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Period Wars, Round 274

by Cara February 4, 2008

I will admit upfront that I am in a foul mood today. But I’m not sure that this is a huge factor in how much this article about menstrual suppression has pissed me off. The article is, of course — and inexplicably since the news is rather outdated and seems to have no recent developments [...]

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This is what I hate about politics

by Cara January 7, 2008

The Clinton campaign has put out a last-minute attack mailing against Obama in New Hampshire, and the content really pisses me off: Barack Obama’s campaign fought back Sunday against rival Hillary Rodham Clinton in an under-the-radar dispute over who would best protect abortion rights. Obama’s campaign made automated phone calls to New Hampshire voters accusing [...]

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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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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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One Punch? Against Whom?

by Cara December 17, 2007

An article caught my interest today with a headline about how a new Queensland, Australia government ad campaign is targeting male violence and enlisting women to help. So imagine my surprise when I find out that the campaign is about violence against other men. The $800,000 One Punch Can Kill campaign, launched today on the [...]

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Prude or Slut? We’re asking the wrong question.

by Cara December 11, 2007

A few weeks ago, Jessica introduced us (or at least me) to the latest nut of the “pro-modesty” crowd: Carol Platt Liebau (watch out for the scary eyes!). She has recently published this new book, just like all of the other pro-modesty books, called Prude: How the Sex-Obsessed Culture Damages Girls (and America Too!). The [...]

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J-E-T-S! What does that spell? SEXUAL ASSAULT!

by Cara November 20, 2007

So. Reader Mom from Outside the Toybox sent this disturbing little story along to me. By the time I got home from work, it seemed like just about everyone else had already blogged about it. But it also seems like there’s not a lot of analysis, either. On the one hand, the story kind of [...]

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The Female Condom Revisited

by Cara November 13, 2007

Here’s something you probably haven’t heard much about in a while: the female condom. Why talk about it now? Because finally, someone has had the sense to redesign it. Some history: The female condom has never caught on in the United States. But in the third world, where it was introduced in the late 1990s, [...]

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A Preview of Things to Come

by Cara November 8, 2007

Well, unlike with Guitar Hero, at least we couldn’t have expected any better. It is good to know, though, that Rockstar has maintained its misogynist integrity. I’d hate to see them compromise their hate of women for something as silly as not insulting them. If you want to get even more pissed off, check out [...]

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The Racism of Cosmetic Surgery

by Cara November 6, 2007

Beauty and the Breast has posted an article by Jennifer Cognard-Black, who has also written this great article on plastic surgery for Ms. Magazine. Her latest, Exporting American Beauty: Plastic Surgery and the New Culture of Worldwide Acceptance, was apparently intended for Ms., but they decided against printing it. I’d say that they missed out, [...]

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