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A Personal Account of the 6/25 Texas Filibuster
Yesterday, June 25th, Texas State Senator Wendy Davis filibustered against Senate Bill 5: The ambulatory regulation bill (which also would have made it illegal to have an abortion after 20 weeks, among other regulations). And I was there. Growing up in a family who...
Military Rape Trial
As the Senate Armed Services Committee meets to take up its version of the Defense Authorization bill, senators will likely devote at least as much verbiage to discussion of sexual assault in the military ranks as they do to the finer points of the Pentagon budget...
I call. You’re stone. One day you’ll look and find I’m gone.
Poetry Magazine's Landays: Poetry of Afghan Women http://bit.ly/12raltn I call. You’re stone. One day you’ll look and find I’m gone. The teenage poet who uttered this folk poem called herself Rahila Muska. She lived in Helmand, a Taliban stronghold and one of the most...
Google’s Techno Terrorism
From NYTimes Opinion Page The Banality of ‘Don’t Be Evil’ By JULIAN ASSANGE “THE New Digital Age” is a startlingly clear and provocative blueprint for technocratic imperialism, from two of its leading witch doctors, Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen, who construct a new...
Finland To Ban Alcohol Advertising in Public Places
In a proposal to be sent to parliament in the spring, the Finnish government is planning to ban all alcohol advertisement on public places in order to reduce youth exposure to alcohol promotion. The decision comes shortly after the government took action to reduce...
Female Gun Targets That Bleed
The maker of a mannequin that bleeds when shot, and was named 'The Ex,' pulls the product. But that's not the end of it. It's as if a bunch of guys at a local gun shop had a contest to see who could come up with the most offensive target, then followed it up with an...
Men’s Role in Reproductive Rights
Until now, we’ve been far too comfortable with men occupying a lethargic role in the sexual and reproductive rights movement: that of passive allies. And while it’s imperative that communities and individuals most marginalized by reproductive oppression lead the way...
Freedom of Press?
News media are lap dogs to the corporate powers that control them. Watch this trailer and check out Shadows of Liberty http://youtu.be/_SAUborWbPw
Survivors Stand Up To Violence
Women hit back at India's rape culture A self-defence group in Lucknow have a simple message to the men who make their lives a misery – stop it, or else The male tormentor of the young women of the Madiyav slum did not spot the danger until it was too late. One moment...