By Ann • 17 years ago

Weekly Feminist Reader

ABC News fuels the “Mommy Wars.” Meanwhile, more firms are staying in touch with prized workers who took maternity leave.
Some Bach works may actually have been written by his second wife.
Women cleaners are suing the NY Stock Exchange for sexual harassment. The $51-million lawsuit alleges one woman was told, “Baby, you need some beef on that ass and then you would be perfect for me.”
A group of gay gun enthusiasts call themselves the Pink Pistols. Their motto? “Armed gays don’t get bashed.” (Has it come to this?)
Kenya considers passing its version of a Violence Against Women Act. It took female legislators to make this happen.

ABC News fuels the “Mommy Wars.” Meanwhile, more firms are staying in touch with prized workers who took maternity leave.
Some Bach works may actually have been written by his second ...
By Vanessa • 17 years ago

And it begins.

Headlines read: “Duke Lacrosse Stripper Cried Rape Before!� and “Duke Lacrosse Gang Rape Accuser Made Similar Claim in ‘96.� Shocker.
News has come out that the woman who alleges that three Duke students raped her filed a report ten years ago that she was raped by three men. Which clearly means she’s lying. You know, because women can’t get raped more than once.

The report was made ten years ago, the case was totally different from this one, and the woman said she didn’t press charges because she was in fear for her life–yet the defense will naturally use this as a way to discredit her accusation. (Rape shield laws may prohibit ...

Headlines read: “Duke Lacrosse Stripper Cried Rape Before!� and “Duke Lacrosse Gang Rape Accuser Made Similar Claim in ‘96.� Shocker.
News has come out that the woman who alleges that three Duke students raped her ...
By Vanessa • 17 years ago

Men on contraception.

While we’re some years away from actually have male contraception on the market, it’s exciting to see some coming to reassuring conclusions concerning its testing.
Over 1,500 men have taken part in tests for male hormonal contraception, and on average, it took only about 3-4 months for men to gain their fertility back.
Dr. Peter Liu from the Los Angeles Research Biomedical Institute has looked at 30 studies on male hormonal contraception, and came to the conclusion that the two forms that have been tested, an implant and an injection, are both safe and effective.

“Our data provide strong assurance that the previously described efficacy of hormonal male contraceptives is coupled with highly predictable recovery to sperm characteristics that ...

While we’re some years away from actually have male contraception on the market, it’s exciting to see some coming to reassuring conclusions concerning its testing.
Over 1,500 men have taken part in tests for male ...
By Vanessa • 17 years ago

Damn spam.

W’ere having some spam problems, so your comments may take some time to come up until we resolve the issue. Thanks!

W’ere having some spam problems, so your comments may take some time to come up until we resolve the issue. Thanks!
By Vanessa • 17 years ago

The new Howard Stern. With tits.


I happened to see a billboard a few blocks away from house the other day and almost barfed. While I’ve listened to New York’s 92.3 KROCK’s music here and there, I was a bit shocked to see a huge picture of the woman above, The RadioChick, and the two sentences that threw me for a loop.
“Built like a woman. Thinks like a man.�
Ew.
I checked out her site and it doesn’t get much better. The first program description I read was about The Chick on Chicks, where she assures men that she’ll help them with their “women� issues, including:

“Want to cheat on your girl and not get caught? She’ll tell you how. Maybe ...


I happened to see a billboard a few blocks away from house the other day and almost barfed. While I’ve listened to New York’s 92.3 KROCK’s music here and there, I was a bit ...
By Vanessa • 17 years ago

Props of the day


Planned Parenthood Golden Gate has started a “Safe is Sexy� outreach campaign targeting teens and young adults in the Bay Area.
They’ve been kicking ass with this project, particularly with their “Safe is Sexy� ad, which is being featured on MTV. Click here to watch why power tools are a girl’s best friend. (I bet you were wondering what the pic above was about.)


Planned Parenthood Golden Gate has started a “Safe is Sexy� outreach campaign targeting teens and young adults in the Bay Area.
They’ve been kicking ass with this project, particularly with their “Safe ...
By Vanessa • 17 years ago

Gotta love Lambda.

On Monday, Lamba Legal filed suit with the California Supreme Court regarding a lower court decision that allowed doctors to refuse infertility treatment to a lesbian patient because of their religious beliefs.
The doctors have claimed that being fundamentalist christians allow them to not have to comply with California’s civil rights laws and refuse treatment to a lesbian, in this case, Guadalupe Lupita Benitez. Yet the case conflicts with a California Supreme Court decision in 2004 ruling that Catholic Charities, a social services agency, may not violate civil rights laws.
The lower court ruling has confused whether the Catholic Charities case applies here, which is pretty much the determining factor in the very request for ...

On Monday, Lamba Legal filed suit with the California Supreme Court regarding a lower court decision that allowed doctors to refuse infertility treatment to a lesbian patient because of their religious beliefs.
The doctors have ...

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