Good intentions, atrocious execution

                You’ve all probably read Feministing’s post on the anti-female genital mutilation ad depicting a victim as a sex toy. I was immediately reminded of another well-meaning but horribly offensive campaign to raise awareness for the genocide in Sudan. MTV has launched an on-line game, “Darfur is Dying,” in which players take on the role [...]

DNA Base Expansion

Laura Neuman, a rape victim, is fighting to expand this country’s DNA database.  Specifically, she wants anyone arrested for a violent crime to have their DNA put into the database.  Had this been done earlier, the rapist that attacked her–and quite possibly at least 20 other women–would have been discovered and charged much sooner.
This sounds [...]

How I spent my summer guilt-trip

Finally, I am returned to the fiber-optic embrace of the Internet!
I apologize, mostly to my co-bloggers, for the delay in postings. All Mothers Day, I was paraded before various neighbors and relatives to prove I had, in fact, survived four months in Milwaukee. Saturday and Friday before, I spent the next two days either [...]

Quick hit: Who loves yogurt?

Or better yet, who loves making fun of yogurt commercials??  I do!  I just had to share this video that I saw on feministing.  Enjoy.  It’s fricken hilarious.
It’s not letting me embed the video for some reason, so just click here to see it.

Happy Mother’s Day!

Here’s to all the moms out there!
You are awesome, hardworking people, and you deserve to get more than just one day of recognition.
Cheers, and Happy Mother’s Day!

I honestly thought this was a joke…

Background on the sitch:
Republicans and Democrats have been squabbling all week about the proper procedure for voting on a war spending bill.
To make their feelings known, the minority Republicans have been employing stall tactics to gum up most everything the majority Democrats bring to a vote.So on Thursday, the Democrats offered up a routine Mother’s [...]

Quick Hit: Our Bodies, Our Blog

When I was a kid, I remember flipping through my mom’s copy of Our Bodies, Ourselves, an amazing and groundbreaking work published in 1970 that made people aware of issues of women’s health and fought discrimination within the fields of medicine and public health policy.
I just found the Our Bodies, Ourselves of the blogosphere, titled [...]

Where will you be June 7th?

Because the American Life League will be staging protests at “any clinics or facilities that distribute the birth control pill” to mark the 43rd anniversary of Griswold v. Connecticut, the Supreme Court case that recognized a couple’s right to privacy extended to the free purchase of birth control.
Predictably, their hip, youthful site is a wonderland of misinformation, [...]

Solidarity: Some Femiblogging Self-reflection

Since I am nearing the end of my time at Marquette, I have been doing some serious contemplating about what have been the most important experiences for me.  And, I do find that working on this blog has ranked among the more formative experiences of my education.  Not only has it forced me to put [...]

Aw nuts! No more talking sex with Dr. Sue

Via Feministing:
“Talk Sex” lady, Sue Johansen is calling it quits.  Bummer major!  I totally love this lady.  Can you imagine having a grandmother that talks about sex toys on Television!?  She’s so honest and funny about it– all the while providing the much needed education on the topic.  I give major props to anyone who [...]