Dr. Tiller’s Murder is an Act of Terrorism

As  Gloria Feldt, former president of the Planned Parenthood Federation, asks us to do, I am proclaiming the murder of Dr. Tiller — a doctor who worked tirelessly to continue providing women reproductive choices despite numerous attempts on his life and work — a despicable act of domestic terrorism.  And as Bonnie Erbe explains, anti-choice [...]

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“Single-Sex Education”: I do not think this phrase means what you think it means

Remember how, a year ago, I wrote this big long rant about teachers in my state using “single-sex” or “sex-segregated” education when they really meant “gender-based” education?  If so, great, I’m back on it.  If not, here’s that post.
Basically, my main contention was that single-sex education and gender-based education are NOT THE SAME THING.  Just because [...]

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On Misogyny and McCain

It’s really no surprise that Republican presidential candidate John McCain doesn’t have women’s best interests in mind.  Do a search for “McCain hates women,” and you’ll find plenty of evidence to support the query.  If you go neutral and search for “McCain women,” and you’ll find some pretty damning evidence of his misogyny as well.
If [...]

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Tidbits

I am the number 2 misandrist on the ‘nets!
My favorite radfem forum — the IBTP Forum, where the MySpace blogger copied that passage from — has been shut down, and some of us are in the process of deciding what to do next.  It happened while I was doing the nasty. Hahaha, weird.
I’m going to [...]

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Feminism is for Everybody: Passionate Politics, by bell hooks

Last weekend, my partner and I traveled to Seattle and Vancouver, BC, for a five-day vacation (which would explain the hiatus on posting and the delay in responding to comments last weekend).  The flights (boring) and train rides (gorgeous!  I highly recommend Amtrak Cascades for the trip between Seattle and Vancouver) gave us both a [...]

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