By Vanessa • 16 years ago

Rapist gets military honors.

The LA Times had an great opinion piece on Wednesday with the following headline, “Does a rapist deserve a military burial?”
Hmmm, let me think about it a minute…No.
James Allen Selby was a rapist. He raped and assaulted at least 12 women (not including a 9-year old girl). In October 2004, he was convicted on 27 counts, which included armed robbery, rape, kidnapping and attempted murder (for slitting the throat of one of the women). Hours before his sentencing, he hung himself in a Tuscan, AZ jail.
James Allen Selby was also a Persian Gulf War veteran. So in respect to Pentagon policy, he was buried with full military honors. Anne K. Ream, author of the opinion ...

The LA Times had an great opinion piece on Wednesday with the following headline, “Does a rapist deserve a military burial?”
Hmmm, let me think about it a minute…No.
James Allen Selby was a rapist. ...
By Vanessa • 16 years ago

Fair Pay Act heard by Senate yesterday

Nearly six months after the House passed its companion measure, the Senate heard testimony for S. 1843, the “Fair Pay Restoration Act,” or the “Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act”, reports the ACLU. Caroline Fredrickson, director of the ACLU Washington Legislative Office, stated:

“This bill is a modest and logical fix to an ongoing civil rights problem. American workers should know that they are protected from wage discrimination and are able to challenge such discrimination when they discover it. There should be no benefit to employers in keeping pay discrimination hidden.”

Let’s hope this is soon put to bed.

Nearly six months after the House passed its companion measure, the Senate heard testimony for S. 1843, the “Fair Pay Restoration Act,” or the “Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act”, reports the ACLU. Caroline Fredrickson, director ...
By Ann • 16 years ago

Hot menses mess!


Feministing fave Margaret Cho has some (Tampax) pearls of wisdom to share:

Let she who is without menstrual stains throw the first tampon.

Amen, sister. Who among us hasn’t flipped a mattress at least once? Who hasn’t had a month where they’ve gone through, like, two boxes of super-absorbencies? Who doesn’t have a few pairs of stained cotton underwear that only comes out of the drawer once a month? (You know — the C team. As in, you’ve got your A-team underwear — the cute stuff that fits really well and that you feel great in; and B-team underwear — ill-fitting, or slightly old, or not that cute; and finally your C-team, which is basically your period panties.) Anyway. Thanks, ...


Feministing fave Margaret Cho has some (Tampax) pearls of wisdom to share:

Let she who is without menstrual stains throw the first tampon.

Amen, sister. Who among us hasn’t flipped a mattress at least once? Who hasn’t ...
By Vanessa • 16 years ago

Breaking News: Bisexuality AND gay couples exist

This is almost as obvious as the recent study revealing that (gasp!) bisexuality is an actual identity and not a phase; more new research shows that same-sex couples not only can maintain a healthy and committed relationship, but are just as happy and committed as your average heterosexual couple:

The researchers found that all the couples had positive views of their relationships, but the more committed couples (gay or straight) resolved conflict better than the heterosexual dating couples.
The belief that committed same-sex relationships are ‘atypical, psychologically immature, or malevolent contexts of development was not supported by our findings,’ noted lead author Glenn I. Roisman. ‘Compared with married individuals, committed gay males and lesbians were not less satisfied with ...

This is almost as obvious as the recent study revealing that (gasp!) bisexuality is an actual identity and not a phase; more new research shows that same-sex couples not only can maintain a healthy and ...
By Jessica • 16 years ago

We Will Not Stand For It: Demanding Accountability For US Contractors Overseas

Note to readers: Feministing is honored to have Congresswoman Louise M. Slaughter (NY-28) guest posting today on the KBR rape cover-up and violence against contractors abroad.
Yesterday, I, and over 100 of my colleagues, took a serious step to breaking the dangerous “boys will be boys� attitude that has been allowed to fester for far too long among United States government contractors in Iraq and around the world.
Many of you have heard the appalling tale of Jamie Leigh Jones, the past employee of US government contractor KBR, a former subsidiary of Halliburton.
While working in the Green Zone within Baghdad, Iraq, Jamie Leigh Jones was drugged, assaulted, and viciously gang raped by her coworkers. ...

Note to readers: Feministing is honored to have Congresswoman Louise M. Slaughter (NY-28) guest posting today on the KBR rape cover-up and violence against contractors abroad.
Yesterday, I, and over 100 of my colleagues,

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