By Jessica • 13 years ago

What We Missed

Of course there’s an anti-choice iPhone app.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Vander Plaats of Iowa says that Arizona’s racist, horrifying immigration law would be good for the state and that he’d advocate for such a bill should he become governor.
The Census says that women are just as likely as men to have gone college and to hold an advanced degree.
Arizona keeps it coming. The state’s Department of Education has recently began telling school districts that teachers with heavy accents can’t teach English and the state legislature passed a bill yesterday banning ethnic studies programs.
Autostraddle’s feminist roundtable!

Of course there’s an anti-choice iPhone app.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Vander Plaats of Iowa says that Arizona’s racist, horrifying immigration law would be good for the state and that he’d advocate for such a ...
By Jessica • 13 years ago

More Take Back the Night backlash, violence

I’m reprinting an email (with permission, of course) that I received from Rutgers student Jess Trusiani about something that happened last night at the school’s Take Back the Night march. I felt that it was important to post, especially in light of ladychrist’s Community post about the police harassment at DePaul University’s march. This shit is why we need Take Back the Night.

I’m a rape survivor and this was my second Take Back The Night. Last year’s Take Back The Night at Rutgers meant the world to me. I was in denial about my three sexual assaults for a long time. Being able to get up there and tell my story really showed me how far I ...

I’m reprinting an email (with permission, of course) that I received from Rutgers student Jess Trusiani about something that happened last night at the school’s Take Back the Night march. I felt that it was important ...
By Jessica • 13 years ago

Sexual justice and Arizona’s immigration policy

I just wanted to take a minute to point out this great post from sexologist and minister Debra W. Haffner, Arizona Immigration Policy: Why It Matters To A Sexual Justice Advocate.

At its core, my strong faith commitment to the dignity and worth of all persons means that I do not think any person is “illegal” or unworthy of equal treatment. But, these issues also intersect in more practical ways. What’s going to happen to Hispanic women in labor in Arizona when they go to a hospital? What about when they visit a public health clinic for birth control? What happens to gay and lesbian Hispanic immigrants who live with U.S. citizens in families but because there is no marriage ...

I just wanted to take a minute to point out this great post from sexologist and minister Debra W. Haffner, Arizona Immigration Policy: Why It Matters To A Sexual Justice Advocate.

At its core, my strong faith ...
By Jessica • 13 years ago

Mississippi high school erases lesbian student from yearbook

Mississippi high schools sure do seem to have a lesbian problem. First there was Constance McMillen, the student whose school first canceled their prom rather than let McMillen and her female date attend and then later sent McMillen to a fake prom.

And now there’s Ceara Sturgis, a student at Mississippi’s Wesson Attendance Center who was literally omitted from her senior yearbook’s portrait pages – her name didn’t even make it in – because of who she is.

When Veronica Rodriguez opened Wesson Attendance Center’s Yearbook on Friday, she didn’t see her lesbian daughter Ceara Sturgis pictured or named in the senior-portrait section of the yearbook. The latest blow came after a long battle with school officials ...

Mississippi high schools sure do seem to have a lesbian problem. First there was Constance McMillen, the student whose school first canceled their prom rather than let McMillen and her female date attend and then ...
By Jessica • 13 years ago

Is this the softer side of Sears?


I mean…really?! I mean, here at Feministing we’re no strangers to bizarre dismembered women’s body pillows – but Sears?
But the best part is really the product description, though:

Do your wife’s business trips make you unease at bed time? Perhaps the fact that you don’t have her around to shares your dreams makes it harder for you to fall sleep. This comfortable pillow recreates the comfort of having your beloved partner. Thinking about the fact of sleeping alone produce a isolated feeling, especially if you are used to have a soft and comfortable arm or maybe you are enjoy a better sleep when you locate your neck in your girlfriend or wife’s breast. This ...


I mean…really?! I mean, here at Feministing we’re no strangers to bizarre dismembered women’s body pillows – but Sears?
But the best part is really the product description, though:

Do your wife’s ...
By Jessica • 13 years ago

6 out of 10 migrant women raped in Mexico

If that headline doesn’t convince you why immigration is a feminist issue, I honestly don’t know what will.
Amnesty International reports that six out of 10 women and girls experience sexual violence as they cross through Mexico hoping to come to the United States. Rape is so common, in fact, that some smugglers allegedly demand women get contraceptive injections before the trip so they do not become pregnant after being assaulted.
The report says that “many women migrants are deterred from reporting sexual violence by the pressures to continue their journey and the lack of access to an effective complaints procedure.”
Amnesty International’s full report, Mexico: Invisible victims. Migrants on the move in Mexico [pdf ...

If that headline doesn’t convince you why immigration is a feminist issue, I honestly don’t know what will.
Amnesty International reports that six out of 10 women and girls experience sexual violence as they cross ...
By Jessica • 13 years ago

UN: Stop rape now

Trigger warning

Transcript after the jump
The UN has created a campaign to raise awareness of, and take action against, sexual violence against women – specifically as it relates to conflict. Learn more at StopRapeNow – and send the link along to your friends!
via the f word

Trigger warning

Transcript after the jump
The UN has created a campaign to raise awareness of, and take action against, sexual violence against women – specifically as it relates to conflict. Learn more at StopRapeNow ...
By Lori Adelman • 13 years ago

In [Partial] Defense of the Hipster Generation

All this talk about youth in the pro-choice movement and the legacy of baby boomer activists, including civil rights leaders, has got me thinking about what my own generation’s legacy will be. And, surprisingly, scarily, tellingly, I’ve come up with this one word, a word that inspires fear, disgust, and admiration simultaneously; a ubiquitous word, an over-used and under-examined word, a foul word, depending on what circles you run in: HIPSTER.

Ah, yes, the “hipster generation.” How I both love and despise thee. No other movement can do what you do- you make me laugh, you make me cringe, and then you make me laugh again. You entertain me and shame me. You occupy my weekends, ...

All this talk about youth in the pro-choice movement and the legacy of baby boomer activists, including civil rights leaders, has got me thinking about what my own generation’s legacy will be. ...

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