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Weekly Feminist Reader
Tweet Autostraddle takes on misogyny within butch communities. Feminists aren’t the ones who think all men are rapists. Rapists are. An open letter to Eve Ensler. 17-year-old girl wins hackathon. Angela Davis and Lennox Hinds denounce the FBI for naming Assata Shakur a “Most Wanted Terrorist.” Why the hunt for Shakur matters. Cosponsor the Employment [...]
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Why is the Obama administration endorsing a virginity pledge-based abstinence-only program?
TweetRecently, the Obama administration quietly updated its list of “evidence-based programs” that “met the effectiveness criteria” for preventing teenage pregnancy and are therefore endorsed by the Department of Health and Human Services. This list includes the Heritage Keepers Abstinence Education program. Which is weird because, like basically all abstinence-only programs ever, it doesn’t work. According [...]
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Obama administration will halt deportation of DREAMers and other undocumented immigrants
TweetHallelujah: The Obama administration announced Thursday that it would suspend deportation proceedings against many illegal immigrants who pose no threat to national security or public safety. The new policy is expected to help thousands of illegal immigrants who came to the United States as young children, graduated from high school and want to go on [...]
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What We Missed
TweetThe Obama administration is saying they will take action against Indiana and others’ attempts to ban Planned Parenthood funding. How you can help the victims of the Joplin tornado. Every day this week, the New York Times will share a LGBT youth’s story in cool multimedia project. Jill Filipovic on the media attacks against Dominique [...]
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