by Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive, Feb. 6, 2013: Last year, a still-unpublished erotic Canadian novel created quite a stir at the prestigious Frankfurt Book Fair. The Toronto Star speculated that the novel, written under the pseudonym L. Marie Adeline, was Canada’s answer to British author E.L James’ blockbuster Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy. That the writer was
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Dead Wild Roses: The US Military – Fumbling Toward Accountablitly
The military, like any defined group in society, has a distinct set of extrinsic and intrinsic operational guidelines. Misogyny is still rather prevalent in the system as an article from wired.com points out: “The Pentagon has talked a lot about putting a stop to sexual abuse and harassment in
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Forced Birth Advocates – Anti-Woman all the Time
It is nice when the anti-woman, fetus-fetish brigade starts getting worked up. The thin veil of “protecting life” is torn away leaving only the desperate misogyny that is so typical of the anti-choice zealots. This from the Feel that pro-life love! Tumblr. damnsoprochoice: jojobear11: damnsoprochoice: jojobear11: Lol, people who think
Continue readingbastard.logic: Jessica Valenti on Why Feminists Are So ‘Angry’: “It’s not that I’m angry, it’s that I’m exhausted.”
Preach: Transcript here (h/t). Filed under: Feminism, feminisms, health care, pro-choice, reproductive freedom Tagged: abortion, contraception, Feminism, Jessica Valenti, Planned Parenthood, reproductive justice
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Hypothetical Near Birth Abortions – Why Pro-Life is *always* wrong.
Ah yes, the perennially wrong anti-choice, forced birth lobby loses again, and again and again. You never get to ignore the bodily autonomy of women and this comment from Pharyngula details precisely why. “I’ll tell you why I hate those hypothetical near-birth abortion scenarios. It’s not that they’re stupid, or
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Human Rights Watch World Report 2013 (VIDEO)
Video available on YouTube The Canadian Progressive recommends: Human Rights Watch: Challenges for Rights After Arab Spring Canada’s Human Rights Reputation is Fast Becoming a Myth Cornel West Is Upset Obama Was Sworn In On Martin Luther King’s Bible U.S. pressuring Bradley Manning to implicate Julian Assange (VIDEO) The Young
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: The Geography of Emotions, A Conversation with Colin Mills
Saturday night, I spent almost two hours discussing the Geography of Emotions with Colin Mills. We explored the ubiquitousness of emotions, the male crisis around emotions, how emotions relate with cognition, and the betweeness of emotions. It was a fascinating conversation about a topic with wide implications for society, culture,
Continue readingRedBedHead: SWP: Crisis, Democracy & Renewal
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Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Mansplaining, who knew there was a tumblr?
Thank goodness those of us with fluffy pink ladybrainz have access to the cogent Manly-Man opinions of men. Go to the tumblr: Laugh, grimace, get angry, and repeat. Filed under: Feminism Tagged: Feminism, Mansplaining
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Fetus is Not A Person, So Sayeth the Catholic Church
Well. I’m glad to see the Catlicks coming around on an important issue to women and their rights. This is an object lesson for the deluded pro-life movement. Your fetus worshipping is useful for whipping up the frenzy and getting people all frothy, but when serious issues come its time
Continue readingwmtc: 25 years since morgentaler: celebrate and re-commit to action
Twenty-five years ago, the Supreme Court of Canada overturned the federal abortion law in the Morgentaler decision, making Canada one of the few countries in the world without criminal restrictions on abortion access. That historic court decision was the result of activism on the part of women and their allies,
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Historical Notions – Women’s Rights to Choose.
Shall we wake up to some historical notions? Has history ever been kind to women? The short answer is no. Why? Because, Patriarchy. Today is not for learning about 101 level feminism. Today is calling down from pulpit the rage and the anger against the systematic oppression of women in
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: DWR PSA Saturday – Men should be offended.
Filed under: Feminism Tagged: DWR PSA Satruday, Men, Rape, Violence
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Rights of Women – Roe vs. Wade – 40th Anniversary
The struggle for women’s rights is never over. Let us commemorate those who fought for our freedom and that are still fighting to preserve it. Filed under: Feminism Tagged: 40th Anniversary, Abortion, Feminism, Roe v Wade, Women’s Rights
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Unhappy Statistical News Brief of the Day – Rape.
Oh hey there. Nothing like rape statistics to darken your day. However if you don’t know, you can’t fix it. So read up and get cracking to make your little part of the world safer for everyone. Women 1 out of every 6 American women has been the victim of
Continue readingwmtc: 40 years old and already irrelevant: happy birthday roe v wade
Right now there are no American women who were of reproductive age prior to Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion. Yet reproductive rights in the US have never been more threatened. 2011 marked the passage of the most state-level restrictive abortion laws ever. 2012 saw the
Continue readingwmtc: jimmy carter: we are calling on all leaders to challenge misogyny
Jimmy Carter: This view that women are somehow inferior to men is not restricted to one religion or belief. Women are prevented from playing a full and equal role in many faiths. Nor, tragically, does its influence stop at the walls of the church, mosque, synagogue or temple. This discrimination,
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Abortion rights group launches website to celebrate historic 1988 Supreme Court “Morgentaler Decision”
by Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada | Jan 15, 2013 In honour of the upcoming 25th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s historic 1988 decision to overturn the nation’s criminal abortion law, the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada is delighted to dedicate a new website to the anniversary: www.morgentaler25years.ca The day of
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