By Ann • 17 years ago

A pro-choice “clinic” protest

The Detroit Action Network For Reproductive Rights is planning to picket a local crisis-pregnancy center to raise awareness about the misinformation spread by these places. In case you’re in the area, here are the details:

Saturday, September 9 at 10:30 a.m.
at “Pregnancy Aid,” 17325 Mack Avenue
(on Detroit’s Eastside, directly across from Staples)
Email danforr@sbcglobal.net OR
Call (313) 378-2369 for more information

It’s awesome that some local activists are taking on this issue. I’m not usually excited about clinic protests, but this one sounds pretty good to me…. Probably because places like “Pregnancy Aid” aren’t really clinics. That term applies to places that provide actual health care, not just propaganda.

The Detroit Action Network For Reproductive Rights is planning to picket a local crisis-pregnancy center to raise awareness about the misinformation spread by these places. In case you’re in the area, here are ...
By Ann • 17 years ago

Supreme Court now a total boys club

A few days ago, a lawyer friend sent me a daily law journal article about the paucity of female Supreme Court clerks this year– 19% of the 2006 clerks are women, down from 37-41% over the five previous terms. Scalia, Thomas, Alito and Souter hired only male clerks this term.
Somebody must have sent Linda Greenhouse the same article, because she’s all over it today. (Legal Times covered this back in May, when the clerkships were announced.)
It’s really depressing that not only are there almost no women on the actual court, but the clerks (the people who actually write opinions and screen new cases) are also mostly male.

In a brief telephone interview, Justice O’Connor ...

A few days ago, a lawyer friend sent me a daily law journal article about the paucity of female Supreme Court clerks this year– 19% of the 2006 clerks are women, down from 37-41% over the five ...
By Jessica • 17 years ago

If she won’t get an eating disorder on her own, CBS will do it for her


Wow. Looks like teeny tiny Katie Couric just isn’t skinny enough for public viewing. CBS thinned her down (significantly) for its “Watch” Magazine in the grossest Photoshopped diet ever. TVNewser caught the altered image via a reader.

Via HuffPo.

Wow. Looks like teeny tiny Katie Couric just isn’t skinny enough for public viewing. CBS thinned her down (significantly) for its “Watch” Magazine in the grossest Photoshopped diet ever. TVNewser caught ...
By Jessica • 17 years ago

Women, Action & the Media: Call for proposals

You may remember the fab time Samhita and I had at the WAM! conference earlier this year, so we’re super excited to go again in 2007. And you should be too.
The Center for New Words is accepting proposals for the conference now, so hop to it! Here’s a (very) shortened version of the call, get the full one here.

Women, Action & the Media: Making Noise, Making Change
MIT’s Stata Center, Cambridge, MA
March 30 – April 1, 2007
We invite you to submit a proposal for a workshop, panel, strategy meeting, multimedia presentation, or other conference session. We want to hear your ideas whether you’re a media producer or a PR strategist, ...

You may remember the fab time Samhita and I had at the WAM! conference earlier this year, so we’re super excited to go again in 2007. And you should be too.
The ...
By Ann • 17 years ago

I Survived My Purity Ball and All I Got Was This Lousy T-shirt


The Purity Ball industry appears to be expanding. Cee Cee Michaela, star of UPN’s Girlfriends and Purity Party planner extraordinaire, is selling the Purity Princess Survivor Kit. At $65, it includes:

Over 50 items enclosed including the Purity Pledge, the Pink Abstinence Card , valuable information on STD’s and your worth as a girl created by God! From nail enamel quick dry spray, a cute polka dot shower cap to nail glue, a pre-threaded sewing kit, and a dual make up sharpener…this kit is for you! Great for going off to College the Birthday Girl or even a COMING OF AGE gift for when she finally gets her period.

Because nothing says COMING OF ...


The Purity Ball industry appears to be expanding. Cee Cee Michaela, star of UPN’s Girlfriends and Purity Party planner extraordinaire, is selling the Purity Princess Survivor Kit. At $65, it includes:

Over ...

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