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Friday Feminist Fuck Yeah: Texas State Rep. Senfronia Thompson
TweetThe Texas state legislature is in rare sexist form this year, and last night State Rep. Senfronia Thompson had enough. A group called the Texas Civil Justice League distributed a flyer showing a baby nursing on a breast with with words over it criticizing a bill they said would expand the “nanny state.” The bill’s [...]
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Friday Feminist Fuck Yeah: National Women’s Studies Association Conference
Tweet**Also, something I didn’t mention-a shout out to my undergraduate adviser at the Women’s Studies Department at SUNY Albany, Vivien Ng, who I saw after 10 years and facilitated me in finding my feminist courage to speak on intersectionality. Tweet
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Obama Lifts HIV Travel/Immigration Ban
TweetAbout. Damn. Time. Via The Advocate and Akimbo: “The United States is one of a dozen countries that bar people with HIV from entering the country,” Obama said as he announced the lifting of the U.S. policy banning travel and immigration to the U.S. by people who are HIV-positive. “If we want to be the [...]
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Friday Feminist Fuck Yeah: Ellen DeGeneres on American Idol
Tweet Congrats to American Idol! They’ve just upped the ante on their already-hugely successful show by bringing on Ellen DeGeneres: comedian extraordinaire, media mogul, talk show host, inspirational speaker, prolific dancer, same sex marriage advocate, and all around bad ass woman. I’m a huge fan of this decision because I think Ellen is hilarious and [...]
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Friday Feminist Fuck Yeah: Courtney Martin