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Weekly Feminist Reader
RIP Whitney Houston. She will be missed. Rick Santorum thinks birth control shouldn’t be covered by insurance at all because it’s so affordable. Georgia Rep. Tom Price goes farther and claims that “not one woman” has ever been denied access to birth control because she could not afford it. Plan B in a university vending [...]
Weekly Feminist Reader
10 outrageous quotes from Caitlin Flanagan’s new book illustrated with cat photos courtesy of Bitch. Need a good cry? Watch this teen girl make the case for her fathers’ right to marry during New Jersey’s debate over marriage equality. “Few people realize that getting pregnant can mean losing your job.” Molly Fischer writes a critical [...]
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Weekly Feminist Reader
Yep, this is basically the wet dream of every feminist I know. The state of reproductive rights since Roe v. Wade in 9 graphs. A powerful piece by Melissa Chadburn on growing up in foster care, being accountable to your community, and the importance of taxes. Santorum says Obama defunded abstinence-only programs not because they [...]
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Today is the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. Here’s a reminder of what life was like before. Love these poems mocking anti-suffragists by Alice Duer Miller. Speaking of gender in comedy, here are some tips for how to write like a funny woman from Elissa Bassist. After one of Newt’s ex-wives says he asked [...]
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Weekly Feminist Reader