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I just don’t know if I can fight (right now)

By on Nov 11, 2016 in Life

Trump’s victory at the polls coupled with the Republican’s controlling both the house and the senate has me, like so so many of us, reeling. I am angry. I am scared for the safety of myself and all those I love, especially my friends of color, LGBTQ friends, and Muslim friends. These people are not token aquantainces in my life. They are people I regularly rely on for advice and support. I am scared for myself, a white, cis, straight women, for the reasons all women out there are afraid. Will I be able to get birth control? It may very well no longer be covered by insurance (or only for women who are married as it used to be), it may become outrageously expensive, it may be banned in some places or restricted to the point that it is banned for many women. Maybe we will return to the days of forced sterilization. Will I be groped or assaulted? Like every woman in America, I...

Kristen Shaal on getting rape-ished.

By on Feb 3, 2011 in Politics

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Um, what?

By on Jan 16, 2009 in Life, Politics

So I just got this really random IM: **** IronedCoho: You know, I’m a Christian and your recent post offended me! What if my children were on? I mean, it’s all the rage to be edgy and everything but is it really necessary to use such prejudicing words like the N-word? Grow up and read your Bible. me: who are you and what the hell are you talking about? ironedcoho is offline. **** This was an interesting moment for me, because, other than the telling fact that I never used the N-word in any post, the truth is that this guy could totally be talking about a post I wrote. So I thought I’d comment on a statement made to somehow make me feel guilty: “What if my children were on?” First of all, it is not my responsibility to ensure that your children don’t see things you don’t want them to or to ensure that your children can deal with and understand...

On the SD Abortion Ban

By on Oct 10, 2008 in Politics

Feministing posted this news story on the new South Dakota Abortion Ban. Watch it, then read. I want to point out a couple things: Of the two women from the anti-abortion group, both were motivated by regret for their own abortions. One of them said: “… most women do not weigh all of the true decisions that need to be made.” Supreme Court Justice Kennedy, often considered a swing vote, was brought up. Some argue that he will vote in favor of overturning Roe v Wade by citing his brief in the late term abortion case in which he states “some women come to regret their decision.” All of these arguments effectively boil down to this: women cannot be trusted to make a responsible decision. I think this is incredibly condescending and offensive to all women not to mention fundamentally un-American. Democracy is based on the premise that as a society we trust...

Coat Hangers Happened

By on Jun 3, 2008 in Politics

In case you think coat hanger abortions are all hype,i found – through feministing – a disturbing and graphic article in the New York Times today written by an OB who has been there, done that. He didn’t actually perform abortions pre-Roe; he did, however, deal with the aftermath of illegal, unsafe abortion procedures. Read the graphic accounts of the risk these women put themselves in and think about the kind of desperation that would cause you to do such a thing. It is surely not a desperation that anyone in the US having grown up with birth control readily available and abortion somewhat available (although it’s becoming less and less available) has truly felt. I have volunteered as an abortion clinic escort for the past few years now. Basically, a clinic escort is there to counter-balance and sheild the woman – sometimes physically; often emotionally...