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Suzanne commented on the blog post The VAWA expired a year ago and Republicans are still blocking reauthorization 7 months, 3 weeks ago · View
Brava! Thanks for posting this Zerlina.
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Suzanne commented on the blog post Quote of the Day: Akin said abortions are given “to women who are not actually pregnant” 7 months, 3 weeks ago · View
Once again he illustrates the utter ludicrousness (and danger) of letting someone who knows nothing about women’s bodies legislate them.
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Suzanne commented on the blog post The Wednesday Weigh-in: Lady Gaga’s Body Revolution Edition 7 months, 4 weeks ago · View
Sorry, I meant to write “whether it’s about their body, personality, or whatever”
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Suzanne commented on the blog post The Wednesday Weigh-in: Lady Gaga’s Body Revolution Edition 7 months, 4 weeks ago · View
I agree with her intentions but not her methods. I don’t think she’s “encouraging people to look at themselves and their bodies through the lens of their own self love” if they’re posting photos of themselves and getting validation in the form of “you look good” from total strangers. Self-love shouldn’t require meaningless validation (from [...]
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Suzanne commented on the blog post Breaking: Women take contraception because it makes their lives better 7 months, 4 weeks ago · View
On a related note, here’s a free online course on contraceptive methods at Coursera offered by the UCSF school of nursing:
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Suzanne commented on the blog post Weekly Feminist Reader 8 months, 1 week ago · View
Oops, link for unWinona seems not to work. Here’s her story.
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Suzanne commented on the blog post Weekly Feminist Reader 8 months, 1 week ago · View
Reading Jaclyn Friedman’s What You Really Really Want and Jessica Valenti’s Why Have Kids? . Also reading a lot about harassment, from articles by Amanda Marcotte to blogs such as unWinona, Captain Awkward , and Dr. Nerd Love . Outrage over American prof’s decision to breastfeed in class inspired my blog post on some people’s fear of the breast in a non-sexual context: Man forced to think [...]
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Suzanne commented on the blog post Weekly Feminist Reader 8 months, 2 weeks ago · View
Thanks for linking to the petition. I signed and shared on Facebook.
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Suzanne commented on the blog post Weekly Feminist Reader Open Thread 8 months, 3 weeks ago · View
Great post! I’ve always been bothered by the “consent is tricky” meme/ excuse.
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Suzanne wrote a new blog post: Willke: I can do math with numbers I made up 8 months, 3 weeks ago · View
A SYTYCB entry The views of the doctor behind Todd Akin’s screwed up understanding of biology, John C. Willke, have been dismissed by ob/gyn experts . Nevertheless, Willke’s claim that pregnancy from rape is rare continues to be cited as medical fact, despite evidence from peer-reviewed studies to the contrary . Out of curiosity/masochistic tendencies, I took a closer [...] -
Suzanne wrote a new blog post: Possible development in civil suit against Strauss-Kahn 8 months, 4 weeks ago · View
A SYTYCB entry CNN reported on August 23, 2012 unconfirmed rumors of an out-of-court settlement in the civil suit against Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the IMF and former French presidential hopeful. The civil suit was brought by Nafissatou Diallo after the related criminal case for attempted rape was dismissed last year. Strauss-Kahn, from the time [...] -
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