June 2012
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“There are thousands of veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan who are coming home who...”
– Kevin O’Brien: The Other Side of Veterans With Post Traumatic Stress and Traumatic Brain Injury PTS/TBI May 9, 2012
Jun 3rd
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Jun 1st
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Jun 1st
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May 2012
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May 31st
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“Gender isn’t simply a biological trait; it’s a societal one. The...”
– Why Do I Write “Strong Women” Characters? - io9  Matt Rucka
May 25th
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“You come to expect it, as a woman writer, particularly if you’re...”
– Laurie Penny: A woman’s opinion is the mini-skirt of the internet - Commentators - Opinion - The Independent  November 4, 2011
May 22nd
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“Hatred against those receiving benefits is out of control in Cameron’s...”
– Owen Jones: Hatred of those on benefits is dangerously out of control - Commentators - Opinion - The Independent of London, UK  2012
May 22nd
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“The economics of intimate partner violence shape the impacts of abuse as well....”
– GOP Version of Violence Against Women Act Tries to Push Women Back Into the Home | | AlterNet 2012
May 20th
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May 14th
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April 2012
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Apr 28th
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Apr 26th
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Apr 23rd
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Apr 21st
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“by even accepting modesty as a valid area of concern for women, you have...”
– How Modesty Doctrines Made Me Hate My Body | RH Reality Check by Vyckie Garrison, November 21, 2011
Apr 20th
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“Modesty taught me that I was a decoration. Everything about my life was governed...”
– How Modesty Doctrines Made Me Hate My Body | RH Reality Check by Vyckie Garrison, November 21, 2011
Apr 20th
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“Between personhood bills and the assault on access to contraception, it’s...”
– Arizona Lawmakers Trying To Legislate Pregnancy Two Weeks Prior To Conception | RH Reality Check April 1, 2012
Apr 19th
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“Again, at the same time as the Catholic church has warned dioceses against...”
– Catholic Bishops Were Behind Komen Defunding Planned Parenthood - Part 2 | Care2 Causes
Apr 16th
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Apr 10th
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“[T]he conversation was pointedly nasty, gendered, and misogynistic and embodies...”
– Ashley Judd Slaps Media in the Face for Speculation Over Her ‘Puffy’ Appearance - The Daily Beast
Apr 9th
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“Patriarchy is not men. Patriarchy is a system in which both women and men...”
– Ashley Judd Slaps Media in the Face for Speculation Over Her ‘Puffy’ Appearance - The Daily Beast
Apr 9th
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“I hold that it is none of my business what people think of me. I arrived at this...”
– Ashley Judd Slaps Media in the Face for Speculation Over Her ‘Puffy’ Appearance - The Daily Beast
Apr 9th
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“Domestic violence advocates sounded alarms earlier this year when Congress...”
– Reproductive Control - When Women Are Forced to Get Pregnant - Redbook
Apr 7th
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“Reproductive coercion comes in a variety of forms: men who exert psychological...”
– Reproductive Control - When Women Are Forced to Get Pregnant - Redbook
Apr 7th
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The Womanifesto: Men's Reproductive Rights →
the-womanifesto: While we focus so much on women’s (and throughout this post I’m saying women to imply all uterus-bearers regardless of their gender) reproductive rights, some people like to say “Hey, where are men’s reproductive rights? If the woman doesn’t want the fetus she can get rid of it even if I want it…
Apr 7th
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Survey Indicates "Reproductive Coercion" Prevalent →
A survey released yesterday by the National Domestic Violence Hotline and the Family Violence Prevention Fund revealed that one in four women who agreed to answer questions after calling the hotline had experienced “reproductive coercion.” The Family Violence Prevention Fund defines “reproductive coercion” as “threats or acts of violence against a reproductive health or reproductive decision...
Apr 7th
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5 Ways the GOP’s War on Women Is Fueling Rape... →
stfuhypocrisy: It’s been an explosively successful year for anti-choice legislators, lobbyists, and supporters. It seems every day there’s news of a new abortion (or birth control) restriction being introduced or passed in some state legislature, each story containing painfully ignorant quotations from the legislator who authored the bill. Here are five ways that recently introduced and enacted...
Apr 7th
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Apr 6th
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“Over the years [after 1864, ‘In God We Trust’] disappeared and...”
– The Founders Preferred ‘E Pluribus Unum’ as a Motto - Get Rid of ‘In God We Trust’ - NYTimes.com April 4, 2012
Apr 6th
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“As a child nobody dreams of growing up one day and driving somebody else’s...”
– Santosh Desai, columnist for Times of India, regarding children and adults enslaved as domestic help. India Shaken by Plight of 13-Year-Old Maid - NYTimes.com  April 5, 2012
Apr 6th
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Apr 6th
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"The People United Will Never Be Defeated": Maddow... →
spread24: MSNBC host Rachel Maddow on Thursday night said the Republican Party needed to either own up to its legislative agenda or stop doing it. She mocked the idea that the Democrat’s huge lead among female voters in battleground states was the result of media bias, as RNC chair Reince Priebus had…
Apr 6th
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“Black males are, for far too many in America, a racial Rorschach test, onto...”
– Tim Wise: Trayvon Martin, White Denial and the Unacceptable Burden of Blackness in America March 22, 2012
Apr 5th
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Apr 5th
March 2012
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Mar 30th
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“Within a realistic time frame there is not going to be any change in human...”
– Noam Chomsky on linguistics and climate change. - Slate Magazine  March 2012
Mar 27th
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Mar 21st
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Mar 21st
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Mar 21st
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“I would say some of the most startling national statistics are the teen...”
– Would you let your teen have sex at home? | parents, sex, teen - Life - The Orange County Register
Mar 19th
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“[T]he personal is always political. I believe that all of our acts are rooted in...”
– Mammograms, Contraception, and Abortion are Always Political, Even Religious. We Ignore This At Our Peril | RH Reality Check  February 5, 2012 “The personal is political” is one of the most important slogans of the Second Wave of feminism, which dates back to the early 1960s.
Mar 19th
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“Suggesting that abortion be “safe, legal, and rare,” and crowing that “no one...”
– I Love Abortion: Implying Otherwise Accomplishes Nothing for Women’s Rights | RH Reality Check by Jessica DelBalzo March 14, 2012
Mar 19th
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“[W]e must remember that extenuating circumstances like health, contraceptive...”
– I Love Abortion: Implying Otherwise Accomplishes Nothing for Women’s Rights | RH Reality Check by Jessica DelBalzo March 14, 2012
Mar 19th
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Mar 17th
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“To me there is nothing more beautiful than the written word personified, inked...”
– by Jaclyn Popola Tattoo Ideas: Words & Phrases II
Mar 15th
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Mar 15th
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Mar 15th
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“Most American women who conceive a disabled child choose to abort. Santorum is...”
– by Stephanie Mencimer Rick Santorum: Obamacare Poster Boy | Mother Jones
Mar 14th