Kelly Rowland’s new song references being in an abusive relationship.

House Republicans vote for the millionth time to repeal Obamacare.

I cried when I watched this trailer. Because it makes me cry to watch unapologetically fat, confident women being really good at their jobs, being recognised for it, and making their revolutionary bodies part of that success. It makes me cry like a big feminist baby. http://youtu.be/pg1RtDr-cHE Damn, Rebel Wilson, you make me (even) proud(er) [...]

Could it be because the people put in charge of preventing it are themselves committing acts of sexual violence? Last week it was the Air Force’s designated sexual violence prevention officer who was arrested for sexual violence . This week it’s the Army’s. From New York magazine: the Army has its own scandal as it investigates a sergeant who [...]

**Trigger warning** This is a guest post from an anonymous Feministing reader. You could say I’m a words person. Communications, in all forms, is what I’m good at, it’s what I gravitate towards. I’ll do the crossword puzzle over the Sudoku. Words to me are pieces to play with, tell stories with, pitch clients with. I’ve never [...]

The North Carolina Senate voted to give a second reading to a bill that requires schools to teach that abortion causes premature birth in subsequent pregnancies. The Obama Administration asked for an extension of the deadline to make Plan B available over the counter without an age restriction. The judge said no. California passes new protections for transgender [...]

That’s a pretty depressing number. Newspoll just released the finding, and the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation (AIEF) is using it as an opportunity to draw the connection between education and political leadership. Just 50% of Indigenous kids finish high school at the moment, and among kids in AIEF programs, which it calls “Australia’s most proven and [...]

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Kathryn Joyce on Mitt Romney’s advice to new graduates that they should get married and start making babies asap. Climate changes hurts women , and the Wall Street Journal thinks it’s a joke. Unsurprisingly, most women in the US would  like to be able to get birth control over-the-counter . ” Suspended for twerking . What do I do? Twerk. At the beach. [...]

Spoiler alert: It’s not by chance. You must read TNC’s piece at The Atlantic today, about housing policy in the 1950s and how it created and reinforced the racial wealth gap. It’s a story of legalized exploitation, of how the structures and policies of the United States government were not perverted, but used as intended, to [...]

It’s an ad for the new EMILY’s List campaign , Madam President, which is about the need for a woman POTUS. You might also enjoy the campaign video, in which a gaggle of eloquent little girls snort at the idea that only boys can grow up to be President. I disagree with the claim that “there’s one [...]

Oh FFS. For sadly not the last time, it is not acceptable to threaten to rape a woman when she says something you disagree with.  And if that’s happening on the campus you run, it’s not acceptable to sit by and let it happen. Three big myths about dating while plus size. Seven of the ten nominees for Britain’s [...]

Good news, antipodean abortion lovers! The Australian government announced today that RU486, the abortion pill, is one step closer to being included in the government’s Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, making it easier for patients to afford. How easy? Like, between $12 and $36 easy. Which is a far cry from its current cost of $300-$800 (which is [...]

This is a guest post from Tobias Rodriguez. Tobias originally hails from Texas and now lives in New York where he works in social media at a reproductive health organization. Good news! Boy Scout officials have  proposed to lift the ban  on gay scouts at a National Scouts’ meeting the week of May 20. But here’s the bad [...]

This week’s “Ask Amy” is called “I Love You Boston,” but it’s really about the larger issues of hard news weeks, how to consume media coverage of traumatic events, and self care. It’s full of thought and doubt and empathy and “I don’t know,” all things that a lot of us are feeling today. http://youtube.com/watch?v=GCrGKy9-7Ss I [...]

Ban the girls from wearing tight pants to stop them from “distracting” the boys.

Ed. note: This is a guest post from Tobias Rodriguez. Tobias originally hails from Texas and now lives in New York where he works in social media at a reproductive health organization. Last week, on the International Trans Day of Visibility,  We Happy Trans  and This is HOW  honored 100 trans* Americans. The launch event was also cosponsored by  Chicago [...]

Ed. note: This is a guest post from Tira Harpaz. Harpaz is a graduate of Princeton University and Fordham Law School and the mother of three children. She was formerly a Senior Attorney at Davis Polk & Wardwell and she is currently the founder and president of CollegeBound Advice, an independent college counseling firm. You can [...]

Ed. note: I’m off this week. The wonderful Tobias Rodriguez is filling in for me. Tobias originally hails from Texas and now lives in New York where he works in social media at a reproductive health organization. Image via Katie Hsih, a Seder guest Every Passover  Seder I’ve been to (read: two) has been queer of sorts.  At [...]

Ed. note: I’m off this week. The wonderful Tobias Rodriguez is filling in for me. Tobias originally hails from Texas and now lives in New York where he works in social media at a reproductive health organization. When I walked into a large bar in Brooklyn Sunday night for a screening of an episode of  The Outs , [...]