By Vanessa • 18 years ago

Two of a kind.

While we’re all happy to see Lester Crawford resign from his post as FDA Commissioner, we can’t be too surprised to see that Bush has intentions to replace him with his twin. Sigh.
Bush’s appointee to “temporarily” head the agency is Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach, who – like Crawford – has a reputation for pushing right-wing and anti-choice ideology, says Think Progress.
Von Eschenbach is the director of the National Cancer Institute who altered a fact sheet stating the absence of a link between abortion and breast cancer in 2002. The language was changed to say that the tests disproving the link were “inconclusive.” After a ridiculous amount of uproar and a statement sent by 100 institute scientists, ...

While we’re all happy to see Lester Crawford resign from his post as FDA Commissioner, we can’t be too surprised to see that Bush has intentions to replace him with his twin. Sigh.
Bush’s appointee to “temporarily” ...
By Vanessa • 18 years ago

Weird shit.

The British Medical Journal recently published a study revealing that left-handed people may have an increased chance of developing premenopausal breast cancer. And how much is this chance increased, do you ask? More than twice as likely. Whaa?
Researchers at the University Medical Center Utrecht came to these findings after studying 12,000 women who were born between 1932 and 1941.
So how does left-handedness come into the picture? Apparently, previous studies have suggested that high levels of sex hormones before birth may cause left-handedness. It’s also thought that hormones can trigger changes in the breast tissue that make tumor growth more likely. Put those two random studies together, throw in this new one and whala.
The lefties always ...

The British Medical Journal recently published a study revealing that left-handed people may have an increased chance of developing premenopausal breast cancer. And how much is this chance increased, do you ask? More than twice ...
By Vanessa • 18 years ago

Fare thee well…

Last night marked Christine’s final post on Ms. Musings. Sniff, sniff.
She wrote for Ms. for nearly three years and is off to new adventures that we wish her well with. While she will be missed as a voice of Ms., she’ll now be on Poppolitics.com, so make sure to check her out there.
Good luck, Christine!

Last night marked Christine’s final post on Ms. Musings. Sniff, sniff.
She wrote for Ms. for nearly three years and is off to new adventures that we wish her well with. While she will be ...
By Vanessa • 18 years ago

Science my ass.

I was happy to see that eight families have filed suit in response to the ridiculous intention of the school board from Dover, PA to introduce “intelligent design” to ninth-grade biology class. At the same time, I’m not happy about how intense this load-o’-crap dispute is getting.
The trial is being considered by some as one of the most significant evolution-linked legal battles in two decades.
The families’ (and backed by the ACLU) argument is that its teaching in school violates the First Amendment clause specifying the separation of Church and State. Sounds pretty solid to me. On the other hand, the attorney defending the school board argues that “the case is about free inquiry, ...

I was happy to see that eight families have filed suit in response to the ridiculous intention of the school board from Dover, PA to introduce “intelligent design” to ninth-grade biology class. At the ...
By Jessica • 18 years ago

Cause who needs sex when you have a 401k?

I love this shit. The title says it all: Career women abandon sex for IVF.
Yes, us crazy “career women” think the sex is just icky.

Busy career women are abandoning sex and seeking inappropriate IVF treatment to have instant babies, doctors have claimed.
It is estimated that one in seven UK couples have difficulty conceiving. However, many women take up IVF treatment, before they discover this because they are simply too busy or tired to have sex.
Emma Cannon runs the fertility programme at Westover House clinic in London, which has seen a 20 per cent increase in the number of women seeking ‘inappropriate’ IVF.
She said: “People want everything now. If they can’t have a baby ...

I love this shit. The title says it all: Career women abandon sex for IVF.
Yes, us crazy “career women” think the sex is just icky.

Busy career women are abandoning sex and seeking inappropriate ...
By Ann • 18 years ago

Rape reporting in Katrina’s aftermath

Women’s E-News has an important story today about tracking the number of rapes that occurred in Hurricane Katrina’s wake.
The Houston Police Department was originally not dealing with reports of rapes that happened in Louisiana, instead instructing officers to hold reports “for safekeeping until other police jurisdictions are prepared to deal with them.” Yeah. Surely the New Orleans Police Department will be making rape reports a priority.
One Superdome volunteer says: “There were so many rape victims, and we had to turn (most) of them away because they had life-damaging, but not life-threatening, wounds.”
Rape is already underreported. Add to the mix a chaotic evacuation for a second hurricane and a police department that won’t do ...

Women’s E-News has an important story today about tracking the number of rapes that occurred in Hurricane Katrina’s wake.
The Houston Police Department was originally not dealing with reports of rapes that happened ...
By Jessica • 18 years ago

Commander In Chief: Cause for celebration?



Commander In Chief, ABC’s new show about a woman becoming president, premieres tomorrow night. And the feminists are loving it.
The White House Project is having a big premiere party in New York City, while also urging women to have their own house parties celebrating the first episode.
I’ve been apprehensive about this show (or really just the media response to it) from the beginning; it looks like I’m not the only one. Joel Stein at the LA Times started out thinking that the new drama was a little too predictable with the sexism factor:

ABC has started a fake blog about the female president, posing questions ...



Commander In Chief, ABC’s new show about a woman becoming president, premieres tomorrow night. And the feminists are loving it.
The White House Project is having a big premiere party in ...
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