July 2008

Birthday

by Cara July 31, 2008

I swear to god that if I read (or hear) one more fucking person talking about how people who were actually raped are insulting “real victims” by calling their experience rape . . . or saying “but that experience is nothing compared to having a knife to your throat” as if you have some extreme [...]

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Good to see they’ve got their priorities straight

by Cara July 30, 2008

Yesterday, I came across this article about how the rates of sexual violence against women in the military are out of control and victims often do not report because of fears that they will not be taken seriously or even be the ones punished rather than their male assailants. Now, regular readers will know that [...]

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Pet Peeve of the Day

by Cara July 29, 2008

Okay, so moderating comments and looking at trackbacks through Feministe, I just randomly saw like three different people make the “feminism is cool, but stuff like X (different each time) is the reason why people hate feminists, and really I’m an equalist anyway” argument. Because when you start acting like fat hate and rape jokes [...]

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Day of Blogs Reflections

by Cara July 29, 2008

For those of you who missed it, on the Day of Blogs we managed to raise a total of $454 for RAINN! As I said over at my Day of Blogs blog, that’s not too shabby for something I decided to do on a whim 5 days in advance, and which I worried would fail [...]

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LaVena Johnson’s Story Gets Noticed

by Cara July 28, 2008

Color of Change has picked up the story of LaVena Johnson and sent out an email to all of their subscribers asking them to take action. You can read their full email and take action here. This is, of course, good news for LaVena Johnson’s family and those who have been working on her case. [...]

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Urgent Action for Kobra Najjar

by Cara July 28, 2008

I received an urgent email this morning from Tyla at Equality Now, informing me of Kobra Najjar’s desperate situation: Equality Now is urgently concerned about Kobra Najjar, an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery who lost her final appeal for amnesty. Iranian women’s rights activists working on her case report that Kobra [...]

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Day of Blogs 2008 has begun!

by Cara July 26, 2008

This is where I will be writing for the Day of Blogs to benefit RAINN. The first post is even up — only 47 more to go! Stop by, read, comment and show your support. I’m sure that I’ll need your help and encouragement to make it through!

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Update on Day of Blogs

by Cara July 25, 2008

Look at that, we’re 92% of the way to my Day of Blogs goal! So close — and as I’ve said, wouldn’t it be great to surpass that goal? Now’s the time to give! Thanks again to everyone who has contributed so far. I’ve decided to set up a little sub-blog for the day of [...]

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HRC: And One Other Thing

by Cara July 24, 2008

I’ll be entirely honest: when I saw Hillary Clinton, one of the first things I thought after “wow, that’s Hillary Clinton” was “wow, she’s so pretty.” Hillary has been attacked for her appearance an awful lot throughout her career. She’s been called ugly, “too” masculine, fat and so on. Allow me to be clear: even [...]

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I Met Hillary Clinton

by Cara July 23, 2008

And no, I do not lie in the titles of my posts: Look, that’s me (secondish row back, second from left, white shirt, brown hair)!!! With Hillary Clinton!!! When we went to lobby day at the Hill, I was more or less expecting the same thing I’ve seen when lobbying in Albany.  State legislators don’t [...]

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