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Reproductive Writes: A Fighting Chance For Choice

by Holly Grigg-Spall
February 24, 2010 at 11:09am

The emergency contraceptive pill is now mandatorily available at US military bases worldwide. I would think there are a lot of us out there who assumed - as government employees in a situation detrimental to their health in a whole range of ways - that all US soldiers would have access to the best of health care and any prescription drugs they wanted.

On the Map: Furious French Feminists Say Debt Campaign is Tr

by Mandy Van Deven
February 24, 2010 at 10:10am

In a new campaign advertising a €35 billion loan the French government is taking out, the nationalistically symbolic Marianne is depicted as barefoot and pregnant. Who thought that was a good idea?

Rebel Girl: Kathleen Hanna on Archiving Riot Grrrl, Tearing Down Idols, and Awkward Turtles

by Annalee Schafranek
February 23, 2010 at 10:25pm

Musician, activist, and all-around cool lady Kathleen Hanna was interviewed by Laura Flanders for GRITtv last week. While the interview covered a range of topics (from endorsing Willie Mae Rock Camp's own Awkward Turtles to reflecting on the “arrogance of youth”), Hanna's most interesting comments regarded the complicated and sometimes problematic sides of building...

The Biotic Woman: You Say Tomato...

by Brittany Shoot
February 23, 2010 at 1:37pm

Recently, I was writing with a former-chef friend about her own organic crop cultivation. When comparing her own organic heirloom varieties to the pathetically pale tomatoes for sale in her Canadian market, she said the following: "Tomato production is a truly shocking field. Have you ever been to southern Spain? Huge strips of land under black tarps to quick-grow tomatoes that taste like...

Sapphic Salon: Does Drew Barrymore Deserve the Vanguard Award?

by Natalie Stein
February 23, 2010 at 12:26pm

2010 has been pretty good to Drew Barrymore thus far. The birthday girl (yesterday was the big 35) has a major ad campaign as one of the faces of Cover Girl and she won both a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film for her portrayal of Little Edie in Grey Gardens. She also rekindled her...

"Boss Ladies” to Star Fashion-Forward Trans Women

by Kjerstin Johnson
February 23, 2010 at 5:38am

Just when you though you might not want another reality show about making it big in the fashion world, along comes Boss Ladies. Billed as “an exciting hybrid of ‘The Real Housewives’ and ‘Project Runway’ ” (yay?) viewers follow five transgendered women from Atlanta to Los Angeles as they try to launch a clothing line and open a boutique.

Adventures in Feministory: Dr. Rev. Anna Howard Shaw

by Kelsey Wallace
February 22, 2010 at 10:58am

Yes, Liz Lemon’s evoking of the name Anna Howard Shaw made for some big laughs on the most recent episode of 30 Rock. But did you know that in addition to being funny (at least by association, and probably in real life as well), Shaw was also the first woman ordained by the Methodist church, a medical doctor, a published author, a decorated member of the National Council of...

Reproductive Writes: A Pregnant Pause

by Holly Grigg-Spall
February 22, 2010 at 10:06am

Celine Dion stares at us from the front page of People this week. 'My Private Hell' the headline shouts, without a hint of irony. There's been nothing private about Celine Dion's IVF treatments in pursuit of a second child. 'Daily injections, painful tests' - we can know it all, if we want to. Looking at this cover, I wonder, 'How does this make women going through IVF treatment themselves...

I Can Has Feminizm?

by Kelsey Wallace
February 20, 2010 at 2:59pm

Can you believe women still aren’t allowed to ski jump in the Olympics? Good thing the campaign to include a women’s ski jump event in the 2014 games is already underway. And this kitteh is going to be ready:

Inspired, no doubt, by this video:

Your Moment of Ew: Brought to you by the Daily Caller

by Kjerstin Johnson
February 20, 2010 at 2:10pm

CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference) is wrapping up its 2010 conference in DC today. It’s kind of like the Coachella festival of Conservative politicians. (So Mitt Romney’s on stage 2 right now, but then at three we have to pick between Dick Cheney and John Ashcroft!)

But these riveting speakers aren’t the only exciting draw this year. Nope–there are...

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