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The “knit your congressman a vagina and/or uterus” campaign is a real thing apparently.
This is why I learned to knit, way back when.
‘My son did not deserve to die’: Trayvon Martin’s parents demand justice at New York ‘Million Hoodies March’
Trayvon Martin’s mother on Wednesday told hundreds of protesters demanding an arrest in the shooting death of the unarmed Florida teen by a neighbourhood watch captain that “this is not about a black and white thing. This is about a wrong and right thing.”
Sybrina Fulton spoke to demonstrators at what organizers called “A Million Hoodies March” at a New York park about her son’s slaying last month by watch volunteer George Zimmerman in the gated community of Sanford, Florida. Martin was wearing a hoodie at the time of his death.
“Our son is your son,” Fulton told the crowd that waved signs decorated with Skittles, the candy the 17-year-old African American was carrying back from a convenience store when he was followed by Zimmerman, 28, who carried a gun. (Photos: Reuters/Getty Images)
To borrow a gif from Ann Friedman’s epic piece today…
h/t @scATX
This is NOT the moment where we make statements like, “Oh, that’s just Arizona. Why don’t people move? What more do you expect? Oh well. *shrugs*.” Because you know who that helps? NO ONE. And you know what that make Arizonans who need/want access to abortion care feel like? Not important.
So, let’s make as much noise as possible. Don’t let this go by without us showing that we see, that we are watching, THAT WE CARE.
SIGNAL BOOST.
[NB: This law will affect more people than just cis women.]
(via keepyourbsoutofmyuterus)
Hurrah for IUDs on College Candy! We can affirm that they are as awesome as blogger Garnet Henderson suggests.
Minor point: “typical use” effectiveness rates for certain methods have changed a bit lately—it’s actually 9 in 100 women who will get pregnant within a year while using the pill, and 18 in 100 while using male condoms—so the argument for super-effective birth control methods like the IUD is even stronger. Minor details aside, great coverage of a fabulous method!
- Oral contraceptives, or “the pill,” can cost $1,210 per year without health insurance.
- Women of reproductive age spend 68 percent more on out-of-pocket health care costs than do men, in part because of contraceptive costs.
- Surveys show that nearly one in four women with household incomes of less than $75,000 have put off a doctor’s visit for birth control to save money in the past year.
- Twenty-nine percent of women report that they have tried to save money by using their method inconsistently.
- More than half of young adult women say they have not used their method as directed because it was cost-prohibitive.
- Nearly half of women ages 18–34 with household incomes less than $75,000 report they need to delay or limit their childbearing because of economic hardships they’ve experienced in recent years.
This is serious!!!
SNL: Weekend Update with Seth Meyers
Well played, SNL
(via hellyeahfeminism)
Women as the breadwinners: Turning the traditional model of gender roles in marriage on its head
In the last few decades, women have come to gradually outpace men in education, with women making up 60% of university graduates in Canada, and in earnings growth, with the average total income for women in Canada increasing at nearly twice the pace of men’s. And as this outpacing across North America only seems to accelerate, working women are poised to eclipse men as the primary household breadwinners — a cultural shift that is changing the dynamics between husband and wife, turning the traditional model of gender roles in marriage on its head and even shaping the way younger generations view an institution at risk. (Illustration by Kagan McLeod/National Post)
This was an incredibly interesting article. Although at first, I was hesitant to reblog this since it does have some passages I was puzzled by, (the one about a feminist for example), it did offer a lot of information and a lot to think about. We live in a constantly shifting world. This is reflected in a lot of things, the changing gender roles at home is one big way we see it on a more personal level. It shows that many women still feel tied to old gender norms, even if they are empowered awesome people doing their bread-winning thing. The truth that everyone, no matter their gender or role in the family is impacted by these old gender norms and relationship dynamics is something that I believe resonates very well with why feminism is for everybody, not just those with a vagina or who identify as women. Every person is impacted by these things.
This article only addresses those in a nuclear family (meaning self-identified men and women being the two in relationship). This is one of its major flaws. I would love to see a follow-up article addressing the relationship dynamics of other kinds of families in relation to who makes more money. It certainly is an interesting subject.
