By Miriam • 12 years ago

What We Missed

The Occupy Wall Street protests continue. This new site, We Are the 99 Percent, shows exactly what impact the actions of the banks on Wall Street has had on ordinary Americans.

The clinic employees who worked with the Philadelphia doctor charged with putting women’s lives in danger during extremely late abortion procedures are going to have to go on trial with him.

Our girl Samhita on why feminists have better sex and other topics related to her new book, Outdated.

The Federal Bureau of Prisons has changed their policy in regards to medical treatment for transgender people. “In summary, inmates in the custody of the Bureau with a possible diagnosis of GID will receive a current ...

The Occupy Wall Street protests continue. This new site, We Are the 99 Percent, shows exactly what impact the actions of the banks on Wall Street has had on ordinary Americans.

The clinic employees who worked ...
By Miriam • 12 years ago

NYPD to Brooklyn women: Don’t wear short skirts

On the eve of the NYC SlutWalk, it’s being reported that an NYPD officer is telling women in the South Park Slope neighborhood in Brooklyn not to wear short skirts or shorts to avoid being victimized by a serial sexual assaulter who has been attacking women in the neighborhood since March. From the Wall Street Journal:

Lauren, a South Slope resident, was walking home three blocks from the gym on Monday when she was stopped.

The 25-year-old, who did not want her last name to be used, was wearing shorts and a T-shirt when she claims a police officer asked if she would stop and talk to him. He also stopped two other women wearing dresses.

According to ...

On the eve of the NYC SlutWalk, it’s being reported that an NYPD officer is telling women in the South Park Slope neighborhood in Brooklyn not to wear short skirts or shorts to avoid being victimized ...
By Miriam • 12 years ago

Social justice as a tool for combating sexual violence

On Wednesday evening I gave a talk at Kenyon College as part of their annual Take Back the Night Week, about how we can use social justice to combat sexual violence.

Via a request on twitter, I thought I’d share some of what I spoke about there.

This is the second Take Back the Night Event I’ve been a part of and I’m constantly inspired by the students organizing and passion when it comes to really talking about the big picture of what it might take to really end sexual violence.

One of the most powerful parts of many Take Back the Night events is the speak out, where sexual assault survivors are given the opportunity to tell their stories, publicly, to an ...

On Wednesday evening I gave a talk at Kenyon College as part of their annual Take Back the Night Week, about how we can use social justice to combat sexual violence.

Via a request on twitter, I thought ...
By Miriam • 12 years ago

35 years of Hyde: Why the fight for true abortion access has only just begun

Today marks the 35th anniversary of the passage of the Hyde Amendment. The Hyde Amendment is a piece of legislation that effectively turned access to abortion into a class issue by banning the use of federal funding for abortions. The Hyde Amendment also cemented the marginalization of abortion from the rest of health care, lending a lot of weight to the climate around abortion we see today.

For those who don’t know, the Hyde Amendment restricts the use of federal funds toward abortion. Primarily this effects people whose health care is provided by the government: the low-income, the disabled and those in the military. That’s a lot of people who have to pay out of pocket for this procedure, and the ...

Today marks the 35th anniversary of the passage of the Hyde Amendment. The Hyde Amendment is a piece of legislation that effectively turned access to abortion into a class issue by banning the use of federal funding ...
By Miriam • 12 years ago

Ms. Magazine announces essay contest in honor of 40th anniversary

In honor of Ms. Magazine’s 40th anniversary this coming year (amazing!), the folks at Stanford University are organizing a number of events, including an essay contest.

Over the past forty years Ms. magazine has offered feminist reporting and perspectives on topics ranging from Marilyn Monroe to childbirth, from breast cancer to domestic violence. A group of Stanford faculty and editors of Ms. have selected forty Ms. covers from the magazine’s inaugural freestanding issue in 1972 to today. We invite you to submit a 150-word essay about one of these covers.

Ten $100 cash prizes will be awarded for the best short essays. Entries will be judged on originality, vision, awareness of feminist issues ...

In honor of Ms. Magazine’s 40th anniversary this coming year (amazing!), the folks at Stanford University are organizing a number of events, including an essay contest.

Over the past forty years Ms. magazine has offered feminist ...
By Jos Truitt • 12 years ago

What We Missed


Should I compare someone I disagree with to the KKK? A super useful flow chart. You can find the full size version here.

DSK and his French accuser meet face-to-face.

The bride who married herself.

If you’re suffering from Mad Men withdrawal like I am, check out this article about Jon Hamm that will make you swoon after every paragraph.


Should I compare someone I disagree with to the KKK? A super useful flow chart. You can find the full size version here.

DSK and his French accuser meet face-to-face.

The bride who married ...
By Jos Truitt • 12 years ago

The New York Post’s latest headline fail: This one’s transphobic!

I am so over the New York Post. Here’s the latest headline from the newspaper that always sucks:

Of course the article itself is a gem, too: the first sentence is “From same-sex marriage to sex-change surgery!” First they let the gay people marry, then they let the trans people have health care! It’s the downfall of society! Or ya know, the provision of basic rights. Whatever.

While we know abortion is explicitly excluded from coverage under federal Medicaid funds, transgender health care, especially surgery, is implicitly excluded. New York state covering sexual reassignment surgery would be an incredible boon in the lives of many trans folks. It would also be the right thing to do, offering Medicaid coverage for ...

I am so over the New York Post. Here’s the latest headline from the newspaper that always sucks:

Of course the article itself is a gem, too: the first sentence is “From same-sex marriage to sex-change ...
By Jos Truitt • 12 years ago

Gene Lyons compares Melissa Harris-Perry to the KKK

Melissa Harris-Perry wrote an article for The Nation looking at slipping liberal support for President Obama and arguing that white liberals hold Black politicians to a higher standard than white politicians. The backlash against the piece was intense. Professor Harris-Perry responded with a blog post I am incredibly grateful for, in which she outlines and refutes some of the main arguments hurled at people who claim race matters in the US at all.

Apparently Gene Lyons didn’t read the follow up piece, which would have refuted every argument he trotted out yesterday in a disjointed article Salon decided to publish for some reason (which I can only imagine was generating traffic).

See, certain academics are prone to an odd ...

Melissa Harris-Perry wrote an article for The Nation looking at slipping liberal support for President Obama and arguing that white liberals hold Black politicians to a higher standard than white politicians. The backlash against the piece ...

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