In oranges and women courage is often mistaken for insanity - Iron Jawed Angels
Is the goal of reducing abortions really common ground for evangelical anti-abortion folks and the reproductive justice movement? A really good article examines some of the foundations of this new common ground.
I can’t really argue that reducing the need for abortion is a laudable goal, but as the author of the above article points out, [...]
“Marriage is a coercive state structure that perpetuates racism and sexism through forced gender and family norms. Right wing pro-marriage rhetoric has targeted families of color and poor families, supported a violent welfare and child protection system, vilified single parents and women, and marginalized queer families of all kinds. Expanding marriage to include a narrow [...]
So much for compromising with Republicans to ensure that the economic stimulus bill passes. I hope that Obama learns a deep lesson from this experience: compromising women’s rights and women’s health to appease the radical right accomplishes nothing. They aren’t won over and women lose out.
Today the Senate approved the economic stimulus package which passed [...]