By zerlina • 10 years ago

Virginia’s Ken Cuccinelli worked with group that thinks the VAWA encourages women to fake domestic abuse

Virginia’s Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli wants to be governor but throughout this process of running more and more information about his extreme views are being revealed. Before transvaginal ultrasounds were a household term, thanks to Cuccinelli and his buddy Bob McDonnell, he was a private attorney who was very active in the Father’s Rights movement. With regards to the Violence Against Women Act, these Father’s Rights groups have been called out for essentially operating as an organization that discriminates against women who are suffering at the hands of their abusive partners.

Via The Washington Post:

A National Organization for Women advisory committee on family law wrote last year that fathers’ rights groups’ “true objectives are to discriminate against, control and ...

Virginia’s Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli wants to be governor but throughout this process of running more and more information about his extreme views are being revealed. Before transvaginal ultrasounds were a household term, thanks to Cuccinelli and ...
By Lori Adelman • 10 years ago

Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet

Today Barack Obama addressed the nation on the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech. Check out the full speech in the video above. More related links:

Who was notably absent at the Lincoln Memorial today? Republican leadership. “Yes, I was there…and then is now“. On King’s rhetorical improvisation. “Where are they now?”: March on Washington edition.

We asked you to take action and — good news — it worked! Clear Channel has reversed its ban on Wichita health care clinics ads.

Jessica Valenti calls once again for “free abortion on demand without apology” and Jessica Luther asks exactly how that might work at the grassroots ...

Today Barack Obama addressed the nation on the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech. Check out the full speech in the video above. More related links:

Who was notably absent at ...
By Sesali B. • 10 years ago

Polyamory: we’re not doing it wrong

I’m 25, and I identify as polyamorous. It’s an important identity for me because it helps me deconstruct and contextualize the relationships I’ve had in the past, and acknowledge the relationships that I currently have. A recent title by Julie Bindel, “Rebranding polyamory does women no favors”, caught my attention. It was a well informed piece that successfully conveyed Bindel’s skepticism with the practice’s newfound popularity. But as  a young person, among other things, I had some serious issues.

Bindel makes her point early on when she asserts:

“…the co-opting and rebranding of polygamy, so that it loses its nasty association with the oppression of the most disadvantaged women, is as irresponsible as suggesting that because some women chose to ...

I’m 25, and I identify as polyamorous. It’s an important identity for me because it helps me deconstruct and contextualize the relationships I’ve had in the past, and acknowledge the relationships that I currently have. A recent ...
By Sesali B. • 10 years ago

Summer camp reunites kids with incarcerated fathers

Summer is just about over. And for some kids, that means that their time at camp has come to an end as well. Some of them could have been at band camp, dance camps, day camps, or even fat camp (which I have some serious issues with. But I digress…). But for some kids, camp was a week long trip that allowed them to spend time with their fathers behind bars.

House Hope is a DC based organization that offers multiple programs to not only strengthen the relationships among families in which the father is a DC prisoner, but attempts to build community among the mother and children left behind. According to their site:

“It has been said ...

Summer is just about over. And for some kids, that means that their time at camp has come to an end as well. Some of them could have been at band camp, dance camps, day camps, or ...
By Lori Adelman • 10 years ago

Barack Obama to address nation from the Lincoln Memorial fifty years after King’s historic “I Have a Dream” speech

When I first heard that Barack Obama would address the nation today, on the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr’s “I Have a Dream” speech, in the same spot on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial where Dr King addressed 250,000 people gathered there so many years ago, at the exact same time (2:45pmEST), I had mixed feelings.

This isn’t the first time the President has invoked King’s legacy: he used a restored Bible which once belonged to King during his inauguration ceremonies, drawing sharp criticism from Cornel West (“You don’t play with Martin Luther King, Jr. and you don’t play with his people”).

And in many ways, the comparison is apt. Many would say that Obama represents a manifestation of King’s ...

When I first heard that Barack Obama would address the nation today, on the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr’s “I Have a Dream” speech, in the same spot on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial ...
By Lori Adelman • 10 years ago

Guess which news channel played ‘Dude (Looks Like a Lady)’ in their Chelsea Manning segment, and other fun Wednesday games

Sigh. Here’s an infuriatingly thorough compilation of all the worst cable news reactions to the story of Chelsea Manning’s transition, including a mocking, sneering segment on Fox News using Aerosmith’s “Dude (Looks Like A Lady)” as a soundtrack for hate.

We’ve said it before but this apparently needs repeating: hateful, ignorant and childish coverage of Chelsea Manning’s transition, including misgendering and mocking her, is completely shameful and unacceptable. It’s also just plain lazy. As Jos was quoted as saying in a recent BBC blog post, “Just get it right, people. It’s honestly not that hard.“

Sigh. Here’s an infuriatingly thorough compilation of all the worst cable news reactions to the story of Chelsea Manning’s transition, including a mocking, sneering segment on Fox News using Aerosmith’s “Dude (Looks Like A Lady)” as ...
By Alexandra Brodsky • 10 years ago

Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet

Jos on HuffPost Live talking about Skyler White and “complex female roles.”

Legally married gay couples aren’t eligible for veterans benefits, says the VA. What. The. Fuck.

Solidarity is for Miley.

Campus activists! Apply for a SAFER policy training.

Stopping the drug war isn’t enough to end mass incarceration.

The queer afterlife of Whitney Houston.

Katie at Salon: Fox News celebrated National Dog Day rather than Women’s Equality Day.

I guess I missed the “abortion orgies” when I was a Girl Scout.

On Chelsea Manning and the prices of disclosure.

Zerlina talks with Mother Jones about online harassment.

Le1F speaks out against “Same Love.”

Jos on HuffPost Live talking about Skyler White and “complex female roles.”

Legally married gay couples aren’t eligible for veterans benefits, says the VA. What. The. Fuck.

Solidarity is for Miley.

Campus activists! Apply ...
By Alexandra Brodsky • 10 years ago

Chart of the Day: Visualizing the pay gap

I’m sad I missed this when it was first posted for the June anniversary of the Equal Pay Act, but the wage discrimination infographic below is too great not to highlight, whatever the month. The chart is remarkably clear, comparing the “full dollar” earned by a white man to the lesser compensation provided to white, black, and Latina women for equal work — and, perhaps perversely, Emily Nemens’ design is also quite beautiful.

via Women of the 113th

 

I’m sad I missed this when it was first posted for the June anniversary of the Equal Pay Act, but the wage discrimination infographic below is too great not to highlight, whatever the month. The ...

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