Category Archives: Women’s Issues

Romney inadvertently endorses affirmative action, sidesteps question of equal pay for women

Posted on October 18, 2012 by

Thanks to Wiesman, who kindly contributed today’s talking points, I’m going to talk about the whole “binders full of women” comment and what exactly is so infuriating about Governor Romney’s entire response. Now plenty of people have been critical of … Continue reading →

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Response to Rape as Method of Conception

Posted on August 31, 2012 by

I think we can all agree that there’s been a lot of stupid, offensive things said by the GOP in the last few months. But you’d think that the VP pick for the GOP would know better than to add … Continue reading →

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Mitt, Ann, and the Dignity of Work

Posted on April 16, 2012 by

As I posted on Friday, last week there was a super spectacular OUTRAGE on the right wing about Democratic Strategist Obama Advisor CNN contributor Hilary Rosen’s comment that Ann Romney had “never worked a day in her life.” The Republicans, … Continue reading →

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Republicans declare victory in the War on Women

Posted on April 13, 2012 by

Let’s review a bit. In previous months, Republicans have introduced legislation that includes forcing women seeking a legal procedure to undergo an unnecessary transvaginal probe, sought to define personhood in such a way that would make hormonal contraception illegal, tried … Continue reading →

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Obama message to Planned Parenthood

Posted on April 4, 2012 by

I had a dentist appointment this morning that I completely forgot about until my wife reminded me. Ugh. Anyway, I didn’t have much time to write anything this morning but I had been meaning to share this video anyway, so … Continue reading →

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The Vagina Games

Posted on March 23, 2012 by

The Hunger Games opens today and from all accounts, it looks like it’s going to be a blockbuster. The story of a young woman fighting back against an authoritarian society determined to control every aspect of its citizens’ lives is … Continue reading →

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Can America get to a politics of humanity on the abortion issue?

Posted on March 12, 2012 by

The political atmosphere in the United States has shifted from a politics of practicality to a politics of emotion. Mirroring the campaign season of 2004, which helped Karl Rove and the Grand Old Party rouse cultural conservatives using gay rights … Continue reading →

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Yeah, sure. This is all about religious freedom.

Posted on March 6, 2012 by

Can’t you all see this is about the First Amendment?

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The world is a vampire

Posted on March 6, 2012 by

One of the silver linings in the dark cloud that is Rush Limbaugh is that he illustrated pretty clearly that the conservative freakout over contraception isn’t really about religious freedom; it’s about slut shaming, pure and simple. For those who … Continue reading →

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A few poorly chosen words

Posted on March 5, 2012 by

What’s the big deal, amirite? Lies dissected by John Cole at Balloon Juice.  

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