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By Chloe Angyal • 13 years ago

NOM swears it preaches love, yet threatens violence

As Vanessa mentioned on Tuesday, this summer, the National Organization for Marriage, the anti-marriage-equality group famous for their unintentionally hilarious “Gathering Storm” commercial (which spawned many parodies), is running something called the “One Man, One Woman” bus tour.  The month-long tour, according to NOM’s press release, “will stop in key battleground areas of the marriage debate, educating local communities on why marriage between one man and one woman should be defended and preserved in our nation.”

According to Brian Brown, the executive director of NOM, “marriage will be a key national issue once the California Prop 8 battle gets to the Supreme Court. We need Americans to rally behind marriage as the union of one man and ...

As Vanessa mentioned on Tuesday, this summer, the National Organization for Marriage, the anti-marriage-equality group famous for their unintentionally hilarious “Gathering Storm” commercial (which spawned many parodies), is running something called the “One ...
By Sarah • 13 years ago

Greetings from SAFER!

Hello Feministing readers! My name is Sarah, and I’m on the Board of Directors (i.e., one of the volunteer staff members) at Students Active for Ending Rape (SAFER). I blog regularly over at SAFER’s blog, and a lot of my posts here at Feministing Campus will be cross-posted from there. That said, let me give you some background on SAFER—who we are, what we’re all about, and what you can expect to see from my posts.

SAFER is a volunteer collective dedicated to supporting students who are trying to impact how their college or university prevents and responds to sexual assault, particularly by changing the school’s sexual assault policy (or policies). In future posts I will discuss our projects in ...

Hello Feministing readers! My name is Sarah, and I’m on the Board of Directors (i.e., one of the volunteer staff members) at Students Active for Ending Rape (SAFER). I blog regularly over at SAFER’s blog, ...
By Miriam • 13 years ago

What We Missed

NPR is petitioning (against Fox News) for a front row seat at the White House Press Briefings.

Lady Gaga is scheduled to play in Arizona on Saturday, just two days after a watered-down (but still problematic) SB 1070 goes into effect. Fans are lobbying her to cancel the show.

There was a huge oil spill in Michigan on Monday, the largest in their history. The leak has been stopped, but hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil have already leaked into the Kalamazoo River.

A New Jersey library labeled the book Revolutionary Voices: A Multicultural Queer Youth Anthology as child pornography and ordered that it be removed from library shelves. Guess who is behind this? None other ...

NPR is petitioning (against Fox News) for a front row seat at the White House Press Briefings.

Lady Gaga is scheduled to play in Arizona on Saturday, just two days after a watered-down (but still problematic) SB ...

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By Jos Truitt • 13 years ago

Mad Men Midweek Fix: Public Relations

Mad Men Mondays is dead. But never fear, your Mad Men Midweek Fix is here! The Feministing crew has decided to be more realistic about our schedules this year, so now you can jump back into your Mad Men geeking out with us midweek!

During the fourth season of Mad Men Feministing writers will offer some of our thoughts on feminist moments, scenes, and themes in the new episodes in order to start a discussion about these topics in our community. *WARNING: Lots of spoilers follow.

And now, our thoughts on the season premiere!

Mad Men Mondays is dead. But never fear, your Mad Men Midweek Fix is here! The Feministing crew has decided to be more realistic about our schedules this year, so now you can jump back into ...
By Miriam • 13 years ago

Netroots Nation 2010: Wrap-up

I attended the fifth annual Netroots Nation Conference last week in Las Vegas Nevada. I didn’t do any liveblogging because I didn’t think anything in particular would be interesting to you all, but I did do a few video interviews that I will be posting eventually (after I edit and make transcripts!).

I wanted to at least share a few of my thoughts about the conference. This was the first time I’ve ever attended, but Feministing folks have gone before.

Netroots Nation, despite their efforts to promote diversity, is still a majority straight white male blogger space. I don’t know if that will ever change, unless the demographics of the political blogosphere change radically.

But, like Samhita, I was able ...

I attended the fifth annual Netroots Nation Conference last week in Las Vegas Nevada. I didn’t do any liveblogging because I didn’t think anything in particular would be interesting to you all, but I did ...
By Miriam • 13 years ago

Breaking: Parts of Arizona racial profiling law struck down

Via MSNBC:

A judge has blocked the most controversial sections of Arizona’s new immigration law from taking effect Thursday, handing a major legal victory to opponents of the crackdown.

The law will still take effect Thursday, but without many of the provisions that angered opponents — including sections that required officers to check a person’s immigration status while enforcing other laws. The judge also put on hold a part of the law that required immigrants to carry their papers at all times, and made it illegal for undocumented workers to solicit employment in public places.

U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton put those controversial sections on hold until the courts resolve the issues.

Arizona Central ...

Via MSNBC:

A judge has blocked the most controversial sections of Arizona’s new immigration law from taking effect Thursday, handing a major legal victory to opponents of the crackdown.

The law will still take effect Thursday, ...
By Vanessa • 13 years ago

Elizabeth Hasselback thinks lesbians are just man-deprived

It just amazes me that Elizabeth Hasselback is actually allowed on television.

The Advocate brings attention to a recent show at The View where a discussion ensues about women coming out of the closet later in life. Hasselback’s explanation? That older ladies simply don’t have any men to choose from, so move on to women in the midst of their lonely desperation:

I’ll tell you what’s happening, it’s that older men are going for younger women, leaving the women with NO ONE.

At least my homegirl Joy Behar is there to bite back.

Transcript forthcoming.

It just amazes me that Elizabeth Hasselback is actually allowed on television.

The Advocate brings attention to a recent show at The View where a discussion ensues about women coming out of the closet later in ...

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By Miriam • 13 years ago

Review: The Kids Are All Right

Like Chloe, I love me a good romantic comedy. Unlike Chloe, though, I don’t usually analyze them. I watch them as an escape, as a distraction, as entertainment. Sometimes though there are movies that just require commentary. Usually it’s because the movie has some how moved into the realm of “actually about me” in some way. Remember my reaction to The Back Up Plan? As a Latina I couldn’t not comment on J. Lo’s whitewashing in that movie. And with The Kids Are All Right, the fact that it focused on a lesbian couple hit kind of close to home.

There has been quite a bit written about this film. The preview itself elicited a pretty big out ...

Like Chloe, I love me a good romantic comedy. Unlike Chloe, though, I don’t usually analyze them. I watch them as an escape, as a distraction, as entertainment. Sometimes though there are movies that just require ...

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