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Repro Rights Madness: Who is the champ at crushing women’s repro rights?

Inspired by the annual NCAA March Madness tourney (Go Ducks!), I created this bracket with 32 of the worst states with bills/laws in the country for women. (I know the … Continue reading

March 20, 2013 · 5 Comments

[Updated] If you think Roe makes us safe, think again

I saw an alarming graph posted to an anti-abortion site called AbortionDocs.org which boasted that 70% of clinics providing abortions had been closed since 1991 (or 2176 clinics to 660). … Continue reading

July 16, 2012 · 7 Comments

Feminist Files: Never mind the bullocks

F That: So did you hear the one about the woman who was kicked off an airplane for wearing an “offensive” prochoice t-shirt? Or was it a miniskirt? … Wait. … Continue reading

May 28, 2012 · 1 Comment

Feminist Files: It’s not me, it’s you edition

Mama’s got the magic… of Prozac: New study finds the stay-at-home moms are more depressed than either their working-mom counterparts or working women without kids. They also are more likely … Continue reading

May 23, 2012 · 1 Comment

Let’s go bowling!

Great news, everyone! We now have a date and time set for The Sin City Sirens bowling team for the National Network of Abortion Funds bowl-a-thon! Join us on Sunday, … Continue reading

March 21, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Sex/uality Film Festival

Here’s an interesting event:

October 13, 2011 · 2 Comments

Personhood: Deja vu!

Well, well, well what do we have here? The “Nevada Prolife Coalition,” backed by Personhood USA, is organizing to collect signatures for a personhood initiative in Nevada. Hmm… this sounds … Continue reading

September 23, 2011 · 5 Comments

This week’s Feminist Files

News you can use: I am so deeply sickened by this story, which you  may have heard by now, about the middle school girl who was forced to write a … Continue reading

August 18, 2011 · Leave a Comment

My Planned Parenthood

This post is part of the My Planned Parenthood blogger carnival today organized by Shakesville and What Tami Said. Here’s the story I shared in February: Picture a 16-year-old girl, … Continue reading

July 7, 2011 · 2 Comments

Tell your Planned Parenthood story

Feminist blogging consortium Shakesville and Midwestern blogger What Tami Said are hosting a blog carnival for Planned Parenthood on Thursday, July 7. They are seeking bloggers and non-bloggers alike to … Continue reading

July 5, 2011 · Leave a Comment

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