I’ve ripped a skirt at work and stapled it back together too!

This post reminded me a little of the memoir The Pregnancy Project by Gaby Rodriguez. In this book, high schooler Gaby pretended to be pregnant as part of a school project. She documented people’s attitudes towards her and her “pregnancy” and theorized that those attitudes set teen moms up for failure. It also reminded me [...]

I started a petition on change.org for the University of Rochester professor. http://www.change.org/petitions/the-university-of-rochester-sanction-professor-landsburg I think I’m extra disgusted since I have family members that are alumni.

On one hand, I think I see your point. I think it needs to be explained that nonconsensual sex (however sex is defined) isn’t just “bad,” but there’s a word for it and that word is rape. Applying this label to things will and teaching people this is rape, hopefully, make people change their behavior. [...]

I’m rolling my eyes over the War on Women piece. Not just because it’s a rehash of the worst the conservatives brought us last year, but also over this: “But Democrats also left their mark with an ill-timed snipe at stay-at-home mom Ann Romney, reinvigorating the “mommy wars”.” The webpage is just a summary of [...]

I wonder if Phyllis Schlafly will be in the documentary. Because, according to Makers, she’s groundbreaking…in a good, let’s feature her sort of way.

What I find interesting about the pamphlet, in addition to everything that has already been said, is that it bases its arguments on devaluing the vote. It neglects the notion that voting is a value and a right in itself (and maybe even one of the reasons why that whole American Revolution thing was fought. [...]

I’ve been seething about Israel giving depo-provera shots to Ethiopian women without their knowledge or consent: http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/israel-admits-ethiopian-women-were-given-birth-control-shots.premium-1.496519
And I complained about it here: http://emmawolf.wordpress.com/2013/01/27/eugenics-israeli-style-the-right-to-exist/

I wanted to drive in the carpool lane when I was pregnant and argue that I was two people.

Well said. I haven’t read the article, but it sounds like a lot of ridiculous causation=correlation without taking into account the other factors that you mention.