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U.S. Republicans Are Nuts
10 Reasons The Rest Of The World Thinks The U.S. Is Nuts by Soraya Chemaly Feminist, Satirist, and Media Critic This week the Georgia State Legislature debated a bill in the House that would make it necessary for some women to carry stillborn or dying fetuses until...
Other People’s Suffering
from NYtimes.com By THOMAS B. EDSALL The publication last week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of “Higher Social Class Predicts Increased Unethical Behavior†provided fresh fodder for the liberal critique of the Republican Party and the...
Military Predators
8 Women File Lawsuit, Accuse Military Of Having 'High Tolerance For Sexual Predators In Their Ranks' WASHINGTON -- Eight current and former members of the U.S. military allege in a new federal lawsuit that they were raped, assaulted or harassed during their service...
Occupy Cultural Media
http://youtu.be/2RcplNZwo78 Mission: Occupy Cultural Media is a grass roots organization that serves to protect children from the hypersexualization and objectification of women and children in the media. Federal regulation and enforcement must be implemented to...
Push Up Challenge: Feminist Joy
by Julie Bindel Who would ever have thought it? Out and proud lesbian Ellen DeGeneres and Michelle Obama – who, despite her own achievements is still seen as the woman behind the president – have had a rather fetching press-up competition on national TV. With a...
Sexual Autonomy Sluts
Republican leaders denied Sandra Fluke - or any woman - the right to testify for birth control access in their so-called "religious liberty" hearing. Now Rush Limbaugh openly assaults Sandra Fluke for speaking out at a Democratic hearing, calling her a "slut" and a...
Is Our Military Addicted To ‘War Porn’?
By Matthis Chiroux January 17, 2012 "Information Clearing House" --- The recent images in the media of uniformed U.S. Marines urinating on dead bodies in Afghanistan rightfully invokes nearly universal condemnation. Besides respect for the dead being somewhat of a...
Occupy Congress #J17
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NLqyIp33uw0#! Freedom Plaza and McPherson Square are excited to be hosting Occupy Congress and hope that it will be one of the largest gatherings that the Occupy Movement has seen. Since we are expecting thousands...
Pills Can NOT Fix Sex
Orgasm Inc. film review: Big Pharma's disease mongering targets women's sexual behavior by: Tara Green If you're in the mood for an intelligent documentary revealing the absurdity and greed of the medical-pharmaceutical complex, add Orgasm Inc. to your Netflix queue....