Tag Archives: Health
How the war on reproductive rights hurts women with disabilities
Originally posted in Community Blog
Tweet*TRIGGER WARNING* With one of today’s articles on Feministing’s main page being Eesha Pandit’s coverage of the NC victims of eugenics sterilization being compensated, as well as the training I participated in for the organization I work for, I got to thinking about just how vulnerable women with disabilities are to sexual assault – and [...]
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Victims of eugenic sterilization in NC to be compensated
TweetFrom 1929 to 1974 about 7,600 (and possibly more) people were sterilized without their consent because they were assessed by state social workers to be “feeble-minded,” having a “mental disease” or suffering from epilepsy. Many of those that were forcibly sterilized were poor, black women deemed unfit to be parents. From NPR: People as young as [...]
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It’s better (and worse) than we thought: UN releases 2011 Human Development Report
TweetGiven that it’s a new year, it’s the perfect time to highlight the previous year’s human development news. Human development is about expanding people’s choices and building sustainable societies on shared natural resources. Recently released, the 2011 Human Development Report from the United Nations Development Fund focuses on linking the challenge of sustainable development to the [...]
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Dangerously misinformed article on eating disorders posted on Muscle and Fitness website
Tweet*Trigger warning: I care a lot about the readers of this blog and I respectfully ask that you please do not read on if you are prone to be triggered around eating and health or body-related themes.* Feministing reader Ann wrote in this week to alert us to a very disturbing article posted on Muscle [...]
Also tagged eating disorders, pro-ana Comments closed
Arizona GOP debate audience boos birth control