By Ann • 17 years ago

Two clicks to oppose the SD abortion ban

The Sioux Falls Argus Leader is running a poll about whether or not the South Dakota abortion ban should be overturned. Right now it’s split exactly 50/50.
Why not spend 30 seconds to influence the results?
Thanks to Cari for the heads up!

The Sioux Falls Argus Leader is running a poll about whether or not the South Dakota abortion ban should be overturned. Right now it’s split exactly 50/50.
Why not spend 30 seconds to influence the ...
By Jessica • 17 years ago

Toronto event today: Feminist Porn Awards


I just can’t wait for all the comments about how “good feminists” don’t support pornography. Anyways…
If you’re in Toronto today, you can check out Vixens+Visionaries: Female erotic directors revolutionizing porn. The event includes feminist porn producers Tristan Taormino, Dana Dane, Angela Phong, Abiola Adams, and Jen Bowers of SMUT Magazine.
There will also be highlights of new erotic work by female directors and the first ever Feminist Porn Awards.


I just can’t wait for all the comments about how “good feminists” don’t support pornography. Anyways…
If you’re in Toronto today, you can check out Vixens+Visionaries: Female erotic directors revolutionizing porn. The ...
By Jessica • 17 years ago

SD pro-choice group files to stop abortion ban

The South Dakota Campaign for Healthy Families has gotten more than 38,000 signatures on a petition aiming to repeal the abortion ban by putting it on the November ballot.

The petition was filed Tuesday afternoon with the secretary of state’s office. If at least 16,728 signatures are certified as valid, the scheduled July 1 implementation of the ban would be nullified and voters would be allowed to decide the issue in a November election.
“This law is just not feasible and is just very extreme,� Dr. Maria Bell, an obstetrician who helped sponsor the petition drive, said at a news conference.

Thelma Underberg, executive director of NARAL Pro-Choice South Dakota, said “South Dakotans signed up to fight this threat ...

The South Dakota Campaign for Healthy Families has gotten more than 38,000 signatures on a petition aiming to repeal the abortion ban by putting it on the November ballot.

The petition was filed Tuesday afternoon with ...
By Jessica • 17 years ago

No sex for you, my pretty!


Get ready to lose your shit.
The Abstinence Clearinghouse is hosting a Leadership Conference in Kansas next week with all of the usual misinformation and scare tactics. But this year is a little different. This year has a theme. Wait for it…The Wizard of Oz.

The movie shows a classic struggle of a lost girl and her misfit friends finding their way, against great odds and in the face of risk to reach their full potential. Many of the scenes and themes in this classic movie can be allegories for today’s youth.

Ok, you want a cheesy conference theme? Sure. But the wicked witch of abstinence-only ed, Leslee Unruh, is ...


Get ready to lose your shit.
The Abstinence Clearinghouse is hosting a Leadership Conference in Kansas next week with all of the usual misinformation and scare tactics. But this year is ...
By Ann • 17 years ago

Sizing up clothing sizes

The New York Times reports the ghastly news that petites sections are disappearing from high-end department stores, and some short, older, mostly wealthy (these stores are expensive) women are upset.
While stores may appear to be “long obsessed with that Seventh Avenue archetype, the tall, thin, leggy lady,” I can say definitively, as a slender woman who’s 6’2″, they don’t actually make clothes to fit us, either. My inseam is 36 inches. which means the average pair of pants is between six and four inches too short for me. Sleeve length is an even bigger issue– I’ve gotten used to bare wrists.
I certainly have nothing against shorter women, but I can’t help but get pissed off when ...

The New York Times reports the ghastly news that petites sections are disappearing from high-end department stores, and some short, older, mostly wealthy (these stores are expensive) women are upset.
While stores may appear to ...
By noauthor • 17 years ago

Feministing Hearts Sonic Youth


Sonic Youth
Rather Ripped
Geffen Records (2006)
Indie rock legends Sonic Youth burst out of the summer music pack with their latest album, Rather Ripped, to be released June 13 on Geffen Records. Though predictably unpredictable in terms of musical experimentation, the group delivers its characteristic guitar renderings and thoughtful lyricism, appealing to devoted fans and new initiates alike.
The former five-piece has been trimmed to four, as producer and multi-instrumentalist Jim O’Rourke left the band to pursue his film studies. Over the final days of 2005 and into early this year, the band recorded and mixed twelve new songs, each with a touch of sonic splendor and liberation that SY is known for.
Rather Ripped begins with ...


Sonic Youth
Rather Ripped
Geffen Records (2006)
Indie rock legends Sonic Youth burst out of the summer music pack with their latest album, Rather Ripped, to be released June 13 on Geffen Records. Though predictably ...
By Jessica • 17 years ago

Say hi to Angie!


We’re moving up in the world. The fabulous Angie Vo has just joined Feministing as a Reviews Editor. (Again, we like titles.) So please give her a warm welcome.
Angie, 23, is a Missouri-born, Wisconsin-based journalism grad who focused on Biology and Women’s Studies. Every Wednesday, this pop culture maven will review music, books, movies, you name it. So if you have something that needs reviewing…you know who to go to.
We’re super excited to have her on and to defer to her judgment on all things pop.


We’re moving up in the world. The fabulous Angie Vo has just joined Feministing as a Reviews Editor. (Again, we like titles.) So please give her a warm welcome.
Angie, ...

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