December 2007

This Week in Hysterical Prudishness

by Cara December 31, 2007

So this has pissed me the fuck off. Dr. Saunders, the senior public health doctor in Scotland, has called for a reform to sex education in schools, starting gradually from a much younger age than the current system does. No, that’s not the bad part. The bad part is that the article reporting on it [...]

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Maybe this year will be better than the last

by Cara December 31, 2007

At least, we can certainly hope so. It’s probably better this way.  Happy New Year’s Eve, everyone.

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Date rape drugs sold over the counter in India?

by Cara December 29, 2007

An Indian TV station has done a bit of investigative journalism following a big ketamine drug bust, and found that pharmacists will dispense ketamine over the counter. For those of you who don’t know, in addition to ketamine being used as a recreational drug, it is also one of the most common “date rape drugs.” [...]

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In 2008, a fresh start for NSW rape laws

by Cara December 29, 2007

Several weeks back, I wrote about a new NSW, Australia rape law proposal that would use the affirmative consent standard — an absence of no does not mean yes — and no longer allow the intoxication of one or both parties to be used as a defense in court. The NSW Bar Association, apparently believing [...]

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Not An Invitation

by Cara December 28, 2007

Today, reader Kate sent me a link to this anti-rape campaign, and I was extremely impressed with it. Unfortunately, a bit of further research showed that the campaign isn’t recent; other blog posts I found indicate that it’s from 2001 or earlier. So you may have seen it before. But I hadn’t, and I liked [...]

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Anti-Choice Protesters Picket Outside Construction Worker’s Home

by Cara December 28, 2007

Within 18 hours of writing a post about how anti-choice protesters are fucking nuts, I got an email from Planned Parenthood that revealed just how frighteningly dead on I was. In Colorado, forced-birth proponents are protesting a Planned Parenthood clinic being built in Denver by picketing outside of a construction worker’s home. The Greenwood Village [...]

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Two Planned Parenthood Clinics Vandalized on Christmas

by Cara December 27, 2007

Two Planned Parenthood clinics were attacked in Albuquerque, New Mexico . . . on Christmas Day. Don’t even try to tell me that this wasn’t the work of crazy Christian extremists who thought that they were sending some sort of message by committing the vandalism on Christmas. And I’m sure that their “presents” made Baby [...]

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Texas to tax strip clubs, use funds to help rape victims

by Cara December 27, 2007

Starting in 2008, Texas plans to instate a tax of $5 per strip club patron, with the money going towards help for rape victims. I have to say that I’ve been mulling this over for a few days, trying to figure out my feelings on it. Strip club owners, of course, have sued to block [...]

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Getting Back to Life

by Cara December 27, 2007

So, I’m getting back into the swing of things, though I might be a bit lazy until the 1st. How about you, fellow Christmas celebrators? How was your holiday?  Is it back to work for you, or are you still on vacation? And more importantly: did you get any cool feminist presents?

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Taking Time Off

by Cara December 24, 2007

I’ll be taking the next couple of days off. I’ll be back on either the 26th or the 27th, depending on my mood (and the news). It’s Xmas, and hey, I could use the break. To those of you who celebrate, have a Merry Xmas. And to everyone, I’ll see you soon.

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