By Jessica • 17 years ago

New Batwoman is lesbian crime-fighter


This is too cool.

Batwoman – real name Kathy Kane – will appear in 52, a year-long DC Comics publication that began this month.
In her latest incarnation, she is a rich socialite who has a romantic history with another 52 character, ex-police detective Renee Montoya.
52 will be published in the UK as a graphic novel by Titan Books in 2007.

I love it. And I don’t even read comics. (Though I may now.)
Random question: Why was it necessary for the above article to describe the new Batwoman as a “lipstick lesbian?�


This is too cool.

Batwoman – real name Kathy Kane – will appear in 52, a year-long DC Comics publication that began this month.
In her latest incarnation, she is a rich socialite who ...
By Ann • 17 years ago

Ohio’s anti-gay law lets another unmarried abuser off the hook

An Ohio man’s domestic violence conviction was voided last week because he wasn’t married to the woman he abused. Dallas McKinley was convicted of a fourth-degree felony after he pushed his girlfriend, hit her and threw objects at her. The ruling, as it stands, leaves prosecutors with the option of seeking a lesser charge.
This is all because the state of Ohio would rather allow domestic violence without consequences than let gay couples get married. The state’s constitutional amendment banning gay marriage has made domestic violence law only applicable to married couples.
It guess it’s a good thing violence only happens in state-sanctioned relationships. Riiight.

An Ohio man’s domestic violence conviction was voided last week because he wasn’t married to the woman he abused. Dallas McKinley was convicted of a fourth-degree felony after he pushed his girlfriend, hit her and ...
By Jessica • 17 years ago

Kuwaiti women campaigning…in a rush

The New York Times had an interesting piece up yesterday on Kuwaiti women and their recently-won right to run for parliament.

Elections had been scheduled for summer 2007, the first since women were given the right to vote and run for office in 2005. But on May 21, Kuwait’s ruler, Sheik Sabah Al Ahmed Al Sabah, dissolved the all-male 50-member parliament because of a rowdy dispute over election laws and ordered early elections June 29.
Women who thought they had more than a year to plan their campaigns had only five weeks.
”The advantage is that we will be working and concentrating harder,” said Fatima al-Abdali, who submitted her application to run on the first day of registration last week.

Um, ...

The New York Times had an interesting piece up yesterday on Kuwaiti women and their recently-won right to run for parliament.

Elections had been scheduled for summer 2007, the first since women were given the right to ...
By Jessica • 17 years ago

Pulled-out-of-ass stat of the day

“Ex-gay” Janet Boynes in a recent podcast interview:

From what I know I believe there’s 80% of women, between 80 and 85% of women that are struggling with homosexuality were either raped by someone they knew or somebody outside of that normally there’s some type of rape or some kind of molestation in our past.

So watch out gals, rape will make a lezzie out of you.
Brought to you by the fabulous Pam Spaulding.

“Ex-gay” Janet Boynes in a recent podcast interview:

From what I know I believe there’s 80% of women, between 80 and 85% of women that are struggling with homosexuality were either raped by someone they knew or ...
By Jessica • 17 years ago

“Organic sex” my ass

A new website denouncing contraception has cropped up, touting itself as part of the Contra-Contraception Movement. But unlike the wacky folks that are “mischaracterized� in a recent NY Times mag piece, Contra-Contraception.com claims that they are a secular group simply pushing the benefits of “organic sex.�

Many women, in an effort to live healthily, who have turned to organic and unprocessed foods. They have come to also realized that artificial contraception isn’t very healthy either, and that its numerous side effects should be avoided. They believe that thee [sic] negative effects of artificial contraceptives should not be minimized for sake of convenience, and the truth should not be distorted for the sake of political ideology.
Organic ...

A new website denouncing contraception has cropped up, touting itself as part of the Contra-Contraception Movement. But unlike the wacky folks that are “mischaracterized� in a recent NY Times mag piece, Contra-Contraception.com claims that ...
By Jessica • 17 years ago

Cause vagina blood is for heathens



From Broadsheet we learn that towns that the Pope will be visiting this summer are planning on banning a number of unholy things–including alcohol, some desserts, and tampon commercials.
Because Catholics don’t have vaginas.



From Broadsheet we learn that towns that the Pope will be visiting this summer are planning on banning a number of unholy things–including alcohol, some desserts, and tampon commercials.
Because Catholics don’t ...
By Jessica • 17 years ago

Lung cancer different in women

New studies are looking into why lung cancer affects women differently than men; it could be our dear friend estrogen.
Lung cancer will kill 72,000 women this year–more than breast, ovarian, uterine and cervical cancers combined.

[Dr. Kathy Albain] is heading a National Cancer Institute-funded study that is recruiting 720 newly diagnosed lung cancer patients to examine what hormones, genes or other molecular factors explain why lung cancer behaves differently in men and women, smokers and nonsmokers.
“We’re learning what’s going on in the lung, and whether or not this is a real thing that can be exploited for cancer treatment,” she says.
Estrogen already is a leading suspect.

One study reports that estrogen may “act as a fuel for lung ...

New studies are looking into why lung cancer affects women differently than men; it could be our dear friend estrogen.
Lung cancer will kill 72,000 women this year–more than breast, ovarian, uterine and cervical cancers combined.

[Dr. ...

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