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Race Card: Why Are Pregnant Migrant Women in Arizona Being Shackled?
Last year authorities arrested expectant mother Miriam Mendiola-Martinez, an undocumented immigrant, and charged her with using someone else's identity to work. After the incarcerated Mendiola-Martinez delivered a baby boy Dec. 21 via C-section at Maricopa Medical Center in Arizona, she was... Read more »
Going Pro: Anti-Choice Super Bowl Ad Responses
CBS’s decision to air a Focus on the Family ad during this year’s Super Bowl, while frustrating for pro-choice advocates, has a silver lining: It has inspired some pretty, well, inspiring, responses.
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The Biotic Woman: Ecopsychology
This weekend, the New York Times Magazine—a publication I admittedly adore—asked what I consider to be a very simple question: "Is There An Ecological Unconscious?" Should we be thankful when these issues are covered by... Read more »
Race Card: Oscars Continue to Ignore Asian Americans and U.S.-Born Latinos
Just 14 years ago, the Rev. Jesse Jackson called for a boycott of the Academy Awards due to the dearth of African American entertainers nominated for Oscars. In the new millennium, however, the Academy Awards have... Read more »
Adventures in Feministory: Howard Zinn, American Historian and Activist
Writing history is a radical act. I’m going to say it again. Writing history is a radical act. The process by which historians choose to deify, demonize, or emulate individuals and events is a malleable and contentious undertaking. As I’m sure you savvy readers out there know—with this... Read more »
The Biotic Woman: Reclaiming "Cow"
If you're reading the Bitch blog, chances are you've decided that you aren't too terribly offended by the b-word. But what about the c-word? In contemplating the state of modern environmental issues and food politics, I'm thinking that it might be time to reclaim the big C—cow.
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Race Card: From Adopting Haitian Kids to Giving Them Your Breast Milk
From the outset of the Haitian earthquake, I was a bit turned off by the coverage of white American families adopting Haitian children. It's not that I object to transracial/international adoption. It's just that major news networks seemed to devote more time to white Americans trying to adopt... Read more »
The Biotic Woman: Talking to Ruby Roth
You don't have to be a full time animal rights activist to spread the good word about healthy food, climate change, and women's and children's rights. Ruby Roth, author and illustrator of the recently released That's Why We Don't Eat Animals: A Book About... Read more »
Douchebag Decree: Lori Gottlieb *IS* all the single ladies
Have you been wondering what would be the perfect metaphor for being single in your forties? Well now, just in time for Valentine's Day, Lori Gottlieb and her godsend of a new book (... Read more »
Race Card: If Successful White Women Can Find Love, Then So Can Successful Black Women
The Pew Research Center's report about the rising number of women who make more money and have more education than their husbands is everywhere—from the Guardian to CBS News to the New York Times. The Times, in particular, stresses that an increase in the rate of female "breadwinners" actually... Read more »
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