Tag Archives: war on women
What We Missed
TweetAs Bangladeshis protest the deaths of over 120 people in a factory fire, a Fox host actually says the workers who were killed laboring under sweatshop conditions producing Wal Mart apparel were lucky to have the jobs. The UN passes its first resolution condemning female genital mutilation. In the latest from the War on Women, GOP [...]
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What We Missed
Tweet Two really important and moving videos about Savita Halappanavar, who died– no, was killed– after miscarrying 17 weeks into her pregnancy when doctors in Ireland refused to abort the fetus. Why the term “Friend Zone” has a misogynistic undertone. Ohio ignores sex ed so it can focus on War on Women. Protests held around the world against [...]
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Lena Dunham, Lesley Gore tell Mitt Romney “You Don’t Own Me”
TweetLesley Gore, of “It’s My Party” fame, is letting us know that the GOP is most definitely not her party. Sarah Sophie Flicker, Tavi Gevinson, Maximilla Lukacs, Tennessee Thomas, Leith Clark, Alexa Chung, Karen Elson, and Erika Spring, produced a PSA in which they, along with Tracee Ellis Ross, Lena Dunham, Miranda July, Rachel Antonoff and more lip [...]
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“Creepy anti women laws” shown in perspective.
TweetComedian and writer Lizz Winstead puts these creepy laws into perspective: Winstead launched Lady Parts Justice last week in response to GOP coordinated war on women’s bodies, health, and privacy. Winstead offers more in explanation: Look, it’s time to stop being polite and start asking, “What the fuck do you think you are trying to [...]
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Obama opposes Boy Scouts gay ban, homophobes support it