Weekly Feminist Reader

Erotic dancers entertain Marines in Iraq.
A lesbian candidate won the Democratic primary for an Alabama state senate seat. The party initially announced it wouldn’t run her as the Democratic candidate, but later reversed its decision. If Patricia Todd wins the election, she’ll be the first openly gay elected official in Alabama’s history.
Unsurprisingly, polls show Katie Couric is the most divisive of the major network evening news anchors.
29 per cent of married Canadian women earn more than their husbands.
A New York judge has ruled that the state’s human rights law’s prohibition on discrimination on the basis of gender also prohibits discrimination against trans people. (The full decision ...

Erotic dancers entertain Marines in Iraq.
A lesbian candidate won the Democratic primary for an Alabama state senate seat. The party initially announced it wouldn’t run her as the Democratic candidate, but later ...

Margaret Cho: The Sensuous Woman


Austin Young
Standup comic diva Margaret Cho has been working the burlesque scene since April in her show “The Sensuous Woman.â€? It plays the third Wednesday of every month in Los Angeles at El Cid, and monthly in San Francisco at The Plush Room. She hopes to take it monthly to New York City starting in October, and is working on booking a Minnesota show with local burlesque troupe Foxy Tann and the Wham Bam Thank You Ma’ams for December 8th.
Margaret is also still doing standup, and incorporates comedy in all of her burlesque shows. She spoke to me from her home in Glendale, California. Here’s Margaret…


Austin Young
Standup comic diva Margaret Cho has been working the burlesque scene since April in her show “The Sensuous Woman.� It plays the third Wednesday of every month in Los Angeles at ...

The pill price hike.

Time to add another obstacle to reproductive health!
Check out this Slate piece which points out that while we’ve been spending so much time stressing about all of the other struggles that repro rights are dealing with right now, many have failed to notice the huge price hike on birth control that’s quickly spreading across the nation.
Pretty upsetting shit.

Time to add another obstacle to reproductive health!
Check out this Slate piece which points out that while we’ve been spending so much time stressing about all of the other struggles that repro rights are ...

I’m all about events today.

In celebration of Women’s Equality Day tomorrow (did y’all forget?), Women’s Rights are Human Rights is holding an event, Feminists Moving Forward: Our Past Is The Future, at NYU Law School.
The day’s agenda is packed with feminist speakers from home and abroad, including Barbara Ehrenreich and Ronnie Eldridge, as well as live music and workshops. One workshop in particular I’m interested in seeing is being given by Words of Choice, a pro-choice theater group. Interesting stuff.
If you’re feeling super-celebratory, make it into a whole Weekend O’ Women’s Equality by going to this event tomorrow and then heading to GGE’s festival on Sunday! (That’s the last time I’ll mention it, I ...

In celebration of Women’s Equality Day tomorrow (did y’all forget?), Women’s Rights are Human Rights is holding an event, Feminists Moving Forward: Our Past Is The Future, at NYU Law School.
The day’s agenda is ...

Allen apologizes for racist prickery.

So Senator George Allen (R-VA) publicly apologized to S.R. Sidarth, the 20-year old Democratic campaign staffer for his recent racial slurs:

“I take full responsibility. I’m not offering any excuses, because I said it and no one else said it. . . It’s a mistake. I apologize and from my heart, I’m very, very sorry for it.”

Blah, blah, blah. Later that day, Allen’s boy George W. headed a fundraiser for him. White House spokesperson Dana Perino said Bush didn’t hesitate to support Allen because, “Sen. Allen apologized, and I think it’s in everyone’s best interest … to accept apologies when they’re offered.â€?
That’s funny, I would think it’s in everyone’s best interest to not have ...

So Senator George Allen (R-VA) publicly apologized to S.R. Sidarth, the 20-year old Democratic campaign staffer for his recent racial slurs:

“I take full responsibility. I’m not offering any excuses, because I said it ...

Listen Up

NPR had a segment yesterday on the FDA’s approval of over-the-counter access to emergency contraception.
Listen to it here.

NPR had a segment yesterday on the FDA’s approval of over-the-counter access to emergency contraception.
Listen to it here.

I had to do it.


This is just a ‘lil reminder about Girls for Gender Equity’s Festival for Gender Equality on Sunday! It’s going to be a great time: speakers, performers, workshops, food, prizes and a shitload of people.
So if you’re going to be in NYC and want to experience some serious (but fun!) social justice in action, here’s the info.

This is just a ‘lil reminder about Girls for Gender Equity’s Festival for Gender Equality on Sunday! It’s going to be a great time: speakers, performers, workshops, food, prizes and a shitload of people.

Conservatives “shocked” they didn’t get their way on Plan B

I’m really enjoying conservatives’ reactions to today’s Plan B news– they’re like spoiled children who aren’t used to hearing “no.” They’re pissed at the FDA, and even more pissed at Bush for saying he supports the agency’s decision. In response, they’re threatening to sue and working hard to get people to confuse emergency contraception with RU-486, the abortion pill.
Perhaps my favorite reaction is from Concerned Women for America, which argues that, because the FDA finally acknowledged that science shows Plan B is safe for over-the-counter sale, the agency has “overstepped its authority.”
In related good news today, the Kaiser Report says bills to allow pharmacists to ...

I’m really enjoying conservatives’ reactions to today’s Plan B news– they’re like spoiled children who aren’t used to hearing “no.” They’re pissed at the FDA, and even more pissed at Bush for ...

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