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What are you afraid of?

If we actually look at patterns of gun violence in America, we find — much to the dismay of the right — that the greatest threats we face aren’t from outside. It’s right here: On our streets, in our relationships, in our homes.

By Katie Halper • 10 years ago

Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet

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North Carolina May Force Teens To Get Notarized Parental Consent Before Getting STD Tests

Delaware Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage

Rachel Maddow school Politifact on LGBT marriage laws and Martina Navratilova

Study: women undervalue themselves when working with men

New Canadian fashion magazine Dare celebrates plus-size women

NRA courts women: Pink rifles, concealed carry purses on display at convention

17-year old girl creates anti-spoiler program for twitter and wins Boston hackathon

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North Carolina May Force Teens To Get Notarized Parental Consent Before Getting STD Tests

By Maya Dusenbery • 10 years ago

Here’s “The Ex” shooting target that Zombie Industries sells

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At the National Rifle Association convention this past weekend, vendor Zombie Industries was asked to remove a shooting target that looks like President Obama. The company sells more than a dozen mannequins that “bleed” when shot, and as it states on its website, “to discriminate against Women by not having them represented in our product selection would be just plain sexist.” So here’s the the one female mannequin they sell: It is called “The Ex.”

Between 30 and 40 percent of women murdered in the US each year are killed by a current or former intimate partner. In over half of these cases, the perpetrator used a gun. Put another way: Of women killed with guns, almost ...

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By Syreeta McFadden • 11 years ago

“It begs the question: Who are we here to represent?”

It really does. How in holy hell does a measure that has over 90% support in the public fail in the Senate? Apparently, a reasoned approach to gun ownership and safety, or any tools to mitigate gun violence in America, is patently ridiculous to members of Congress.

Gabby Giffords sounded off in a New York Times op-ed published late yesterday skewering Congress for their failure to rise to reason and surpass partisan politics. She asked us to join the next round of the fight in the best way we know how: at the ballot box.

I am asking every reasonable American to help me tell the truth about the cowardice these senators demonstrated. I ...

It really does. How in holy hell does a measure that has over 90% support in the public fail in the Senate? Apparently, a reasoned approach to gun ownership and ...

By zerlina • 11 years ago

NRA attacks Sasha and Malia Obama

Here’s hoping that the gun violence prevention proposals coming out of Vice President Joe Biden’s task force are substantial. The American people deserve serious solutions on the issue of gun safety and it’s becoming more and more clear that now is the time to do it. Since the NRA has completely lost their minds.

Not only have they release a new game using human targets for practice, which is classy after the massacre of babies in Newtown, now they’ve gone after the First Daughters, Sasha and Malia Obama.