Category Archives: feminist thought

Victory! California Supreme Court overturns gay marriage ban

Check out the LA Times article here.
In a 4-3 ruling, the justices rule that state marriage laws are unconstitutional.
SAN FRANCISCO — – The California Supreme Court ruled today that same-sex couples should be permitted to marry, rejecting state marriage laws as discriminatory.
The state high court’s 4-3 ruling was unlikely to end the debate over gay […]

Your daily dose of Election 2008 sexism, “Sweetie” edition

Courtesy of the Broadsheet, when being interview by a female reporter, Sen. Obama responded to her question by saying, “Hold on, one second, sweetie.”
This isn’t the first time Sen. Obama has made sexist remarks towards or about women that he’s had to go back and apologize for. Better yet, there’s a video clip of the […]

Catcalling: creepy or a compliment?

I was more than a little shocked to see this article on the front page of CNN:
As the weather warms each spring, women — especially in cities with active sidewalk traffic — once again face catcalls from men. It’s a situation some find unnerving and an invasion of their space, while others ignore it or […]

In a new book, ‘Broken Justice,’ Dr. Kenneth C. Edelin revisits the ’70s abortion and manslaughter trial that changed his life

If you read one thing on the entire internet today, make it this article (which I definitely stole the subtitle from, but I couldn’t have put it any better myself). And, if you’re going to buy one book this month/year/whatever, make it his. I haven’t read it, but I will. And soon.
You’d never guess […]

Summer movie madness: where have all the women gone?

I’m a big believer in following The Rule: I usually don’t see a movie unless it meets three basic requirements:

It has to have at least 2 women in it…
who talk to each other…
about something other than a man.

Which, considering the crap that Hollywood has been churning out these past few years, has been a difficult […]

I’ll take a side of forced vaginal penetration with my abortion, thanks!

The feminist blogosphere has been up in arms lately (rightfully so) about an Oklahoma bill that requires a woman to get an ultrasound, and look at the images, one hour before she gets an abortion. The bill says that the woman will be required to get either an vaginal or abdominal ultrasound, whichever shows the […]

Just another day in the media: using scandal to degrade victims

This headline is absolutely grotesque and inexcusable: Victim ‘had sex with captor willingly’
While the contents of the article are a little more divulging with the details than the headline, it’s obvious that the headline was created purely to attract attention and raise a shock factor. Which, congratulations, it has. However, I don’t think it’s the […]

Wear jeans with a purpose: Denim Day USA

Peace Over Violence is proud to present the 10th Annual Denim Day USA 2008, a campaign to raise awareness and educate the public about rape and sexual assault. It takes place on Wednesday April 23, 2008.
In 1998, an Italian Supreme Court decision overturned a rape conviction because the victim wore jeans. People all over the […]

No, absolutely not.

No, in case you were wondering, this is not ok. In fact, it’s downright embarrassing that a human being would find it acceptable to create and publish this.

There are no words!
I mean, even if you aren’t a Hillary supporter, you have to be able to get behind how ridiculous this is. An article - and […]

Life lesson #8: being raped is the same as being force-fed chocolate

I read this on DollyMix last week, and I thought I posted it already, but apparently not. The incident which state-side feminist blogs have only now just gotten wind of actually occurred early last week, but we’ll let them pretend they were the first to blog it even though they’re presenting the facts inaccurately.
As […]