Monthly Archives: July 2011
The Feministing Five: Jana Leo
Tweet Jana Leo is an artist, architect, teacher and author of the book Rape New York. The book, which came out earlier this year, is a monologue about her experience of being raped in her New York apartment, reporting the crime, and processing the emotional trauma of what was done to her. The books is [...]
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What we missed
TweetA great step by step guide from Anna Clark about applying for a Fulbright Fellowship. On September 6, the California Supreme Court will hear arguments in the Prop. 8 case. A newly released essay written by Rosa Parks details her experience with attempted rape by her employer in 1931. Tweet
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Hombre y hombre? It’s love
Tweet Via Colorlines, a beautiful video from Somos Familia, a project that works to promote acceptance of LGBTQ people in the Latino community. It stuck a chord with me in particular, coming from a Cuban family, and knowing how important it is for those of us in the Latino community to speak to one another [...]
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FDA warns of counterfeit morning-after pill called “Evital”
Tweet The FDA announced yesterday that a drug called “Evital” which has not been approved for use in the US, may be an unsafe and ineffective drug marketed as a “morning-after” pill, or emergency contraception. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning U.S. consumers not to use the emergency birth control medicine labeled [...]
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