By Jessica • 17 years ago

The Lifetime school of anti-feminism

The only thing better than anti-feminist articles that rely on hackneyed stereotypes or the overuse of scare quotes are anti-feminist articles that insist feminism is no longer needed because stations like Lifetime and Oxygen exist.
Enter Bernard Chapin. Chapin has a special place in my heart since he wrote the funniest—and most telling—piece ever on Feministing a couple of years ago. Of all his complaints about the site, Chapin seemed most upset that we didn’t fit into his “comforting� stereotype of feminists as “horrendously ugly,� but were in fact “young and fit.� (By the way, that line still makes me want to scrub my skin off.)
In Chapin’s latest piece of genius,

The only thing better than anti-feminist articles that rely on hackneyed stereotypes or the overuse of scare quotes are anti-feminist articles that insist feminism is no longer needed because stations like Lifetime and Oxygen exist.
By Jessica • 17 years ago

Anti-choice extremist convicted of murder

The Associated Press reports that James Kopp—already in state prison for the shooting death of Dr. Barnett Slepian—was convicted yesterday on federal charges.

The jury deliberated about four hours over two days before deciding James Kopp violated the federal Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act in the 1998 slaying of Dr. Barnett Slepian.
Kopp, who represented himself during the two-week trial, tried to convince jurors during his closing arguments that he didn’t mean to kill Slepian when he fired from woods into the doctor’s Amherst home. Kopp said he intended only to wound him to prevent him from performing abortions the next day.

Yeah sure. As Assistant U.S. Attorney Kathleen Mehltretter put it, “If you want to injure a ...

The Associated Press reports that James Kopp—already in state prison for the shooting death of Dr. Barnett Slepian—was convicted yesterday on federal charges.

The jury deliberated about four hours over two days before deciding James Kopp violated ...
By Samhita • 17 years ago

I never claimed to be perfect.

The truth is being a feminist blogger comes with a gaggle of challenges. But I will say and I am sure the girls will back me up on this, the biggest challenge is often the hateful comments and emails we get. At this point our skin has grown thick and we realize that women speaking their minds does indeed still provoke hatred and fear. But that sounds like someone else’s problem to me and is a reminder for why we continue to do what we do. That said, this shit just cracked me up. First thing this morning in my inbox. . .

It is alright to use the word faggot. Just like it would be alright for
Isiah Washington to ...

The truth is being a feminist blogger comes with a gaggle of challenges. But I will say and I am sure the girls will back me up on this, the biggest challenge is often the hateful comments ...
By Samhita • 17 years ago

Women ignoring threat of HIV in the UK.

According to a study done by the Body Shop and MTV, 70 percent of young women (over a 1000 polled) in the UK don’t really think they are likely to get HIV.

Almost three-quarters (71%) said they would feel embarrassed if a condom fell out of their handbag in the ladies’ toilet, while just 32% make it a priority to ask new partners about their sexual history.
More than one in 10 (14%) of the 16- to 30-year-olds questioned said it was a man’s responsibility to carry the condom.
And 10% said they thought a woman who carries a condom is “easy” and sleeps around.
Nearly half (47%) of the 1,064 women interviewed said they ignored the subject of condoms when ...

According to a study done by the Body Shop and MTV, 70 percent of young women (over a 1000 polled) in the UK don’t really think they are likely to get HIV.

Almost three-quarters (71%) said they would ...

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