reproductive rights
Reproductive Writes: Do We Need To Bleed?
Flicking through the pages of this month's Company magazine - diets, fashion, celebrities, diets, fashion - what's this? The word 'period' in a women's magazine? A feature entitled 'It's 2010 - so why are we still having periods?' Good question, according to the rest of the articles we're meant to... Read more »
Reproductive Writes: The Rebranding Of Birth Control
Billboards proclaiming Black Children Are An Endangered Species have appeared across the city of Atlanta in the last couple of weeks. The poster was created by activist groups Georgia Right To Life and the Radiance Foundation. They claim that black women... Read more »
Reproductive Writes: The Model Home Birth
Supermodel Gisele Bundchen gave birth recently. Usually the gossip magazines will move from reporting the baby's name to detailing the mother's baby-weight shedding exercise and diet regime in the course of a week, but this time... Read more »
Reproductive Writes: The Baby-Makers
Barely a week goes by without a new cautionary tale for would-be mothers making newspaper headlines. This last week, there were two.
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Reproductive Writes: An Introduction
Before I started writing about women's reproductive health, I'd pretty much resigned myself to being a film journalist for life. All the free movies, premieres and parties were a lot of fun, but I was beginning to think that my choice to give a film five stars or one star was being unfairly swayed... Read more »
So... How 'bout that Tebow ad?
If you are among the record numbers of people who tuned in to yesterday’s Super Bowl, then you had the chance to see the controversial... 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: 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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2028: Apparently the best way to educate teens about pregnancy is to dupe and terrify them.
Teens in Milwaukee, WI were treated to an elaborate hoax recently in the form of 2028, an alleged horror film that turned out to be a PSA about teen pregnancy. Here’s the trailer, though it... Read more »
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