Tag Archives: Health care

Weekly Feminist Reader

By Alexandra | Published: May 19, 2013

TweetLast night, a man was shot in the streets of New York in a hate crime marked by homophobic slurs. Bigotry kills. A survivor argues that military sexual trauma should be treated as as national security issue. Radio host Pete Santilli says Hilary Clinton needs to be “shot in the vagina.” A proposed law to [...]

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Are mainstream breast cancer awareness initiatives hurting more than they’re helping?

By Maya | Published: April 29, 2013

TweetEd. note: This is a guest post from Verónica Bayetti Flores. Verónica is the Assistant Director of the Civil Liberties and Public Policy program (CLPP) at Hampshire College. She has worked to increase access to contraception and abortion, fought for paid sick leave, demanded access to safe public space for queer youth of color, and helped to [...]

Also tagged breast cancer, health disparities, pink washing, Women's Health | Comments closed

The gene patent case before the Supreme Court is hugely important to women’s health

By Maya | Published: April 25, 2013

Tweet Ed. note: Katie is off this week, so Arikia Millikan is guest blogging in her place. Arikia is a Brooklyn-based journalist and former Wired editor who writes about science and technology. She was Nate Silver’s research assistant for the NY Times bestseller The Signal and the Noise. The Supreme Court is currently hearing a [...]

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Tell Congress that 15 years is way too long for immigrant women to wait for affordable health care

By Maya | Published: April 24, 2013

TweetEd. note: This is a guest post by Juliana Britto Schwartz. By day, Juliana is a student at University of California, Santa Cruz. By night, she is a Latina feminist blogger at Julianabritto.com, where she writes about reproductive health justice, immigration, and feminist movements in Latin America. By now you’ve probably heard a bit about the immigration reform bill [...]

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