From the monthly archives:

November 2007

Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell a Republican About Gay Rights

by Cara November 30, 2007

For those of us liberals who watched the Republican YouTube debate on Wednesday — which, for the record, was probably hands down the most watchable Republican debate to date — there were a few standout moments. There was Romney and Giuliani looking like they were going to punch each other out over immigration. There was [...]

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Police Taser Pregnant Woman

by Cara November 30, 2007

A police officer in Trotwood, Ohio recently used a Taser gun on a pregnant woman because she tried to leave their police station with her own child. You can view a partial video of the incident at the link provided. Trotwood Public Safety Director Michael Etter said the incident happened on Nov. 18. He said [...]

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Fatwa Proclaims Right To Self-Defense Against Spousal Abuse

by Cara November 29, 2007

A Shi‘ite Muslim cleric in Lebanon has issued a religions edict stating that women facing spousal abuse have the right to self-defense. Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Hussain Fadlallah issued the fatwa, or religious edict, on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. “We consider that if a man used physical [...]

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Guess Who Died

by Cara November 29, 2007

Because I am a morbid (some might say “bad”) person, “guess who died” is a game that I play a lot with my husband. As in, I’m reading the news and say “Holy shit! Guess who died . . . no, seriously, guess.” Today, it’s an interesting one: Henry Hyde. The aptly named Mr. Hyde [...]

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2008: Questions, Vindication, Amusement

by Cara November 28, 2007

So, Emily’s List is a pretty cool organization. They draft, run and support pro-choice, female candidates for political office. But apparently they have come out with an ad campaign in Iowa pushing women to vote for Clinton in the primary. And, of course, we can’t expect otherwise. It’s what they do. But as someone who’s [...]

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I love the smell of racism in the morning

by Cara November 28, 2007

When I saw the title to this Salon article — Is Race Dying? — I had some pretty damn low hopes. It was worse than I expected. Writer Gary Kamiya manages to spend two pages saying some pretty damn  ignorant and racist crap . So, let’s take a look at it, piece by piece. Ever [...]

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This Promotes Rape

by Cara November 27, 2007

I don’t know where Melissa keep finding these things, and I probably don’t want to know. Yesterday, it was this pencil sharpener. And I was naively convinced that when it comes to “joke toys” that promote rape, a headless woman bent over with her hands and feet nailed to the floor while having phallic items [...]

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Hilarious Remark of the Week

by Cara November 27, 2007

Maybe the fact that I find this so damn funny is mere proof that I have a fucked up sense of humor. Or maybe it’s just a sign of how very gone the chance of hope in our political process is. Regardless, I read this last night and literally laughed so hard that I cried. [...]

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Where They Stand

by Cara November 26, 2007

All this week, NBC Nightly News is apparently airing a several-part series called African-American Women and Where They Stand. The link provides a full summary of topics for each show. It sounds . . . interesting. Some of the topics they didn’t choose for discussion are telling, as are the topics they did choose. And [...]

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Brazilian Prisoner Raped by Her Cell Mates for a Month

by Cara November 26, 2007

Let me just say that there’s absolutely no way to kick off 16 days of blogging about gender violence lightly or gently. I did, however, hope that I wouldn’t have to begin with something as horrific as this. But that’s what this is about: waking up and telling the nasty truth that no one wants [...]

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