Politics
The Young and The Feckless: Class Conundrum
Watching Bristol Palin's teen pregnancy PSA the other day and reading reactions to it (including Bitch's own Kelsey Wallace), I was reminded of a question that I've been turning over in my mind lately, namely who has the authority/credibility/legitimacy to speak to issues of class and privilege?... Read more »
Advocate or Hypocrite? Bristol Palin's New PSA
The new PSA from the Candie’s Foundation:
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The Young and The Feckless: Cash vs. Cachet: The Potential Intern's Quandary
One thing you'll notice if you spend any time following youth issues in the media is that coverage comes in waves. The Pew releases a report, new employment stats for the quarter come out, etc. and all of the mainstream outlets take a turn at reinventing the wheel via their own spins on the story... Read more »
Reproductive Writes: Keep Talking Part 2: An Interview with Laura Eldridge
Laura Eldridge is a women's health writer and activist. She began working with the founder of the women's health movement and author of The Doctor's Case Against The Pill, Barbara Seaman, when studying at Barnard College.... Read more »
Reproductive Writes: Keep Talking: An Interview with Laura Eldridge
Laura Eldridge is a women's health writer and activist. She began working with the founder of the women's health movement and author of The Doctor's Case Against The Pill, Barbara Seaman, when studying at Barnard College.... Read more »
Reproductive Writes: Not Just Another Choice, Part 2: An Interview with Laura Wershler
Laura Wershler is Executive Director of Sexual Health Access Alberta. Recently she wrote a critical... Read more »
Reproductive Writes: Not Just Another Choice: An Interview with Laura Wershler
Laura Wershler is Executive Director of Sexual Health Access Alberta. Recently she wrote a critical... Read more »
Douchebag Decree: Special Healthcare Reform Edition
While I never thought I’d be declaring someone who doesn’t like Bart Stupak anything but a friend, Randy Neugebauer’s “baby killer” accusation this Monday on the House floor to Stupak earns him a raging douchebag award, which he gets to share with Senators Stupak and Nelson, and... Read more »
Don't back down from backing up your birth control
Tell the FDA to Act on Emergency Contraception from Center for Reproductive Rights on Vimeo.
With the Ides of March (3/15), Pi Day (3/14), and Dodge the Drunk Douchebag Day (3/17), in... Read more »
Reproductive Writes: Giving Blood Part 2: Interview with Chris Bobel
University of Massachusetts professor Chris Bobel is the author of the soon to be released book New Blood: Third-Wave Feminism and the Politics of Menstruation. In the second part of this two-part interview she unpacks periods... Read more »