By Ann • 16 years ago

Take it as a compliment

I think some people see being compared to Election character Tracy Flick as a negative thing, but I gotta say, it’s impossible for me to watch that movie and believe Tracy wouldn’t have made a great class president, even if I don’t want to be her best friend.

I think some people see being compared to Election character Tracy Flick as a negative thing, but I gotta say, it’s impossible for me to watch that movie and believe Tracy wouldn’t have made a great ...
By Jessica • 16 years ago

Huckabee thinks eggs’ rights trump women’s


Not a person.
Mike Huckabee has endorsed Colorado’s “Human Life Amendment,” which defines a fertilized egg as a person.

“This proposed constitutional amendment will define a person as a human being from the moment life begins at conception,” Huckabee said in a statement.
“With this amendment, Colorado has an opportunity to send a clear message that every human life has value,” Huckabee said. “Passing this amendment will mean the people of Colorado will protect the sanctity of life from conception until natural death occurs.”
[This] initiative, if approved by voters in November, would extend state constitutional protections to every fertilized egg, guaranteeing the right to life, liberty, equality of justice and due process of law.

Women, not ...


Not a person.
Mike Huckabee has endorsed Colorado’s “Human Life Amendment,” which defines a fertilized egg as a person.

“This proposed constitutional amendment will define a person as a human being from the moment ...
By Jessica • 16 years ago

Quick Hit: McCain is worse than you think on choice

Cristina Page, author of How the Pro-Choice Movement Saved America: Freedom, Politics, and the War on Sex, has a post on HuffPo about how dangerous John McCain is for reproductive choice and justice. Check it.

Cristina Page, author of How the Pro-Choice Movement Saved America: Freedom, Politics, and the War on Sex, has a post on HuffPo about how dangerous John McCain is for reproductive choice and justice. Check ...
By Jessica • 16 years ago

UN’s Commission on the Status of Women kicks off

The United Nations’ Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) kicked off its 52nd session yesterday; this year’s theme is financing for gender equality and the empowerment of women and the emerging issue is gender perspectives on climate change.
In the session’s opening address, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon spoke out against violence against women, noting that “at least one out of every three women is likely to be beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused in her lifetime.” Ban also announced the launch of a new campaign to battle global violence against women, which will run until 2015.
I’ve been lucky enough to go to past CSWs when I was working in the international women’s rights arena, ...

The United Nations’ Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) kicked off its 52nd session yesterday; this year’s theme is financing for gender equality and the empowerment of women and the emerging issue is gender perspectives ...
By Jessica • 16 years ago

Southwest Airlines at it again?

Many of you probably remember the grossness that was Southwest Airlines last year, when they kicked a young woman off a flight for what she was wearing. Then, when you thought the drama was over, they harassed a second woman and later mocked the debacle through a press release and promotional deal where they offered flights at “mini-skirt” prices.
Now, two women on a recent flight say they were harassed and eventually kicked off the plane and detained by officers because of the way they looked. The full story is somewhat unclear from the video (if anyone has more info, please send it along), but given Southwest’s history – I’m not putting anything ...
Many of you probably remember the grossness that was Southwest Airlines last year, when they kicked a young woman off a flight for what she was wearing. Then, when you thought the drama was ...
By Jessica • 16 years ago

Quick Hit: Young women top unpaid work list

A report out of the UK says that women without children are most likely to do unpaid overtime.
Note: I recognize that the headline is misleading – after all, there are not-young women without children! But that’s the one the BBC went with. Thoughts?

A report out of the UK says that women without children are most likely to do unpaid overtime.
Note: I recognize that the headline is misleading – after all, there are not-young women without children! ...
By Jessica • 16 years ago

Emma Thompson kicks some sexist ass

I love this. Hayley Atwell is starring in Woody Allen’s new movie, Cassandra’s Dream, but Miramax Films asked her to loose weight.

Says Atwell: “I went round to Emma’s one night and she was getting very angry that I wasn’t eating all the food she was giving me. I told her why and she hit the roof.” The no-nonsense Thompson was so outraged that she called the producers the next day and threatened to resign from the film if they forced Atwell to lose weight. Faced with Thompson – a two-times Oscar winner – on the warpath, Miramax Films swiftly relented.

I heart her.

I love this. Hayley Atwell is starring in Woody Allen’s new movie, Cassandra’s Dream, but Miramax Films asked her to loose weight.

Says Atwell: “I went round to Emma’s one night and she was ...

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