Missouri judge terminates mother’s rights to son after being imprisoned from...
It truly doesn’t get worse than this: On Wednesday a Missouri juvenile court judge terminated a Guatemalan woman’s rights to her 5-year-son because they believe she abandoned her child when she was...
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Teen rape survivor tweets names of rapists, could have faced jail time
Via Courier-Journal A 17-year-old rape survivor in Kentucky was facing jail time after tweeting the names of her rapists, but after her story went viral yesterday the District Attorney decided not to...
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Nikki Haley’s funding cuts to sexual assault and DV programs overturned
Last week, Nikki Haley got overzealous with her desire for Tea Party style cuts to the South Carolina budget. While, we all want to save money, she was shortsighted in the kinds of services she was...
View ArticleFriday Feminist Fuck Yeah: Alice Nkom is Woman of the Year
While TIME did pick some pretty awesome ladies for their Person of the Year shortlist, it’s astounding that the magazine hasn’t chosen an individual woman for the grand title since the selection of...
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Quick Hit: Victims of revenge porn mount class-action lawsuit against Go...
Last week, several women joined a class action lawsuit with the hopes of taking down a prominent revenge porn website. BetaBeat has the scoop: “Considering the numerous repercussions that keep many...
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Quick hit: Where are the domestic workers in immigration reform?
Image Credit: Reuters/Cynthia Karam. Via. So you’ve heard that the Senate proposed a bipartisan plan to reform immigration laws on Monday which proposes pathways to citizenship — as well as an increase...
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Friday Roundup: How the sequester cuts will affect women, access to...
Pelosi with Democratic Women House members discussing the sequester There’s not much to say about the sequester that hasn’t already been said (except, maybe, “Don’t ask me, I’m no sequexpert.” Ok, now...
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In Timor-Leste, communities mobilize to confront domestic violence
Cross-posted at the Community Blog, from UN Women. “If the dispute is not that serious, if it is just slapping and there is no blood, we just let the family work it out,” says an elderly customary...
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Thank You Thursdays: The Supreme Court strikes down harmful anti-prostitution...
Via http://www.pepfarwatch.org/the_issues/anti_prostitution_pledge/ For years, the United States has endorsed an explicitly discriminatory policy against sex workers. PEPFAR, our international HIV/AIDS...
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Friday Feminist Fuck Yeah: A note of thanks to my fellow Texans
Ed note: This is a guest post by Jessica Luther. Jessica Luther is a freelance writer, reproductive justice activist, historian, and proud Texan. She is on Twitter at @scATX and her main site is...
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Ireland passes its first abortion law
Talk about baby steps (no pun intended). Not even a year ago, Savita Halappanavar died after being refused a life-saving abortion in Ireland. Her story brought international attention to exactly how...
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Who do we trust to name their own child?
Yesterday we included a link in our Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet about a Tennessee judge who imposed her own religious views and changed the name of a baby against his parents’ wishes. But as rapper...
View ArticleNew law requires California public schools to respect students’ gender identity
California has already been proactive in fighting discrimination against trans folks – you may remember us talking about their ban on trans discrimination in healthcare. They also banned gender...
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Women: stop getting yourselves sexually harassed!
When I saw the following headline, I thought I had accidentally stumbled onto The Onion website: Formal complaints over sexism should be last resort for women: The negative impact of formal reporting...
View ArticleBreaking: NJ judge rules that same-sex couples can soon marry
The Huffington Post reports: Judge Mary Jacobson of the Mercer County Superior Court ruled Friday that gay couples can marry in the Garden State starting October 21. “This unequal treatment requires...
View ArticleSeeking transformative justice in the aftermath of the New Delhi rape case
by Ruth Messinger and Javid Syed On September 13th, ten months after the brutal gang rape of a 23-year-old Indian woman in New Delhi, the four men accused of the crime were found guilty and sentenced...
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Comic of the day: ACLU publishes “Stealth Attack” illustrating sneaky new...
It’s no secret that anti-choice radicals have been using disingenuous laws and misleading language to force a decline in abortion access across the country. To expose this trend, the ACLU enlisted the...
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BREAKING: Senate passes “nuclear option” so judicial confirmations only need...
Via Politico Did Majority Leader Harry Reid just win the day? The so called “nuclear option” just passed and that means that the GOP, who have been blocking judicial and executive branch nominees for...
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“All she is is a host for a fetus”: Brain-dead pregnant woman forced to stay...
You’re likely already familiar with the harsh reality of abortion restrictions in Texas. In particular, we’ve covered the ordeal of the Munoz family, who are being forced to keep Marlise Munoz alive...
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Why is Florida State Attorney Angela Corey trying to put Marissa Alexander...
Sigh. Marissa Alexander was finally released after years in prison, but State’s Attorney Angela Corey just moved to revoke her bond on the grounds that she left her home in violation of the terms of...
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