Letter Writing Sunday: Safe Chemicals Act
Last month, Senator Gillibrand announced her support of the Safe Chemicals act: More than 84,000 chemicals are currently listed on the EPA’s database, many of which are used regularly in consumer...
View ArticleLetter Writing Sunday Oversight for Labiaplasty
In my review of Orgasm, Inc. I talked about the New View Campaign, and organization dedicated to challenging ideas about female sexuality promoted by the pharmaceutical industry. Recently, I also...
View ArticleLI Families – Not So Healthy
EDIT: The paragraph I objected to has been taken down. LI Families did not inform me directly, but when I shared this post on their message board another commenter pointed it out. Good work, LI...
View ArticleLI Families Responds
Proof that a firm but polite email can work wonders, LI Families has taken down the paragraph suggesting that there are no risks at all for pregnant women to get manicures, pedicures or hair treatments...
View ArticleDr. Vajayjay’s “Privatize Those Privates!” Not At All Like Vanessa Scott’s...
Never in a million years would I have imagined myself to be using the word “Vajayjay” in a the title of a blog post that had my name on it – it’s a euphemism I find incredibly unsavory, especially...
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Komen isn’t the only hypocrite about breast cancer.
So right now the internet is awash with the irony that is the pink drill bit that the Susan G Komen foundation is hyping to promote breast cancer awareness. They painted a fracking tool pink to raise...
View ArticleLeave Craig Spencer Alone!
There’s a menace lurking in the streets of New York today. No not Ebola, but people who will not shut the fuck up with their victim blaming of Dr. Craig Spencer. From Reddit: I can’t believe that a...
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The Wealthy Could Always Give Away Their Problems
In The Guardian, this week there’s a profile of a therapist who counsels wealthy clients who deal with the unique stresses their money brings them. “We are trained to have empathy, no judgment and so...
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Feminist Coffee Hour Episode 18: School Based Health Centers and Girls Inc
School Based Health Centers and Girls Inc Subscribe to the podcast in iTunes Listen to episode in browser/Right click to download file We interviewed our friend Robin who works in a school based health...
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Feminist Coffee Hour Podcast Episode 19: Anastasia Bodnar, GMOs, and Gendered...
Anastasia Bodnar, GMOs, and Gendered Food Panic Subscribe to the podcast in Apple Podcasts Listen to episode in browser/Right click to download file We interviewed Anastasia Bodnar of Biofortified to...
View ArticleBoth Sides Now – Way Off Base On HPV
As I previously posted, I am a fan of the podcast, “Both Sides Now.” I think it’s refreshing to hear a debate between right and left that isn’t about name calling. However, I was shocked to hear such...
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