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The U.S. Senate voted 68 to 31 to reauthorize VAWA on 4/26. This reauthorization is first to include provisions for Native American women, immigrants, and LGBT victims.
Feminist Majority
Feministing | Young Feminists Blogging, Organizing, Kicking Ass
Once again, Feministing is partnering with the Civil Liberties and Public Policy Conference, From Abortion Rights to Social Justice: Building the Movement for Reproductive Freedom, which will be held next weekend, April 13th-15th at Hampshire College. We should really thank Republicans for making this conference even more relevant and urgent than it usually is. Last year, Lori and Jos attended the conference. This year, Lori is returning and will be joined by Eesha, who is also speaking THREE times!
Feminist Art Art is the most basic form of visual communication because it is readily understood by the people seeing it. Thus feminist art has a direct and immediate impact on people and the ability to influence minds. In a world inundated with advertising selling sex feminist art takes a stand for women's rights and freedom of choice. Caroline Folkenroth
The Feminist eZine - 1001 Feminist Links and Other Interesting Topics
Ms. Magazine Online | More Than A Magazine - A Movement
Anything but "Secure" A federal program designed to deport undocumented immigrants with serious criminal records creates fear that any minor infraction can break up a family. Read more... Is your right to vote safe? Along with the poor and the elderly, women are at especially high risk of being turned away at the polls in November, thanks to new "strict voter-ID" laws.
Bitch Magazine | Feminist Response to Pop Culture
Throughout this series, I have tried very hard not to write about the gigantic elephant in the room: Dan Savage. He’s a controversial figure, particularly when it comes to his statements on bisexuality , and though I quoted him in my post about Bi the Way , I haven’t wanted to dwell on him. I find much of his commentary on bisexuality thoughtless and insensitive, but he insists he is not biphobic , and I choose to believe him. I may disagree with a lot of his ideas, but I like some of them, I respect his efforts to campaign against LGBT youth bullying and suicide, and I am not interested in making assumptions about what lies in his heart. But in discussing bisexuality and the media, mentioning Savage is unavoidable. And since his new MTV show, Savage U , premiered on Tuesday, there’s no better time to open this can of worms.
BBC - Science & Nature - Sex ID
Some researchers say that men can have 'women's brains' and that women can think more like men. Find out more about 'brain sex' differences by taking the Sex ID test, a series of visual challenges and questions used by psychologists in the BBC One television series Secrets of the Sexes :
A remarkable number of women achieved success in today's primary elections. But what do their victories suggest about the current status of women in U.S. politics, and elsewhere, at this time? I think there are several possible answers, any, all, or none of which may be true. First, the predominance of women might just be the result of a series of coincidences. Each of the candidates won for a different reason.