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Feministing has an article about google dropping ads for abortion services in some countries. While I’ve said many times I’d like to see less abortions, somehow I think this is more of an attempt to silence discussion of reproductive rights for women. Given some of the other ethically controversial stuff served by AdWords, I can’t [...]
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Just catching up a bit this monday, but there is a very good quickie from I/S over at NRT on how staying together for the kids can be worse than divorce.
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Apparently whatever I’ve got is somehow recurring. Instead of trying to think cogently tonight I’m just going to post some links to some totally cool feminist reading for today:
Jille from Feministe points out that legalised abortion isn’t about allowing abortions, it’s about stopping dangerous abortions, and giving women the right to choose without risking their [...]
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Samhita over at Feministing continues to be awesome, plugging an interesting video by Jay Smooth on the subject of homosexuality and hip-hop.
My favourite bit was the conclusion:
Because when we find ourselves believing that killing a man makes us more of a man, but loving a man makes us less of a man, it’s probably time [...]
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Shakesville noticed that someone at Reuters took out the dictionary and discovered that there was an entry in there for sex without consent.
Erica Barnett fills my screen with links to the insidious sexism surrounding Hillary Clinton’s campaign.
Feministing passes on the tragic claim that the NYPD will look harder for lost dogs than black women who [...]
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Randall Monroe over at XKCD has a wonderful blag post illustrating yet another example of male privilege.
Here’s the quick rundown:
There were about 110 movies with a male lead and 5 with a female lead. Of the second-billed females, nearly all are written as love interests of the first-billed man. There were over sixty movies in [...]
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As I don’t plan to do detailed posts on the weekends, here’s some links to posts I’ve recently enjoyed to tide you over:
Feministing: Woman sues for being banned from saying “rape” during rape trial.
Lyn recommends a page from Alas, a blog: Men can get away with being fatter than women.
A Portly Dyke over at Shakesville [...]
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