Monthly Archives: November 2009

Our Bodies Ourselves needs donations!

Posted on 30 November, 2009 by

via Our Bodies Our Blog We interrupt this blog to bring you an urgent message: Our Bodies Ourselves needs your help. This is not your ordinary holiday fundraising campaign. We need to raise $50,000 by Dec. 31 to maintain staffing … Continue reading →

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Changing Boob Perceptions through Star Power

Posted on 30 November, 2009 by

By Bridgett, originally published at Her Life With Boobs. I’ll admit it, Angelina Jolie is not one my favorite people.  She goes overboard, does everything to an extreme, she pushes the edge, and kisses her brother (with tongue) on national … Continue reading →

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Monday Mix – Rainy Weather Edition

Posted on 30 November, 2009 by

It’s cold, and it’s been raining outside on and off since last night.  All the songs on this mix have something to do with oceans, or water, or rivers.  Or something.  *shrug* Camera Obscura – French Navy Martha Wainwright – … Continue reading →

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Weekend Link Love

Posted on 29 November, 2009 by

The F-Word: Sexually assaulted during Reclaim the Night London Last night, I marched through the streets of central London with 2,000 other women and dozens of police escorts, holding a sign that said “End violence against women”…Last night, when I … Continue reading →

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Patrick Stewart on domestic violence

Posted on 29 November, 2009 by

Patrick Stewart (love him) has an article up at The Guardian about his experiences growing up in a home with an abusive father: I witnessed terrible things, which I knew were wrong, but there was nowhere to go for help. … Continue reading →

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Baltimore forces crisis pregnancy centers to tell the truth (kind of)

Posted on 28 November, 2009 by

via Slate The Baltimore City Council recently voted 12-3 to make crisis pregnancy centers put up signs in English and Spanish saying they don’t provide abortion or birth control. Crisis pregnancy centers, as you may well know, have a habit … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Day

Posted on 27 November, 2009 by

via Bernard-Henri Lévy The decision to free Roman Polanski is a wise decision…At this very moment, I am thinking about Emmanuelle, his wife. I am thinking about his two kids who saw their dad’s name ignominiously dragged through the mud. … Continue reading →

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Friday Funny: Chongalicious

Posted on 27 November, 2009 by

…did these girls go to my high school??

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Happy Native American Genocide Day*

Posted on 26 November, 2009 by

Brought to you by Bobby Hill: And I’d use “genocide” or “cultural/mass annihilation” rather than “rape,” Bobby. *I’ve been pretty blah about Thanksgiving for about 10 years now, because any way you cut it, it is a pretty fucked up … Continue reading →

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And today in sexist journalism…

Posted on 25 November, 2009 by

via Eric Margolis Secretary of State Hillary Clinton swept into Kabul last week like an angry nanny to give Afghanistan’s delinquent, US-installed leader Hamid Karzai’s a sound spanking for being such a corrupt bad boy. [emphasis added] ARE YOU FUCKING … Continue reading →

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