Monthly Archives: August 2008

Last reminder, I swear

By Vanessa | Published: August 28, 2008
TweetOur NYC Feministing Happy Hour starts in just an hour, so if you’re in the area and want to join some friendly neighborhood feminists for some end-of-the-summer cocktails, we’ll be at Dove Parlor from 5 – 8 pm. You can see details also on our Facebook event page. Hope you can make it! Tweet
Tagged , | Comments closed

“My vote isn’t about candidates”

By Ann | Published: August 28, 2008
TweetGo read Angry Black Bitch’s thoughts on the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech. A taste: Members of my family…men and oh yes, women…earned the protected vote in 1965. And I wish my Grandmère was alive today to cast her vote for whoever she damn well would want to. My [...]
Tagged | Comments closed

Abortion rights upheld in Mexico City

By Ann | Published: August 28, 2008
TweetMexico’s high court voted to uphold legalized abortion in Mexico City! And yeah, it appear the Mexican court has its own version of Scalia: Magistrate Mariano Azuela, who was one of two justices to speak against the law, declared that life begins at conception. “I feel that a woman in some way has to live [...]
Tagged | Comments closed

Fun with Feminist Flickr (Every Sperm Is Sacred edition)

By Ann | Published: August 28, 2008
Tweet Pic from JillNic83. And here’s the Monty Python interpretation… Tweet
Tagged | Comments closed

Resistance art by young women

By Miriam | Published: August 28, 2008
Tweet‘ From the NYTimes City Room: Paratroopers are drifting down to earth — well, down the side of a Brooklyn apartment building — and slowly being helped back on their feet. This scene has finally come into full view in Sunset Park, where a group of young women this summer painted a mural that was [...]
Tagged , , | Comments closed
164 queries. 0.708 seconds