 18 years ago

Study says married men earn more if wives do the chores

I just love these studies. “Honey, make me dinner; my salary depends on it!”
Married men earn more than bachelors so long as their wives stay at home doing the housework, according to a report on Wednesday from Britain’s Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER).
Academics Elena Bardasi and Mark Taylor found that a married man whose wife does not go out to work but is primarily responsible for the cooking and cleaning earns about 3 percent more than comparably employed single men.
But that wage premium disappears if wives go out to work themselves or don’t do most of the housework.

“It has been fairly well documented that married men earn more than single ...

I just love these studies. “Honey, make me dinner; my salary depends on it!”
Married men earn more than bachelors so long as their wives stay at home doing the housework, according to a ...
By Vanessa • 18 years ago

Talk about family planning.

A newly released study has shown that women may be able to take a genetic test to determine the future of their fertility.
While a woman’s fertility drops more rapidly after the age of 37, Dr. Neri Laufer from Haddassah University presented his study at the European Fertility Conference, revealing that women who are able to give birth after the age of 45 have a special genetic profile that protects against DNA damage and early cell death (which both affect the ovaries).
So through a blood sample, it may be possible to tell a woman when she personally will lose her fertility. This is additional to a test that will be able to tell a woman when ...

A newly released study has shown that women may be able to take a genetic test to determine the future of their fertility.
While a woman’s fertility drops more rapidly after the age of ...
By Ann • 18 years ago

Need contraception? Wait while we call your parents

Our favorite crazy Congressman– Rep. Tom Coburn– is pushing a bill that would require parental notification before minors can get a contraception prescription filled.
The “Parents Right to Know Act” would require federally funded health clinics to notify parents at least five days before dispensing birth control. Parents do not have to consent, but the bill has no exceptions for teens whose parents are estranged or abusive.
“This bill does nothing but put parents back in charge of their adolescent daughters,” said Coburn.
Shudder. I’d say this bill does a lot more than that, Tom. Like discourage teens from using contraception. Most teenagers say they would just have ...

Our favorite crazy Congressman– Rep. Tom Coburn– is pushing a bill that would require parental notification before minors can get a contraception prescription filled.
The “Parents Right to Know ...
By Vanessa • 18 years ago

A Ms. MAD magazine?


A new women’s magazine has recently been launched that deems itself “somewhere in between MAD and Ms.” Hmmm.
Mamacita is a “female waterfront of humor, parody and satire.” There aren’t many magazines out there that are specifically geared towards women’s humor, and this magazine seems to think it can fill the position. (Although the article says that The Onion is a men’s mag, which I think is a load of crap.)
The publication is filled with random humorous stories, editorials, and special features, like “The Adventures of Ubermom: America’s Most Perfect Mom.” They also have a section devoted to Michael Jackson, which I found a bit strange.
Joan Conde is the brainchild of Mamacita, who labeled ...


A new women’s magazine has recently been launched that deems itself “somewhere in between MAD and Ms.” Hmmm.
Mamacita is a “female waterfront of humor, parody and satire.” There aren’t many magazines out ...
By Vanessa • 18 years ago

Want to do your good deed of the day?

As an update on hating newly nominated (by Bush) FDA commissioner Lester Crawford (a known anti-choicer), and loving Senators Hillary Clinton and Pat Murray for blocking Crawford’s confirmation until the FDA comes to a decision on emergency contraception Plan B being sold over-the-counter, NARAL Pro-Choice America is asking peeps to take some action.
While Clinton and Murray are praised for their block, there are still many other democrats that haven’t done jack shit to stand up for our repro rights.
So take some action (it literally takes two minutes) and urge your senators to block this guy’s ass.

As an update on hating newly nominated (by Bush) FDA commissioner Lester Crawford (a known anti-choicer), and loving Senators Hillary Clinton and Pat Murray for blocking Crawford’s confirmation until the FDA comes to a ...

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