See the winning photographs from the 2012 World Press Photo of the Year awards
For photojournalists it is the creme de la creme—an award they all secretly, or publicly covet. And, invariably, it comes with huge personal risk, because following the news often means placing oneself in harms way. Here are some of the winning pictures, more at the link. (Photos: New York Times/Corbis/Reuters)
Oklahoma Senator Proposes Making It Illegal For Men To Ejaculate Except Into A Woman’s Sexual Organs
Life imitating art aka Legally Blonde:
Don’t worry, she’s joking. But she’s joking to make a really good point.
The controversial Senate Bill 1433, which is one of the “personhood laws” cropping up in conservative states is seeking to define life as begining at conception, and that “the unborn child at every stage of development (has) all the rights, privileges, and immunities available to other persons, citizens, and residents of this state.”
That makes it really hard to get an abortion.
Perhaps inspired by the Virgina State senator who proposed a mandatory rectal exam for men looking to recieve erectile dysfunction drugs, if women had to have an ultrasound to receive an abortion, Oklahoma Senator Constance Johnson– our new hero – added an “Every Sperm Is Sacred” amendment claiming that:
Any action in which a man ejaculates or otherwise deposits semen anywhere but in a woman’s vagina shall be interpreted and construed as an action against an unborn child.
High five, lady.
all the awards
Everyone take a deep breath.
Americans are taking fewer risks when it comes to HIV, a Swedish study puts science behind the use of the pill for period pain, the journal Science recognizes a treatment to reduce the spread of HIV as the 2011 Breakthrough of the Year, a study revealing yet another reason why emergency contraception may be harder to get than it should be, evidence that the HPV vaccine does not actually make young women promiscuous, and more good news about birth control coverage under health reform.
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TrendsMap Proves Scary Twitter Censorship Of #OccupyWallStreet From Trending Topics
A Trends map of trending twitter hashtags shows #OccupyWallStreet tweets surging in nations around the entire world, except in the United States, while Google Trends shows a corporate media blackout.
JP Morgan has invested $400 million dollars into twitter and in return [See image above].
Yet when the Freedom of Information Act Request is submitted to explain this, we will find the Feds ordered it to be censored due to national security, hence covering up Wall Street bankers commanding twitter to censor the hashtag.
Then, shortly after this article received a lot of attention, it comes back on the world map but still not allowed to be shown on the right hand side of trends.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lslr1dRtdT1qjkkp4o1_500.jpg)
TrendsMap Proves Scary Twitter Censorship Of #OccupyWallStreet From Trending Topics
A Trends map of trending twitter hashtags shows #OccupyWallStreet tweets surging in nations around the entire world, except in the United States, while Google Trends shows a corporate media blackout.
JP Morgan has invested $400 million dollars into twitter and in return [See image above].
Yet when the Freedom of Information Act Request is submitted to explain this, we will find the Feds ordered it to be censored due to national security, hence covering up Wall Street bankers commanding twitter to censor the hashtag.
Then, shortly after this article received a lot of attention, it comes back on the world map but still not allowed to be shown on the right hand side of trends.
(via thenewwomensmovement)
I just want to reiterate, the fact that people are surprised that this was aired is a sad commentary on the state of our media. Sure, we still have free press under the law, but not under the companies that own these news outlets. I miss the days of REAL journalism.ALL THE MOTHER FUCKING AWARDS TO THIS REPORTER.
Holy shit I cannot even believe they aired this. ldkjk;lsakd I’m just in shock right now.
Ask yourself exactly what it means when you’re shocked as most people are that they aired this. Think about that for a minute. Do we really have freedom of speech?
Everyone needs to watch this. at the very least, support the protesters, even if it’s just signal boosting.
i cannot believe this actually aired.
Where has this guy’s voice been for the past ten years? Seriously. It’s his goddamn job as media to make sure this story doesn’t go away.
EVERYONE NEEDS TO SEE THIS.
