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September 25, 1957: 55 Years Later
TweetFifty-five years ago today Little Rock Central High School was integrated. On May 17, 1954 the Supreme Court ruled on Brown v. Board of Education and ended de jure segregation. The ruling was protested by civilians and government officials. The outcry from white Americans was violent. It took nearly three years to start implementing the historic ruling. It’s important to [...]
Dirty towels get you pregnant: abstinence-only education
Tweet A SYTYCB entry “Later, hear about the woman who told her daughter that dirty towels could get her pregnant to keep her away from boys!” This what what I heard on the radio yesterday afternoon, as I drove home from running errands. I was, of course, appalled. How could a mother spread such preposterous lies? [...]
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Obvious statements and a humble proposal
Tweet A SYTYCB entry Have you ever noticed how men and women are different? And no, not just “down there.” More like “up there.” In our heads, where our brains live. Differences between men and women are biological, hormonal, and evolutionary. Think about it. With your brain. For millions of years the male and female [...]
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The Little Blue Party Pill: Sex, Boners, and Lots of Viagra
TweetCross posted on Feminists for Choice and my personal blog. In the past two years we’ve seen an onslaught of Republican led bills to limit women’s access to safe and affordable abortions, cheap birth control, and health care. A recent Kansas bill allows doctors to lie to women in order to prevent abortions including lying about breast [...]
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Using contraception is uncool, unhealthy and unnatural—or at least that is what ’1flesh’ is teaching young women