This is pretty bizarre: A shopping center in China has created a female-only parking lot. Included in its features are 3 additional feet for each space, and “a delicate pink and light purple color scheme.” Apparently, the manager of the shopping center said that the new parking lot would appeal to women’s “strong sense of colour [...]
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This morning I opened up my computer to find the new cover from The Economist: I remained skeptical, as I do of any issue praising the fact that women are now “overrepresented” in the workplace. These articles are rarely inclusive and thoughtful enough to produce a genuine analysis of how far we’re come, but also [...]
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I’ll admit it– I love the holiday season. Perhaps it’s simply good childhood memories warming my heart, but this feminist is no Scrooge. One thing about the holidays that I can’t stand, however, is being bombarded by ridiculous, cheesy, materialistic jewelry commercials. Every year, we have to suffer through “Every kiss begins with Kay,” or [...]
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The sport of rugby does not generate much interest in the United States, but around the world (especially in the former U.K. countries), it is very, very popular. Think of the current movie Invictus and how Nelson Mandela used rugby as a means of drawing the people of South Africa together. And so it is [...]
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moveon.org sent an email comparing the Senate bill for health care reform to the better House plan. This is what it said: Five Critical Flaws in the Senate Health Care Bill The Senate bill would: #1—Deny Americans the choice of a public option. In contrast, the House bill contains a national public option, the key [...]
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Here is another great editorial cartoon from the great Tom Toles. Like him, it wouldn’t surprise me either that the Republican’s strategy of obstructing any legislation supported by Democrats might work. While we have to keep pushing the Obama administration and the often non-effective Democrats in the direction we, as liberals/progressives, want, we also have [...]
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Soooo, how much money in the Senate health care reform bill is for earmarks for individual Democratic Senators? Well, a lot! And they think it is just the way it is always done. Here’s what Harry Reid said about including the earmarks in return for obtaining the 60 necessary votes: I don’t know if there [...]
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The Mexico City government voted 39-20 to allow people of the same sex to marry and to adopt children. The law is being rewritten to redefine “marriage” as a “free union between two people.” Mayor Marcelo Ebrard is expected to sign the bill into law. Thus, Mexico City is the first Latin American city or [...]
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****************** U P D A T E ******************** Because the federal government is closed today due to the weekend snowstorm, the State Department event at which Secretary Clinton was scheduled to speak today has been postponed. ************************************************* Thanks to the Population Connection for sending me an email about this. Secretary of State Clinton will [...]
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This is another in the “you have to be kidding” category. Maj. Gen. Anthony Cucolo, who commands all U.S. forces in Northern Iraq, issued orders in November that ban pregnancy among all military personnel in his command. Anyone who becomes pregnant or impregnates another service member, including married couples assigned to the same unit, could [...]
Filed under: Reproductive Rights, Sex | Tagged: Cucolo, Iraq, Pregnancy Ban | 3 Comments »
