This Week In Misogyny: Everything Sucks
I’m not gonna sugarcoat it, this week’s news is just awful. Politicians are awful, victim-blamers are awful, the internet is awful. Let’s get ready to punch this week in the face, yes? (As usual, trigger warnings for pretty much everything apply.) Related Posts: Dispatches from Ladyblogland Dispatches from Ladyblogland: Feeling Criminal Dispatches from Ladyblogland Fight the Tropes Dispatches from Ladyblogland: …
Read MoreThis Week in Misogyny: It Just Keeps Coming
There’s never an end in sight when it comes to finding misogyny in the news. People are literally getting away with murder, telling high school girls that they ought to focus more on being moms than getting jobs, making it harder for women to get healthcare, and just generally being terrible human beings. (As usual, trigger warnings apply for just …
Read MoreThis Week in Misogyny Goes Hulksmash!
I wish I were here to bring you good news, but that’s in short supply this week. What I’ve got instead is abortion bullshit, rape apology/victim-blaming, more things that feminism has ruined, a Nice Guy™, and the woman who wants to feed him to sharks. Actually, that last story kinda made my day. (As usual, trigger warnings for pretty much …
Read MoreThe El Salvadoran Government is Killing Beatriz
Just months after the tragic death of Savita Halappanavar, another young woman is set to die from anti-choice policies. After weeks of fighting for the abortion that would save her life, a woman going only by the name of Beatriz was denied the procedure by the El Salvadoran Supreme Court on Wednesday of this week. Savita’s death can be written off by …
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News Appetizers: A Day in the Life
Once upon a time there was a week. A week like any other. People woke up before they were ready, they drank way more coffee than they should, and went on with their lives. Bosses were annoying, classes required too much homework, and the fridge held only moldy cheese. Related Posts: News Appetizers Need a Nap News Appetizers Do the …
Read MoreThis Week in Misogyny: “Iron-Knickered Feminist Lingerie-Arsonist” Edition
The world continues to be a horrible place this week. Let’s keep fighting the good fight, ladies! (Trigger warnings for pretty much everything apply.) Related Posts: Dispatches from Ladyblogland: The Important Questions Dispatches from Ladyblogland Cry at Work Dispatches from Ladyblogland Love Science Dispatches from Ladyblogland Fight the Tropes Dispatches from Ladyblogland Are a Hoot
Read MoreThis Week in Misogyny is The Tits
If there was ever a week to remember not to read the comments, it was this week. So much concern for Angelina Jolie’s boobs! And did you know feminism is to blame for gonorrhea and cheating husbands, while also being over? Neither did I! (Trigger warnings for the usual suspects apply.) Related Posts: Dispatches from Ladyblogland Cry at Work Dispatches …
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“Horrendous, Barbaric, and Inhumane”: Savita’s Death Ruled Medical Misadventure
The inquest into the death of Savita Halappanavar concluded in Galway last week with a verdict of medical misadventure. The day of the verdict would have been her 5th wedding anniversary. Related Posts: Savita’s Death: Draft Report Leaked to Newspapers Mid-Week News: The Worst Dispatches from Ladyblogland are Back from Vacay News Appetizers Need Some Just Deserts News Appetizers Do …
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Founded by Geniuses; Run by Idiots?
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Read MoreJust When You Thought It Couldn’t Get Any Worse: North Dakota’s Newest Abortion Bans
Yep, just when we thought it couldn’t get any worse, North Dakota pushes into law what is undoubtedly the most anti-choice legislation to ever crawl from the bowels of uberconservative hell. Did they think that this week’s Supreme Court deliberations would mean that progressives weren’t paying attention? Related Posts: News Appetizers: At Least It’s Friday Bro-Choice is Feminism for Bros …
Read MoreNews Appetizers: At Least It’s Friday
All this week, I kept thinking each day was the day that was supposed to come after. So, yesterday, I thought it was Friday. The news didn’t make this feeling any better. But today, at least, is actually Friday. Related Posts: News Appetizers Make Way for Duckling News Appetizers: Paging Doctor Who News Appetizers Do the SCOTUS Shuffle News Appetizers …
Read MoreSavita’s Death: Draft Report Leaked to Newspapers
Details of one report into Savita Halappanavar’s death point to medical mistakes and legal issues. Related Posts: “Horrendous, Barbaric, and Inhumane”: Savita’s We Try It: Deep Conditioning Hair with Coconut Oil News Appetizers Need Some Just Deserts News Appetizers Do the SCOTUS Shuffle Dispatches from Ladyblogland are Back from Vacay
Read More“Fetal Heartbeat” Bills Are the Newest Anti-Choice Fad
The assault on women’s reproductive rights never stops. It never even slows down. If there’s one thing I can commend the anti-choicers on, it’s their perseverance! Except not really, because they are set on whittling away free will and all that nice stuff. Related Posts: Just When You Thought It Couldn’t Get Any Worse: North Bro-Choice is Feminism for Bros …
Read MoreNews Brief: Stodghill vs. Catholic Health Initiatives
Nearly everyone on the planet has been subjected to the abortion debates. The slogans are heard on cable news, in church, at clinics such as Planned Parenthood and on college campuses. The idea that a child is conceived and is a person from the moment sperm meets egg is a central truth in the Christian church. However, Saint Thomas More …
Read MoreMid-Week News: Just Keep Swimming
Kittens, it’s Wednesday. That means we have survived a few more days, which is about as best as you can ask for these days if you gauge it by the way the world is tumblin’. Related Posts: End Of The Week News News Appetizers for 2/15/2013 Mid-Week News: Margaret Thatcher Will Haunt Your Dreams Mid-Week News: The Worst Mid-Week News: …
Read MoreSavita Halappanavar: Update
The death of Savita Halappanavar from septicemia after a prolonged miscarriage has caused shockwaves in Ireland and around the world: but if those in power were hoping the controversy would die down, they have so far been disappointed. Related Posts: Savita’s Death: Draft Report Leaked to Newspapers “Horrendous, Barbaric, and Inhumane”: Savita’s News Appetizers: At Least It’s Friday News in …
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