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Friday News Bites: More LGBTQ Progress, Notable Obits + More

Post author By Sara Habein
Post date Friday, July 17th, 2015
6 Comments on Friday News Bites: More LGBTQ Progress, Notable Obits + More

Happy Friday, everyone. Lots to cover this week with everything from 2015 Emmy nominations to new birth control laws to Pluto finally getting its close-up. Let’s get started:

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Friday News Bites: Obamacare Lives On, Confederate Flag Not So Much

Post author By Sara Habein
Post date Friday, June 26th, 2015
1 Comment on Friday News Bites: Obamacare Lives On, Confederate Flag Not So Much

Greetings, Unicorns. This week we have an update on the Freddie Gray case, SCOTUS decisions, and the Confederate Flag on its way out from public display. This and more, so let’s get started:

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Friday News Bites: Indiana’s Discrimination Bill, Germanwings Crash + More

Post author By Sara Habein
Post date Friday, March 27th, 2015
3 Comments on Friday News Bites: Indiana’s Discrimination Bill, Germanwings Crash + More

Happy Friday, everyone. Is it Springtime where you are yet? I hope so. This week’s newsy roundup has a lot of political stories, but we’ll end with good news. Let’s get started:

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Friday News Bites: Teenage Brains! Supersized Saturn! Lady Ghostbusters!

Post author By Sara Habein
Post date Friday, January 30th, 2015
3 Comments on Friday News Bites: Teenage Brains! Supersized Saturn! Lady Ghostbusters!

Happy Friday, everyone! In addition to all the sciencin’ and entertainment news, we have some politics-related stories to cover, so let’s get started:

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Friday News Bites: #SOTU15, Yemen + More

Post author By Sara Habein
Post date Friday, January 23rd, 2015
2 Comments on Friday News Bites: #SOTU15, Yemen + More

President Obama’s State of the Union address on Tuesday had its fair share of highlights, and we’ve also got updates on the situation in Yemen, a found Mars lander, and much more. It’s time for Friday News Bites…

This Week in Misogyny

This Week in Misogyny Isn’t a Grave Threat to Fraternities

Post author By [E] Hillary
Post date Friday, September 26th, 2014
7 Comments on This Week in Misogyny Isn’t a Grave Threat to Fraternities

Happy Friday, ladyblogland! This week we’ll talk about two new campaigns to bring feminism to the masses, a truly absurd amount of terribleness, and a math lesson from John Oliver. (As usual, trigger warnings for just about everything apply.)

Tags #HeForShe, #IWasAnAngryBlackWoman, 3DPlusMe, 4chan, ableism, abortion, Alabama, Alessandra Stanley, Americans for Shared Prosperity, campus sexual assault, celebrity nudes, Cory Booker, cvs, Daniel Inouye, domestic violence, Drag Queens, emma watson, Facebook, false rape accusations, feminism, Forbes, Fox News, fraternities, Frozen, gabby giffords, Google Science Fair, GWAR, Hope Solo, It's On Us, john oliver, ken jennings, Kira Kazantsev, Kirsten Gillibrand, Lifetime, marvel, Massachusetts, Mayim Bialik, Melissa Harris-Perry, Merritt Tierce, military spying, Milo Manara, misogyny, miss america, NCIS, NFL, ninja sister wives, Obamacare, Pennsylvania, personhood, politico, punky brewster, racism, rape, rape kits, Reproductive Injustice, Rick Perry, Roxane Gay, Rush Limbaugh, Sam Pepper, Scirens, sex ed, sex offender, shonda rhimes, smile, SnapChat, steubenville, stock photos, Texas, tom corbett, tumblr, University of Chicago, vagina cookies, victim-blaming, walmart, Washington, Whisper, women in hollywood

Dispatches from Ladyblogland

Post author By [E] Sally Lawton
Post date Tuesday, September 23rd, 2014
1 Comment on Dispatches from Ladyblogland

From Miss America to Shonda Rhimes, ladyblogland has it all!

This Week in Misogyny

This Week in Misogyny: Awards Show Edition

Post author By [E] Hillary
Post date Friday, August 29th, 2014
2 Comments on This Week in Misogyny: Awards Show Edition

New Yorkers, be sure to check out the recommended readings before hitting the voting booth in a couple weeks (you are voting in the primaries, right?) so you can be sure to vote for the feminist candidates, who aren’t necessarily the female candidates. We’ve also got updates on the misogyny of the Emmys, lots of terrible […]

