February 2009

Remedial Lessons in Respectful Language

by Cara February 17, 2009

From a Topeka Capital-Journal article about a new bill in Kansas that would extend anti-discrimination laws to apply to both sexual orientation and gender identity: The Kansas Act Against Discrimination bans discrimination involving public accommodations, housing and employment based on race, religion, ancestry, sex, color, disability and national origin. Opponents of Senate Bill 169 testified [...]

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Science Says Men Are Sexist Pigs! Except . . . Not.

by Cara February 16, 2009

When I came across a headline this morning that read “Men really do see half-naked women as sex objects, scientists claim,” I felt that this had to be inherently untrue. Though I certainly do not doubt the findings in the study that some men react to images of scantily clad women the same way that [...]

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Top 5 Lennon/McCartney Collaborations

by Cara February 14, 2009

I realized a little too late, perhaps because I don’t celebrate Valentine’s Day, that this week would have been an optimal week to due a list of Top 5 Beatles Love Songs.  D’oh!  Oh well, another week.  I don’t like to play by the rules, anyway! John Lennon and Paul McCartney are indisputably one of [...]

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Thoughts on the RapeLay Video Game

by Cara February 13, 2009

Severe Trigger Warning Amazon.com was recently caught by the Belfast Times selling a Japanese video game called RapeLay. The entire objective of the game is to rape women with varying levels of violence — sometimes stalking them first, sometimes using gang rape scenarios, and sometimes forcing them into abortions afterward. One website review describes “tears [...]

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Target Women: Online Dating

by Cara February 13, 2009

(If you can’t see the video, click here.) Hahaha. They use scientific tools . . . like questions! It’s funny ’cause it’s true.

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CVS Limits Condom Access For Some

by Cara February 12, 2009

CVS pharmacy apparently has a policy, in many places, of locking up condoms. This means that if you go to the store and want to buy condoms, you need to find someone who works there, ask them to unlock the case for you, and have them stand there and watch you while you choose the [...]

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Senate Committee Kills Anti-Choice Bill

by Cara February 11, 2009

My prediction from yesterday turned out to be correct! Hooray!  I can’t say just how glad I am to see this dangerous proposal shot down.  Maybe now legislators will finally get the message.  There are more than enough abortion restrictions in place in South Dakota.  The last thing you need is more.  And, once again, [...]

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Yes, Statutory Rape Is Real Rape

by Cara February 11, 2009

Trigger Warning Yesterday, I got this comment on an older post about a judge who, among many other things, said that a 24-year-old man who repeatedly raped a 12-year-old girl was not a predator because he was in a “relationship” with the girl he was raping.  The commenter goes by the name “This is not [...]

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Updates on Burn Victim Roberta Busby

by Cara February 10, 2009

In case anyone didn’t see this over at Feministe . . . Just a few days ago, I put up a post about a woman who was doused with a flammable liquid outside of a strip club, her place of employment, and set on fire.  There are two suspects in this horrific attack, named Nathaniel [...]

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Anti-Choice South Dakota Bill Stalls in Senate

by Cara February 10, 2009

The insidious proposed South Dakota bill that would force doctors to be available to talk with patients for a full two hours on the day before an abortion procedure is performed (even if the patient does not show up to the meeting), has thankfully stalled in the Senate. A bill to require a doctor to [...]

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