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• 5QQ: Gail Collins

  
  Mediaite — Authority: 804
  It’s not really a secret around here that I am a big fan of New York Times op-ed columnist and author Gail Collins . Collins, whose witty and sharp columns often add a measure of levity to the Times op-ed pages — particularly during last year’s sometimes fraught campaign season — has brought those ...
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• Texas Progressive Alliance Weekly Round Up

  
  TexasVox: The Voice of Public Citizen in Texas — Authority: 538
  The Texas Progressive Alliance is starting to feel an odd craving for can-shaped servings of cranberry sauce as it brings you this week’s highlights from the blogs. TXsharon continues to follow the abuses of Aruba Petroleum in a Barnett Shale backyard and Wednesday the Wise County Messenger picked up the ...
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• Girls Have Unrealistic Expectations: Can We Have It All?

  
  Everyday Citizen — Authority: 532
  According to Salon.com , "The headmistress of a girls school in Britain has spoken out, arguing we should be doing the opposite: telling girls they very well might not be able to "have it all." Instead of the fist-pumping mantra of "you can do it," Jill Berry, president of the Girls Schools Association, essentially ...
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• Democrats and Republicans are both anti-choice: Vote Green Party

  
  OntheWilderSide — Authority: 509
  Greens blast the anti-choice Stupak Amendment in the Democrats’ health care bill, predict voter anger and defections from the Democratic Party over the amendmentGreen Party leaders today called the Stupak Amendment in the recently passed US House bill on health care reform a disaster for women’s reproductive ...
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• Aussie woman converts to islam, moves to Saudi, faces abuse by husband, gets a divorce, but still cannot leave

  
  Infidels Are Cool — Authority: 631
  More shariah law, please! And yet women are stupid enough to continue converting to the sick, sad joke that is islam. The Australian who has become a prisoner of gender apartheid An Australian is trapped with her children in Saudi Arabia while her husband languishes in jail, both victims of a campaign by her ...
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• Part 3 in AWID series: Interview with Cate Owren

  
  feminist blogs — Authority: 162
  Check out parts 1 and 2 From AWID: By Kathambi Kinoti This article is the third in a four-part series that explores the gendered impact of climate change. The first article discussed how women are impacted by climate change, while the second examined how women address climate change. This third ...
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• Why I love her

  
  Enough is Enough — Authority: 107
  Why I love her Sheltering under this opened umbrella a pituitary parasol of parabolic colors, emanations of the unifying embrace of she I loved before I knew her whose hair strand is the corner of a market stand in Darfur, a blinked eyelash a family dinner ...
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• Why Women’s Rights Matter to Our Food

  
  Holy Hormones, Honey! — Authority: 141
  Change.org By Katherine Gustafson Published November 09, 2009 @ 06:00AM PT “Consider the daily life of the world’s typical small farmer,” said Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the closing session of the 2009 Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) in September . “She lives in a rural village in ...
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• Turkish apostate of Islam in Germany

  
  Vlad Tepes — Authority: 148
  Here is a nice little film clip from what I believe is a German TV woman’s network about a girl who left her religious Turkish Muslim family and integrated into greater German society. Personally, I wouldn’t sell her life insurance if I was Lloyd’s of London. But she has a great attitude anyway. Thank you to ...
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• Women Ski Jumpers Sense Of Entitlement Crashes In Vancouver

  
  Crooked in Canada — Authority: 128
  CG wants to make one thing perfectly clear before he lets lose on these particular women ski jumpers, I absolutely one-hundred per cent agree with American world champion Lindsay Van, Canadian Charlotte Mitchell, Katie Willis and company. I too think women’s ski jumping should be an Olympic event, but not until the ...
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• Rape in Sweden. From Human Rights Service

  
  Vlad Tepes — Authority: 148
  Stop the rapes now 13.11.09: The extent of rape in Sweden is so monstrous that the situation may fairly be characterized as epidemic. In the European context, Sweden is in a category all its own, with 5,446 reported rapes in 2008 – a figure that places Sweden far ahead of every other country in Europe in the ...
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• a few excellent posts and articles from and by Gates of Vienna

  
  Vlad Tepes — Authority: 148
  First here is a report from a left leaning Scandinavian paper on rape in Norway. Typically, this paper did not report facts and likely mocked and scorned those who did. However facts have a way of changing minds. Or perhaps the editor has a daughter or wife. In any case go over to Gates and read it . I will paste a ...
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• Re-burka-ing women

  
  Rants From The Rookery — Authority: 136
  Read the headlines and then wonder which century were in: Catholic Church Powering Their Way Into Politics The most disturbing element of the Stupak amendment fight is the outsized influence of the Catholic Church, particularly the US Conference of Catholic Bishops , who insistently lobbied on the health care bill ...
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• Republicans Are Shocked The Public Is Mad At Them For Voting Against Franken’s Anti-Rape Amendment

  
  Think Progress — Authority: 845
  Last month, 30 Republican senators voted against Sen. Al Franken’s (D-MN) amendment that would punish defense contractors “if they restrict their employees from taking workplace sexual assault, battery and discrimination cases to court.” His amendment was inspired by Jamie Leigh Jones, who was gang-raped by ...
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• Stupak is as Stupak does

  
  Out In Left Field — Authority: 419
  I’m a big believer in reaching across the aisle, but not when it comes to endangering women’s lives and restricting their (legal) choices. The Stupak Amendment reminds us all that we are to always be vigilant and on guard.Bart Stupak sponsored an amendment to the health care plan that easily passed the House, ...
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• Video: Mary J. Blige: A second chance

  
  Anderson Cooper 360 — Authority: 617
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• Send Ben Chandler a coat hanger

  
  Barefoot and Progressive — Authority: 529
  Just follow this link , and you can mail a coat hanger to the 20 "pro-choice" Democrats who voted for the Stupak Amendment, which will lead to the end of private coverage of abortion in America (which includes Spineless Ben Chandler): Did 20 pro-choice Democrats forget what happens when women are denied access to ...
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• Joel Pett takes on the anti-choicers

  
  Barefoot and Progressive — Authority: 529
  This one goes out to Chandler , Mongiardo , Paul , Grayson , and every other politician that wants to take away or chip away at a womans right to choose.
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• Do Anti-Choice Conservatives Like Cantor And Gingrich Provide Elective Abortion Coverage To Their Employees?

  
  Think Progress — Authority: 845
  Yesterday, the Politico reported that the Republican National Committee provides a health insurance policy to its employees which covers elective abortions. The RNC’s platform considers elective abortions “a fundamental assault on innocent human life.” Reacting to the news today, RNC Chairman Michael Steele ...
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• Ben Chandler lies about his Stupak vote

  
  Barefoot and Progressive — Authority: 529
  Blatantly . “I support a woman’s right to choose, I support Roe v. Wade – I’m not for repealing that,” Chandler said. “But I have been fairly consistent on the expenditure of public money for abortions, and I have generally been against that.” The amendment’s proponents say the goal is to ensure ...
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