- 20 days ago by Jen Dziura
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I’m a hardworking, highly entrepreneurial woman, and I would like more socialism, please, so I can go about creating jobs. (I’ll explain, stick with me.) More
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- 23 days ago by Jamie Peck
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When you picture the average buyer of soymilk, what do you see? An aging hippie, perhaps? An old head whose interest in radical politics has mellowed out into an abiding love of vegetarian food and a vote for Barack Obama? A beat up Volvo with a “Keep Abortion Legal” bumper sticker on the back? More
- 31 days ago by Jennifer Wright
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According to Amnesty International, a critically ill woman in El Salvador could go to jail if she gets an abortion to save her life. The woman, known as Beatriz, is experiencing health problems stemming from the pregnancy related to her kidney disease and lupus. Despite the fact that the hospital treating her requested legal permission from the government for Beatriz to abort months ago (she is now four and a half months pregnant) none has been granted. More
- 38 days ago by Amanda Chatel
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Ann Coulter strikes again. But are we even shocked anymore? More
- 41 days ago by Jamie Peck
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It’s good to be a goth in Manchester, England. In addition to living in a climate that perfectly suits their love of all things dreary, Manchester’s gothic citizens are now protected from hate crimes by the same laws that protect people who are attacked based on race, religion, disability, sexual orientation or transgender identity. More
- 41 days ago by Jamie Peck
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Since two of its members were sentenced to two years in a prison camp for “hooliganism” last year, Russian radical feminist punk rock activist collective Pussy Riot has become something of an icon on the global stage. An icon of radical direct action, resistance in the face of tyranny, and…mass produced lingerie? More
- 45 days ago by Jamie Peck
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There’s been a lot of discussion as of late about Sheryl Sandberg‘s bourgeois and somewhat apolitical version of feminism, Lean In. It seems like everywhere I look, the feminist discourse has been taken over by discussions of the ways in which women hold themselves back at work, how we need more women at the top, why Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer won’t call herself a feminist, etc. As a feminist with some serious socialist leanings, I am mildly annoyed by this, but I’m also kind of happy, because it gives me a chance to discuss how and why feminism must go beyond talking about how the most privileged women should be allowed to self-actualize at the highest levels possible, to the issues that concern that vast majority of the female workforce. More
- 76 days ago by Jamie Peck
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Over the course of her acting career, Ashley Judd has never been afraid to do a sex and/or nude scene if the script has called for it. This is par for the course for many actors and actresses (but especially actresses, society being what it is), and many of the people who appear in movies for grownups consider it just another part of their job. More
- 83 days ago by Samantha Escobar
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“Is America ready for a First Lady to be an entertainer?” More
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Frankly, I feel like the dress Michelle Obama wore could have been slightly better. Here are some of the gowns Michelle could have – should have – worn to the Oscars. More
- 89 days ago by Jennifer Wright
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I thought you would like to see things to turn your stomach today, so, here is something! The hashtag #liberaltipstoavoidrape is trending on Twitter. The trend started as a response to a first-term Democrat, Joe Salazar’s statement to the Colorado House of Representatives that guns wouldn’t necessarily stop women from being assaulted. More
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- 96 days ago by Jamie Peck
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After years of tireless service to the women’s rights movement, it would seem that the term “pro choice” has outlasted its effectiveness. At least, according to its former BFF, Planned Parenthood, which is now seeking to distance itself from the term. “It’s a complicated topic and one in which labels don’t reflect the complexity,” said PP president Cecile Richards at a recent press conference. More
- 97 days ago by Jamie Peck
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Rand Paul (R-KY) seems poised to become the fastest rising jerk in the US Senate. He hates the Violence Against Women Act, birthright citizenship, gun control, and a woman’s right to choose. Hence, it stands to reason that when actress/political activist Ashley Judd started talking about running (possibly against him) for senate in Kentucky, he hit her with a backhanded compliment so subtly bitchy it could have been crafted by Mystery himself. (Either him, or the Dowager Countess of Grantham.) More
