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Maria wrote a new blog post: The price of democracy in illegal abortions. Or how the democratic transition in Poland left reproductive rights behind. 1 year, 9 months ago · View
When one thinks of the end of communism in Eastern Europe, a number of images usually come to mind: the fall of the Berlin wall, freedom, people hugging and dancing, liberty, smiles, Lech Walesa’s iconic moustache and Mikhail Gorbachov’s birth-marked forehead. And these are all accurate. What we don’t think of are back alley abortions, [...]
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Maria commented on the blog post Praise for the (hair) whipping Willow 2 years, 8 months ago · View
I’m just wondering am the only one who finds it a little weird that Willow Smith is NINE and practically a professional? Good thing she’s singing empowering things about hair but isn’t it all just a little too early?
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Maria commented on the blog post Fat/Slut Shaming and the Meritocracy Myth 2 years, 8 months ago · View
I am an avid feministing.com reader, feminist and reproductive rights and maternal health activist but I was also trained as a biologist. There is nothing that can be said in the defense of slut- or fat-shaming. But there is something to be said about the objective negative consequences of obesity. I’m not talking about “curvy” [...]
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