The Roman Catholic church is worried that the nearly 100-year old young women’s association is promoting contraceptives and abortion, and if that’s the case, the Catholic church is willing to ban the organization from meeting on its property. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has
Speculation about the actress/activist’s appearance reached a fever pitch last month, and so Judd is answering back:
I choose to address it because the conversation was pointedly nasty, gendered, and misogynistic and embodies what all girls and women in our culture, to a greater or lesser degree, endure every day, [...]
Well, there’s always a return to the bad old days. To find out more about a particular modern-day Lysol product, go here.
If you want to read more, go here. In total, women in the Americas make up just 22.7 percent of the membership in leading bodies.
And we should thank our fellow Americans for that relatively high figure. In the U.S., women make up just 16.8 percent of the U.S. Congress. You can [...]
Me, either. But here she is, armed with protective eye wear and stylish walking boots, and here she is, wearing a gray blazer and white blouse with dress pants and flats.
If she shows up wearing a leather teddy [...]
To read the column, go here.
To read Keir Bristol’s piece on Women’s Media Center’s Bulliedbyrush, go here. To hear more critique on ol’ Rush, go here or here.
To read more about “Miss Representation,” go here. If you’re looking to stay in the [...]
We know the trials of Rihanna, and it’s hard to watch such a talented young woman in such lousy personal circumstances.
Enter her father, who tells a reporter that he believes his daughter’s former (and perhaps current) boyfriend made a “mistake” when he beat her. Oh, and he thinks his daughter got [...]
Or, at least, they don’t have to share the whole truth.
The state senate there approved a bill that would allow doctors to withhold prenatal information, if sharing such information could result in a patient seeking an abortion.
Soooo…a woman can’t make responsible medical decisions without good medical information. Do you see [...]
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