Judge tells lesbian mom to give up kids or get a man


I got your “find a man” right here!
A judge in Spain has ordered a lesbian mother to give custody of her two daughters to their father because, apparently, homosexuality is harmful and would increase the chance that the girls would become lesbians. Uh huh.

Judge Fernando Ferrin Calamita, who heard the case at a court in the eastern region of Murcia, also said the woman could keep custody of the children if she found another male partner.
According to Ferrin, being raised by homosexual would not allow the children the right to the proper environment to which they were entitled.
“It is understood that (a parent’s) drug addiction, child abuse, prostitution, belonging to a satanic sect or ...


I got your “find a man” right here!
A judge in Spain has ordered a lesbian mother to give custody of her two daughters to their father because, apparently, homosexuality is harmful and would increase ...

Nominate your Woman of the Year!

Women’s magazines haven’t exactly been a bastion of feminism lately, but that doesn’t mean we can’t do something about it.
Glamour magazine is taking nominations for their Women of the Year issue. Past winners include Hillary Clinton, Madeleine Albright, Madonna, Christiane Amanpour, Venus Williams, and Pakistani women’s rights activist Mukhtar Mai. This year, the magazine is looking for amazing women who make change in their communities.
Need ideas for nominees? Check out the REAL hot 100, past Feministing interviewees, or you can even nominate your fave group of feminist bloggers (cough, cough).
Do it here.

Women’s magazines haven’t exactly been a bastion of feminism lately, but that doesn’t mean we can’t do something about it.
Glamour magazine is taking nominations for their Women of the Year issue. Past winners ...

Because violence against women and children doesn’t count

Here’s a disturbing story. The first-ever Global Peace Index has been published by the Economist Intelligence Unit, measuring nations by their peacefulness and ranking them by their “absence of violence.”
Unfortunately, that “absence of violence” doesn’t seem to count for women and children. The Christian Science Monitor reports that the index fails to include this sadly prevalent form of violence and gives high ranks to countries with poor records on women’s and children’s rights.
Why am I not surprised?

Here’s a disturbing story. The first-ever Global Peace Index has been published by the Economist Intelligence Unit, measuring nations by their peacefulness and ranking them by their “absence of violence.”
Unfortunately, that “absence of violence” ...

Is Junie B. the new Ramona?


Reader Mikki sent me this story from The New York Times about a children’s book series featuring a sassy heroine, Junie B. Jones.
Apparently, some parents are not feeling Junie B. books:

Their disagreement is a pint-size version of the lingering education battle between advocates of phonics,who believe children should be taught proper spelling and grammar from the outset, and those who favor whole language, a literacy method that accepts misspellings and other errors as long as children are engaged in reading and writing.
The spunky kindergartener (first grader in more recent volumes) is prone to troublemaking, often calls people names and isn’t averse to talking back to her teachers. And though she is the narrator of the stories, ...


Reader Mikki sent me this story from The New York Times about a children’s book series featuring a sassy heroine, Junie B. Jones.
Apparently, some parents are not feeling Junie B. books:

Their disagreement is a ...

Superhero, superhot: Spiderman is pro-choice.


This is just frigging awesome. Seems that Spiderman teamed up with Planned Parenthood back in the day to create a comic about the importance of sex education–complete with an anti-choice villain who wants teens to get knocked up!
Kind of sad though that this comic is probably more progressive (and factual) than what kids are actually being taught in school.
Thanks to Norbizness for the link.


This is just frigging awesome. Seems that Spiderman teamed up with Planned Parenthood back in the day to create a comic about the importance of sex education–complete with an anti-choice villain who wants teens ...

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