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textOct 10, 2012 7:16 pm
“Women as Livestock” Bill passes in Georgia
After an emotional 14-hour workday that included fist-fights between lobbyists and a walk-out by women Democrats, the Georgia House passed a Senate-approved bill Thursday night that criminalizes abortion after 20 weeks.
The bill, which does not contain rape or incest exemptions, is expected to receive a signature from Republican Gov. Nathan Deal.
HB 954 garnered national attention this month when state Rep. Terry England (R-Auburn) compared pregnant women carrying stillborn fetuses to the cows and pigs on his farm. According to Rep. England and his warped thought process, if farmers have to “deliver calves, dead or alive,” then a woman carrying a dead fetus, or one not expected to survive, should have to carry it to term.
http://msmagazine.com/blog/blog/2012/03/31/at-11th-hour-georgia-passes-women-as-livestock-bill/
I live in Georgia. I’ve had an incomplete miscarriage. This horrifies and sickens me.
Tell me again how there’s no War on Women. I dare you.
I bolded what was used to justify this form of legislation.
If a cow can give birth to a stillborn calf, then a pregnant person should also have to give birth to a stillborn fetus because pregnant people are the same as cows and have no emotions.
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photoOct 04, 2012 5:43 pm
This seems like a totally legitimate plan for reducing the deficit to us! I mean, public funding for the arts. WHO NEEDS IT?
Sidenote: Mitt Romney is totally full of it, ns2s.
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photosetSep 27, 2012 4:57 pm
First gif set.
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The Angry Eye. Old link removed from YouTube. :( New, shorter version: The Angry Eye Part 1 | Part 2. Relevant transcript.fauxpologies get called out!
This hit home for me when I first saw it.
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photoSep 25, 2012 11:06 am
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textSep 14, 2012 9:11 pm
Major news org wants to know how I lost my baby weight (hint: having a preemie helped)
When Why Have Kids? came out, there were things I expected. I expected that people would think this was a book against parenting (it’s not). I expected that I would be criticized for taking a pro-formula feeding stance (I have). But I did not expect this.
As one does when they are promoting a new book, I’ve been pitching stories to various news outlets about issues in the book. (Here are some of the ones I’ve already written.) When you’re doing this, it’s quite normal that an editor will come back to you not really feeling your original pitch and ask you to write about something else. This is what happened when I pitched a story about the “mom-in-chief” conversation to a major news organization*. They didn’t like my proposed article. So this is what they suggested instead (emphasis mine):
Would Jessica be interested in writing something about weight loss after having a baby? We’re doing a lot of coverage around Jessica Simpson’s efforts to lose the baby pounds, and we’d love to hear from Jessica Valenti about what it was like for her to shed the weight. She can get as personal as she’d like—our readers love personal stories. Along with the actual process of losing weight (what she ate, when she exercised, etc), it would be interesting if she could focus on setting realistic expectations for yourself as a new mom. I feel like a lot of conversation among our audience has turned to the fact that new mothers aren’t prepared for the onslaught of all the worrying that comes with having a baby, including her looks.
When I had Layla, I actually lost all of my baby weight that very day! That’s what happens when you give birth almost 3 months early to a 2 pound baby. So chic! Shitty hospital food helps too.
I just can’t. So I made a video to bitch about it.
If you want to support my writing that does not include weight-loss tips, please consider buying Why Have Kids? Thanks, y’all.
*We all have to eat, and I’m not eager to burn bridges with big news outlets by naming them - even if they are being totally ridiculous.
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photoAug 06, 2012 12:56 pm
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Bobak FTW! NASA successfully landed the rover Curiosity on Mars today causing the internet to fall in love with Curiosity’s mohawked (sp.) flight director Bobak Ferdowsi. The Atlantic reports that’s Ferdowsi dawns a new hairdo for each mission he’s a part of.
[Source: The Atlantic]
Check out this dreamboat.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8cdxyMX1k1rtxen9o1_500.gif)
Bobak FTW! NASA successfully landed the rover Curiosity on Mars today causing the internet to fall in love with Curiosity’s mohawked (sp.) flight director Bobak Ferdowsi. The Atlantic reports that’s Ferdowsi dawns a new hairdo for each mission he’s a part of.
[Source: The Atlantic]
Check out this dreamboat.
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linkJul 31, 2012 4:50 pm
His, hers, hens: Swedes' gender-neutral push gains ground
Sweden’s bid to ensure equality between the sexes has reached another milestone with the gender-neutral “hen” being included in the online version of the country’s National Encyclopedia.
The pronoun was officially added to the encyclopedia this month as an alternative to the gendered pronouns “han” and “hon” (he and she), according to Slate magazine.
The word, pronounced like the bird in English, is defined as a “proposed gender-neutral personal pronoun instead of he [han in Swedish] and she [hon]”.
It comes as debate continues to rage in the Nordic country where activists are campaigning to obliterate gender roles.
Breaking down gender roles is a core mission in the national curriculum for preschools, underpinned by the theory that society gives boys an unfair edge.
Many preschools have hired “gender pedagogues” to help staff identify language and behaviour that risk reinforcing stereotypes, while at the taxpayer-funded Egalia preschool in Stockholm, staff avoid using words such as “him” or “her” and address the 33 children as “friends” rather than girls and boys.
This month a Swedish toy catalogue published pictures of a pram-pushing Spiderman, a girl riding a toy racing car and another boy standing in front of a toy stove cooking a make-believe meal.
Kaj Wiberg, the CEO of Leklust, the company behind the catalogue, told the Swedish newspaper Metro that it was time to move forward.
“Gender roles are an outdated thing,” he said.
“I’m 71 years old, and those of us who have worked in this industry for a while know that boys play with doll houses. We know that boys can play with Barbie dolls.”
The catalogue photographs have sparked discussion on social media, including from prominent Swedish feminist blogger “Lady Dahmer” who encouraged readers to email the company to show their support.
“The problem with toy stores and their catalogues is that they’re selling a concept, an idea about boys and girls and what kind of qualities and interests they should have,” she told the Swedish English-language newspaper The Local.
“It’s about money because as long as they can fool us into believing boys and girls are fundamentally different, they can keep selling us twice as much.
“Children have a strong need to fit in, not stand out. When they see what is ‘right’ for their gender, it becomes less likely that they dare to break the norms.”
According to Slate magazine, the Swedish Bowling Association also has announced plans to merge male and female bowling tournaments to make the sport more gender-neutral.
It comes as a publishing house releases a a children’s book, Kivi och Monster-hund (Kivi and the Monsterdog) which features the pronoun “hen” throughout. It tells the story of Kivi, who wants a dog for “hen’s” birthday.
But not everyone is embracing the new gender-neutral terminology, Slate reports.
Jan Guillou, one of Sweden’s most well-known authors and a critic of the new word, said in a recent interview that proponents of “hen” were “feminist activists who want to destroy our language”, Slate reported. Others said it could be psychologically and socially damaging for children.
Between this and that national Twitter project, Sweden is fast moving up our list of countries well deserving of the highest of fives.
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linkJul 24, 2012 12:10 pm
Fox News banned from broadcasting in Canada
Fox News will not be moving into Canada after all! The reason: Canadian regulators announced last week they would reject efforts by Canada’s right-wing Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, to repeal a law that forbids lying on broadcast news.
Canada’s Radio Act requires that “a licenser may not broadcast … any false or misleading news.”
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