Tags #AskHerMore, abortion, amy poehler, Anita Sarkeesian, beyonce, Bill O'Reilly, catcalling, Chelsea Manning, Cincinnati, dairy queen, Dan Page, Daniel Holtzclaw, Dating Naked, doctor who, emmy awards, false rape accusations, Fella Swim, feticide, Fifty Shades of Grey, flex time, Francisco Javier Leon de la Riva, game of thrones, Georgia, iClik, India, Indiana, iowa, Iraq, ISIS, James Woods, jessica valenti, John Bresnahan, Keith Ablow, Kirsten Gillibrand, Lego, LGBT, likeability, Maria Walsh, Meaghan Kausman, misogyny, MRAs, new york, NFL, nicki minaj, NRA, Obamacare, Patricia Yurena, Patrick Johnson, poor Billy Bob Thornton, rape, rape analogies, red carpet, republicans, retta, SAHM, Sarah Silverman, sexism in the workplace, sexting, skeptics, sluts, Sofia Vergara, Sons of Guns, St. Louis, stephen colbert, Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, stillbirth, taylor swift, the colbert report, The Daily Show, Timothy Wu, tom corbett, transgender, vaginas, victim-blaming, virgins, VMAs, WAHM, We Need to Talk, Will Hayden, WOHM, Women's Equality Day, Yazidi, Zephyr Teachout, zoe quinn

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Friday News Bites: Boehner Tantrums, War Trickery, Whiskey + More

Post author By Sara Habein
Post date Friday, August 1st, 2014
5 Comments on Friday News Bites: Boehner Tantrums, War Trickery, Whiskey + More

Every time you think that the Republican wing of the U.S. House of Representatives has exhausted their list of fit-throwing methods, they double down and find new ways to be petulant children. On a related note: I may be a bit cranky about the world this week. Shocking, I know.

This Week in Misogyny

This Week in Misogyny has a #SolidarityHashtag

Post author By [E] Hillary
Post date Friday, May 9th, 2014
11 Comments on This Week in Misogyny has a #SolidarityHashtag

Are you ready for some misogyny? Yeah, me neither. But if we must… read on for an update on the kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls, to see why Jezebel made my list of terrible people, and for a healthy dose of venting courtesy of our friends at Pajiba. (As usual, trigger warnings for pretty much everything apply.)

Tags #BringBackOurGirls, #RealMenDontBuyGirls, abortion, Alison Lundergan Grimes, Black Milk Clothing, Blurred Lines, Boko Haram, California, campus sexual assault, Cecily McMillan, childfree, college humor, contraception mandate, debunking, dorkly, Emily Letts, Emma Stone, Facebook, Fox News, future, gay sex, hari kondabolu, Jeanine Howard, jennifer lawrence, Jezebel, Kanye West, Las Vegas, louis c.k., Louisiana, Maryland, maternal mortality rate, Matt Bevin, Michael Fassbender, misogyny, monica lewinsky, Monte Shaw, Mother's Day, Nancy Denson, Neil deGrasse Tyson, new york, Nigeria, Obamacare, occupy wall street, Outnumbered, Pajiba, police brutality, rape, Roger Helmer, salvation army, sex ed, sex workers, sexual assault, shailene woodley, South Carolina, sports bras, Steve Hickey, teen pregnancy, the sex talk, transmisogyny, UKIP, victim-blaming, west virginia, white privilege, Willow Smith, wonder woman, woody allen, Yahoo

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Good News Can Be Funny, Too

Post author By Lauren Mayer
Post date Wednesday, April 9th, 2014
No Comments on Good News Can Be Funny, Too

As a political humorist, I gravitate toward bad news and schadenfreude. This is hardly surprising since satirists are often inspired by idiotic comments, horrible laws, and ludicrous judicial decisions.

Tags ACA, affordable care act, health insurance, Obamacare

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This Week in Misogyny Has Leadership Skills

Post author By [E] Hillary
Post date Friday, March 14th, 2014
3 Comments on This Week in Misogyny Has Leadership Skills

So many people were truly terrible this week, but we’ve got a few awesome people to try to balance them out. And if you somehow missed the worst Photoshop ever, you’re gonna love this week’s TWiM! (As usual, trigger warnings for pretty much everything apply.)

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Friday News Bites: Doctor Who Prequel Flailing Excitement and More

Post author By Sara Habein
Post date Friday, November 15th, 2013
4 Comments on Friday News Bites: Doctor Who Prequel Flailing Excitement and More

Lots of things are happening in the world, but I need to lead with some OHMYGOD Doctor Who News. Bear with me.

This Week in Misogyny

This Week in Misogyny Just Can’t

Post author By [E] Hillary
Post date Thursday, November 14th, 2013
2 Comments on This Week in Misogyny Just Can’t

Oh dear. There is just so much wrong with the world this week. A little bit of good news, but a lot more that’s positively rage-inducing. At least there’s an awesome Stephen Colbert smackdown! (As usual, trigger warnings for pretty much everything apply.)

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Mid-Week News: Another Day Older and Deeper in Debt

Post author By [E] Selena MacIntosh*
Post date Wednesday, November 6th, 2013
3 Comments on Mid-Week News: Another Day Older and Deeper in Debt

I’m your new mid-week news nibbles anchor, eager to bring you the latest happenings in easy to digest bits. Let’s grab a coffee and shoot the shit about some current events.

Tags Bitstrips, blackface, enda, Halloween, instagram, NOPE, north korea, Obamacare, plagiarism, Rand Paul, Slate, spiders