These are the people Boehner just named to the committee investigating Planned Parenthood.
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I am enjoying the Twitter account of @manwhohasitall. It is basically a parady Twitter account which satirizes some of the inane crap spouted at working moms from womens’ magazines. By changing the gender, you can see how patronizing some womens’ magazines are to their readers. Essential products for every working dad’s briefcase: tissues, sewing kit, kids toys, wet wipes, a spare … Read More
A Revisit To “Yes Means Yes”
The New York Times did a great story yesterday about the virtues and the difficulties of teaching, and enforcing, a “yes-means-yes” policy in schools, particularly colleges. I have written about this before, but by way of quick background, there is a movement on college campuses and in high schools to move away from the “no means no” mantra and teach/enforce “yes means … Read More
Planned Parenthood To Give Fetal Tissue For Free
In a letter sent to the National Institutes of Health, Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards said the recent accusations against her group are “categorically false” and that the goal of the organization’s critics has “nothing to do with our fetal tissue donation compliance process.” Richards adds: “Today, we’re taking their smokescreen away and pushing forward with our important work on … Read More
Utah Governor Loses In Court With His Attempt To Defund Planned Parenthood
Take that: Planned Parenthood’s Utah chapter won an initial round in court on Tuesday challenging an attempt by the governor to cut off its funding, with a federal judge ruling that the public’s interest favors keeping the women’s health organization open. U.S. District Judge Clark Waddoups issued a temporary restraining order barring Governor Gary Herbert from carrying out his directive … Read More
Sexual Misconduct At My Alma Mater
This seems to be right on par with most other universities, i.e., too much. From Tufts University President Tony Monaco, via email: Last spring, Tufts issued a survey to students on all three campuses to gather information about sexual misconduct and to assess their knowledge of campus policies and prevention programs. I am deeply troubled by what we have learned from … Read More
Why I Don’t Stand With Planned Parenthood
I don’t stand with Planned Parenthood because… okay, I DO stand with Planned Parenthood, but my point is I don’t NEED to because I don’t see a serious threat to Planned Parenthood’s existence or funding. Some might consider this naive. After all, there are these videos and congressional hearings and threats to shut down the government… all over the issues … Read More
Kim Davis Secretly Met With The Pope
Not much of a secret anymore: Pope Francis met privately in Washington last week with Kim Davis, the county clerk in Kentucky who defied a court order to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, a Vatican spokesman confirmed on Wednesday. Ms. Davis, the clerk in Rowan County, has been at the center of a nationwide controversy over whether government employees … Read More
Sexual Violence On Campus — Worse Than We Thought
One of the largest-ever surveys on campus sexual violence was conducted recently by the Association of American Universities. More than 150,000 students across 27 colleges were surveyed, The results, released Monday, are terrible. The survey asked students whether they had experienced events ranging from sexual touching to forcible penetration. If they answered affirmatively, they were asked follow-up questions about the circumstances and the event’s … Read More
Clinton Addresses College Sexual Assaults
I’m not sure the President of the United States holds a lot of cards when it comes to the administration of universities, but Clinton is certainly going to try: “As president, I’ll fight to make sure every campus offers every survivor the support she needs and will make sure those services are comprehensive, confidential and coordinated,” she said, adding that … Read More
Cheap Clothes Of Exploitation
At 6:45 p.m. on November 24, 2012, the fire alarm went off on the fourth floor of a nondescript building in the suburbs of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Inside, nearly 1,200 garment workers were on deadline, scrambling to complete an order. When the bells started ringing, they asked if they could leave. Their managers told them to go back to their machines. … Read More
Failing The Bechdel Test
Know your memes, people. If you don’t know what the Bechdel Test is, this is how wikipedia describes its: The Bechdel test asks if a work of fiction features at least two women who talk to each other about something other than a man. The requirement that the two women must be named is sometimes added. The Bechdel test is … Read More
About Men’s Rights Advocates
I think men have certain limited issues that need to be addressed in the political arena (paternity leave, paternity rights with respect to child custody, for example), but to suggest that men are getting the short end of the stick in society is just plain silly, and tone deaf to real problems. When I hear about “men’s rights” advocacy groups, … Read More
Straight Outta Beating Up Women
I’m looking forward to seeing the N.W.A. bio-pic “Straight Outta Compton”, but I’m not surprised that the former N.W.A. members deal with the misogyny issue by, well, not acknowledging it. Ice Cube recently was asked about it and he said that he doesn’t understand why “upstanding ladies” would come to the defense of the “bitches” and “hos” referred to in … Read More
GOP 2016 Race Shorts
(1) IRAQ WITHDRAWAL Let’s get one thing clear, because I don’t think this is the first time it is going to come up. Regardless of whether you think it was good or bad, the withdrawal of troops from Iraq was Bush’s idea, not Obama’s. I say this because Jeb was on the campaign trail yesterday spewing nonsense: The former Florida governor … Read More