July 2008

Offensive Remark of the Week: Bill O’Reilly is Getting Desperate Edition

by Cara July 22, 2008

You may have seen Planned Parenthood’s new ad with John McCain staring uncomfortably and helplessly for 8 full seconds when asked about whether or not health insurance should have to cover birth control if it covers Viagra. And of course, they would have been inexcusably negligent to not produce such an ad — McCain handed [...]

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FYI

by Cara July 22, 2008

If you ever have questions about my comment policy regarding the subject of sexual violence, please see this post by Ashley who is made of win. A taste: It’s true. When it comes to comments, SAFER will stifle your free speech and trample on your constitutional right to use our blog for the purpose of [...]

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Day of Blogs

by Cara July 21, 2008

UPDATE 2: I take back the previous update — the people have spoken, and credit cards seem to win. So I’ve upgraded the account and now you can give however is most convenient for you. In fact, paying with a credit card may of right now be preferable, as it will make me feel better [...]

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Planned Parenthood Summit, Day One

by Cara July 21, 2008

As you may remember, Planned Parenthood recently endorsed Barack Obama for president. Of course Obama is a very busy man at the moment, so he couldn’t personally make the summit (though he did last year) — but he did send along a video message. That was a pretty sweet and energizing way to open things [...]

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Target Women: Feeding Your Fucking Family

by Cara July 21, 2008

While I was gone, I missed the latest installment of Target Women. When Sarah Haskins proclaimed “well, your mom wants a manwich, too,” I just about pissed myself laughing so hard. (Would that fall under the “funny ’cause it’s true” category?) [For some reason that I've yet to figure out, I can't see the video [...]

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I’m Baaaack

by Cara July 19, 2008

I got in from D.C. late last night, and had an absolutely amazing time there. The workshops were stellar, I met some really amazing people — one in particular who you will be hearing about, with pictures, shortly — and in the evenings drank and laughed more than I have in some time. I’m working [...]

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Man Accused of Raping Teen With Disability

by Cara July 18, 2008

I can’t possibly be the only one who gets just slightly more angry when horrible shit goes down in their neighborhood, can I? I can’t put my finger on it, and it’s not that the crimes committed are worse, there’s just something inherently offensive and, I guess real about horrible offenses when they take place [...]

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Immigrant Woman Abused By Government While Giving Birth

by Cara July 17, 2008

Juana Villegas DeLaPaz’s story is, sadly, not particularly unusual, but it is gut-wrenching and outrageous. (h/t brownfemipower) Authorities identified Villegas DeLaPaz as an undocumented immigrant and begin deportation proceedings in such a way that violated ICE’s own procedures.  She did not pose a threat, and was in the advanced stages of pregnancy.  Then she went [...]

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Burning Crosses: Totally Not Racist

by Cara July 16, 2008

So, you know how people will say and do all kinds of horribly racist things, then claim it was a joke and rather than defending the action defend themselves as “not racist,” going on and on about how they “don’t hate people”?  We’ve seen it done with racial slurs (over and over again), blackface, flying [...]

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Sex . . . normal?

by Cara July 16, 2008

Well would you look at that? An intelligent opinion piece on sex education. In a Texas newspaper no less! As John McCain proved last week, sex and big government do not mix, except in ways that most officials would rather keep under their desks and away from the press. The topic only makes the old [...]

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