By Jessica • 15 years ago

Woman wearing “lesbian” shirt thrown out of government building

Lapriss Gilbert was forced to leave a federal building after a guard in the Social Security office told her that her “lesbian.com” shirt was offensive.

She said the guard, who works for a private company hired by the Department of Homeland Security, demanded that she leave the building or face arrest.
“As an African-American and a lesbian, I haven’t been through one day without facing some sort of discrimination … but this is just shocking,” said Gilbert, 31.

A witness, Paul Dumont said, “For her to be told to leave was completely unnecessary, especially considering how peaceful and quiet she was responding the the security officers.” In his statement to police Dumont noted that the guard’s “loud, unreasonable, aggressive ...

Lapriss Gilbert was forced to leave a federal building after a guard in the Social Security office told her that her “lesbian.com” shirt was offensive.

She said the guard, who works for a private company hired by ...
By Ann • 15 years ago

Hillary Clinton speaking at the DNC right now…

What does everyone think?
Aside from the applause line about fighting for women’s rights and gay rights, I’d say her “Sisterhood of the Traveling Pantsuits” was a pretty great turn of phrase. I’m also glad she’s recognizing Stephanie Tubbs Jones.
And ooooh, loved that line about McCain and Bush being “awfully hard to tell apart.”
Also, did anyone catch Lilly Ledbetter’s speech earlier tonight? I missed it…

What does everyone think?
Aside from the applause line about fighting for women’s rights and gay rights, I’d say her “Sisterhood of the Traveling Pantsuits” was a pretty great turn of phrase. I’m also glad she’s recognizing ...
By Miriam • 15 years ago

Quick Hit: Another immigration raid in Mississippi

My stomach turns everytime I see another one of these stories.

In another large-scale workplace immigration crackdown, federal officials raided a factory here on Monday, detaining at least 350 workers they said were in the country illegally.
Numerous agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement descended on a factory belonging to Howard Industries Inc., which manufactures electrical transformers, among other products.
The raid follows a similar large-scale immigration operation at a meatpacking plant in Postville, Iowa, in May when nearly 400 workers were detained. That raid was a significant escalation of the Bush administration’s enforcement practices because those detained were not simply deported, as in previous raids, but were imprisoned for months on criminal charges of using false documents.

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My stomach turns everytime I see another one of these stories.

In another large-scale workplace immigration crackdown, federal officials raided a factory here on Monday, detaining at least 350 workers they said were in the country illegally.
By Jessica • 15 years ago

The college girl’s guide to anti-feminist sex

If I didn’t know better I would think it was my birthday – because it’s not often that an anti-feminist organization gives you a gift like this one.

The Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute* has put out Sense & Sexuality, a handy little anti-feminist guide to sex by none other than Miriam Grossman, author of the slut-shaming book Unprotected (not to be confused with the similarly titled slut-shaming book Unhooked).
Seriously, every page is priceless – so it’s hard to know what to highlight. But here are some of my favorite tidbits.
On the biology of why dudes will fuck you and dump you:

When it comes to sex, oxytocin, like alcohol, turns ...

If I didn’t know better I would think it was my birthday – because it’s not often that an anti-feminist organization gives you a gift like this one.

The Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute* ...
By Jessica • 15 years ago

Feminist Interventions: When to get involved

A reader sent in this story of a woman who intervened when she saw a girl getting physically abused, and I thought it brought up a lot of interesting questions about when to get involved.

I was waiting for my bus up to Ye Olde Transit Centre early this morning, and I noticed a young couple scuffling outside the Youth Employment Centre near my bus stop. They were older teenagers – the boy was 17 or 18, and the girl looked to be about 16. She was crying and yelling something at the boy, and suddenly they started pushing and shoving.
She took a swing and he grabbed her hand (he was easily 6′ and she must have been 5’2 ...

A reader sent in this story of a woman who intervened when she saw a girl getting physically abused, and I thought it brought up a lot of interesting questions about when to get involved.

I was ...
By Jessica • 15 years ago

Happy Birthday, 19th Amendment!

Today is the 88th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote.
In honor of the anniversary, I thought folks could share their first-time-voting story… The first time I voted (and I was so excited to) was in the 1996 presidential election. I had turned 18 years old a mere four days before election day, and I was living in New Orleans at the time – which meant that I had to vote by absentee ballot. Not quite the lever-pulling fun I was looking for, but I remember being so psyched that it didn’t much matter to me. I was also the high and mighty gal ...

Today is the 88th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote.
In honor of the anniversary, I thought folks could share their first-time-voting story… The first ...

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