2009 July Archive | Feministing

What We Missed

Dana Millbank suggests that Hillary drink “Mad Bitch Beer.” Nice one asshat.
Over at Slate there is an article by Kate Klonick about why more young women should consider the IUD as birth control.
Some sketchiness in Orange County California, with a Planned Parenthood whose standing nine year county grant was lost, possibly because of anti-choice involvement.
A story from US News and World Report about the Veteran’s Administration trying to adjust to providing health care to female vets.
The census will officially report married same-sex couples in the 2010 census.
Feel free to add links in comments!

By Miriam • 14 years ago

Friday Feminist Fuck You: Glenn Beck

Transcript and links after the jump

By Miriam • 14 years ago

My no, no square: ACLU takes on Mississippi Abstinence Summit

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is going up against the Mississippi Department of Health and Human Services for an Abstinence Summit that was held using government funding. Amplified has a video about the summit, from Huffington Post:

God and Abstinence from Stuart Productions on Vimeo.

The ACLU is arguing that the use of tax dollar funds is a misappropriation, and violates separation between church and state.
My favorite quote from the event?

“Stop, don’t touch me there — this is my no, no square,” said one cheer by the Grenada High School cheerleaders. It wasn’t about school spirit.

h/t to Amanda Marcotte

By Miriam • 14 years ago

Spring Awakening

Sorry folks, removed the video because of the automatic play–you can go here to watch it.
I saw the musical Spring Awakening last weekend. Jos also saw it, so we’re both going to share our thoughts in this post.
From Miriam:
Growing up I was a big fan of musical theatre, and saw pretty much every Off-Broadway production that came through my town. Since then I haven’t seen one in a few years, but I was excited to catch Spring Awakening when it came through DC. This new musical has been getting all sorts of attention and praise, including 8 TONY awards. You get a sneak peek in the video above, but it’s pretty spectacular. Innovative music ...

Sorry folks, removed the video because of the automatic play–you can go here to watch it.
I saw the musical Spring Awakening last weekend. Jos also saw it, so we’re both going to share ...

By Miriam • 14 years ago

Girls sports DO make money

Contrary to popular belief, a new article in the NYTimes highlights a trend among youth sporting events–girls events tend to draw more crowds and bring in more revenue than boys events.
The article is comparing traveling teams and tournament sporting events, where a number of groups noted that girl’s event were more likely to draw parents (and therefore revenue) then boys sports.

As the popularity of youth tournaments has intensified over the past decade, a peculiar trend has emerged: girls’ sporting events tend to attract more relatives and generate more revenue for tourism than similar events for boys. And that is drawing increased attention from economic development officials.
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Although Schumacher said he and others did not keep statistics on ...

By Jos Truitt • 14 years ago

Violent attacks at the 2009 Outgames

The World Outgames, an LGBT sporting event, was the target of a bombing this week.

A member of the Seattle Frontrunners was injured from shrapnel when an explosive device was thrown onto the track during competition at the World Outgames in Copenhagen.
Dean Koga’s right hand was injured and he required stitches after the bomb, believed to be a small incindinary device, exploded right before the start of the men’s 4×200 relay at Osterbro Stadium, according to eyewitness reports.

Copenhagen police were criticized by participants for their slow response time – they took 30 minutes to arrive on the scene. Eventually they apprehended one suspect and are looking for another.

Danish police arrested a 31-year-old man caught after tossing the third ...

The World Outgames, an LGBT sporting event, was the target of a bombing this week.

A member of the Seattle Frontrunners was injured from shrapnel when an explosive device was thrown onto the track during competition at ...

By Miriam • 14 years ago

Today in Feminist History

I’ve decided to start highlighting historical events in Feminism that happened on this day in the past.
Today’s event is from July 31, 1916. On that day NASCAR’s first woman driver was born, Louise Smith. From the History Channel:

Louise Smith, NASCAR’s first female act, was born on this day in 1916. Known as racing’s “Good ol’ Gal” she competed in stock-car racing during its decidedly “good ol’ boy” years. A native of Greenville, South Carolina, Smith raced various Modified, Sportsman, and Grand National series events between 1946 and 1956.

By Miriam • 14 years ago

Young Invincibles: Campaign for Healthcare Reform

A friend of mine from college joined with a group of young people to form this new campaign, Young Invincibles.
I completely agree that health care reform is imperative, especially for folks of our generation. I think the moment is now, and if we let it slip away, the consequences are going to be hard felt.

We have been called the “young invincibles” – 18 to 33 year-olds who don’t worry about health care because we’re young, we’re healthy and we don’t want to be bothered.
That’s wrong.
Over 13 million of us, more than any other age group, live without insurance. Millions more of us are on the verge of losing the coverage we do have.
We may feel ...