Tag Archives: rape

Is it My “Feminist Duty” to Mention Mother’s Day?

Posted on May 10, 2010 by Holly

So, yesterday was Mother’s Day. For the past three years I have written on Menstrual Poetry and for those three years, I have written about Mother’s Day and how this one day, for me, brings about anxiety, panic attacks and … Continue reading →

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Don’t Drop the Ball–Statistics Show EC Sales More than Double After New Year’s Eve

Posted on December 30, 2009 by Holly

Teva Pharmaceuticals, the makers of Plan B One Step ® emergency contraception found that sales of emergency contraception more than double in the days after New Year’s Eve. They noticed this trend through statistics from January 2009 and because of … Continue reading →

Posted in health, sex and sexuality | Tagged Back Up Your Birth Control Campaign, birth control pill, condoms, contraception, date rape, emergency contraception, health, holidays, National Institute for Reproductive Health, New Years Eve, Plan B, RAINN, RAINN hotline, RAINN online hotline, rape, reproductive health, sex and sexuality, sexual assault | View Comments

Late Memo: When a 43 Year Old Man Drugs and Rapes a 13 Year Old Girl, That’s Called ‘Rape-Rape’

Posted on October 4, 2009 by Holly

In March of 1977, Roman Polanski, who was 43 at the time, invited a 13 year old girl to pose for pictures in a magazine he was guest-editing. He gave this 13 year old girl champagne and a Quaalude. He … Continue reading →

Posted in sexual assault | Tagged childhood sexual assault, date rape, David Lynch, Free Roman Polanski petition, Harvey Weinstein, Holocaust, Huffington Post, Joan Z Shore, Kate Harding, legal age of consent, Manson Family, Martin Scorsese, Monica Bellucci, rape, rape apologists, Roman Polanski, sexual assault, surviving sexual assault, The View, Tilda Swinton, Whoopi Goldberg, Woody Allen | View Comments

Summer 2009 Issue of Ms Magazine

Posted on August 20, 2009 by Holly

The summer 2009 issue of Ms. Magazine received a decent amount of attention before the issue even hit newsstands due to the cover of the issue, which features a typical white, middle-class, American woman holding many items meant to signify … Continue reading →

Posted in media | Tagged abortion providers, anti-choice extremism, appropriation, attempted sexual assault, book review, books, culture, domestic terrorism, domestic violence, Dr George Tiller, feminist media, feminist parenting, Iraq war, Islamic Sharia Law, Margaret Atwood, media, misogyny, motherhood, Ms. Magazine, Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq, rape, religion, Saddam Hussein, sexual assault, surviving sexual assault, The Year of the Flood, Veronica Arreola, violence against women, Viva la Feminista, When Gay People Get Married, Yanar Mohammed | View Comments

Tag Archives: rape

Is it My “Feminist Duty” to Mention Mother’s Day?

Don’t Drop the Ball–Statistics Show EC Sales More than Double After New Year’s Eve

Summer 2009 Issue of Ms Magazine

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