Tag Archives: censorship

“Pussy Riot” wins award from Yoko Ono, praise from Aung San Suu Kyi

By Katie | Published: September 25, 2012
TweetAs we’ve blogged about in the past, three members of the Russian punk feminist band Pussy Riot have spent the last six months in prison singing a protest prayer against Russian leader Vladimir Putin inside an Orthodox cathedral. On Friday, Yoko Ono, who has been vocal in her support of the three women, who were [...]
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American Airlines bars a passenger from her flight for wearing a pro-choice t-shirt

By Jos | Published: May 23, 2012
TweetA woman who tried to travel wearing a pro-choice t-shirt was barred from an American Airlines flight yesterday because of her fashion choice. According to RH Reality Check, she was coming home from a meeting of pro-choice activists, and was about to change planes for the second leg of her travel when this happened (this [...]
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Does using the FCC help us with the fight against misogyny on the airwaves?

By Samhita | Published: March 13, 2012
TweetLike Jill, I am an ardent supporter of the minds, actions and words of the prominent feminists that penned this op-ed urging the FCC to push Limbaugh off the airwaves. In a perfect world, this strategy would make sense because that world would be fair and just and “public good” would mean supporting the rights [...]
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Newspapers censor “Doonesbury” strips about abortion news

By Jos | Published: March 12, 2012
Tweet All this week, “Doonesbury” is running a series of comic strips about the ultrasound laws that have popped up recently. The first strip features an abortion patient being sent to the “Shaming Room.” I guess it shouldn’t come as a surprise in our current political climate that some newspapers have decided not to run [...]
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Guest post: Notes from a nude photo revolutionary

By Chloe | Published: March 9, 2012
TweetThis is a guest post from Saskia Vogel. Vogel has worked as an art model, an editor for an adult entertainment news magazine, a reporter on all things fruit and vegetables, and all the other gigs one takes while writing. She is now the publicist for Granta magazine and is working on a memoir exploring sex and society. She blogs at saskiavogel.com. Last [...]
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