NEWS: The Saddest Hero Story You'll Ever Read

Yes, amen.

NEWS: The Saddest Hero Story You'll Ever Read

One or two things I know for sure. 1. If your reaction to a tragedy is to try to...

NEWS: The Saddest Hero Story You'll Ever Read

(image) This story is getting linked all over the place, mostly lauding the seven...

NEWS: Ever Used Plan B?

(image) Y'all might or might not remember that my first post for this site was...

NEWS: Why I Love Hillary Clinton

(image) Can a man represent women's interests as well as a woman? So asked the...

NEWS: The Long Dick of the Law

(image) I really liked this post, about a woman law student's experience of law...

NEWS: Nice Try. No Cigar.

That said, apparently my goal with this piece--which was to snark about the way that...

NEWS: Nice Try. No Cigar.

I read the email and wrote an article about *that*. Everything else you're saying...

NEWS: Nice Try. No Cigar.

I'm also not under any obligation to be "revolutionary". So sorry to disappoint you,...

NEWS: Nice Try. No Cigar.

I posted about it and assume that if they want people to be doing that, they'll check...

NEWS: Nice Try. No Cigar.

(image) Dig this email I just got. HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!

NEWS: Book Review: The Terror Dream

I have a confession which will please some and dismay others. When I first read...

NEWS: 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence

(image) Today begins the 16 Days Campaign against gender violence. This year's...

NEWS: Tis the Season

The only thing I wonder about that is, when I've left the DND sign up all morning,...

NEWS: Tis the Season

Crap, I didn't know that. I'll leave a note or hand it to the housekeeper in person...

NEWS: Tis the Season

The relevance is that immigrants often end up working shit-ass jobs because employers...

NEWS: Tis the Season

(image) Now that travel season is in full force, this news from Salon's Broadsheet...

NEWS: The Mother's Bill of Rights

I see. Apparently it's also a dick move to use public transportation if you have...

NEWS: The Mother's Bill of Rights

For the same reason that your "right" to truly dislike black people, or Asians, or...

NEWS: The Mother's Bill of Rights

No, politely saying "I'm sorry, can you take her outside? I can't hear what the speaker's...

NEWS: The Mother's Bill of Rights

And how are they to learn how to behave if they aren't allowed out of their homes?

NEWS: The Mother's Bill of Rights

Policy is everyone's business. Passing judgment on individuals isn't.

NEWS: The Mother's Bill of Rights

Yes, you have to pay taxes to support poor children, because children are members...

NEWS: The Mother's Bill of Rights

(image) Over at my other blog, where I reposted Sunday's adoption post, a commenter...

NEWS: Noticed Your Birth Control Costing More? Tell Congress

(image) Remember this piece about birth control costs for college students going...

NEWS: Rethinking Adoption: Birth Mothers are People, Too

I think obviously the social pressure women were under back then is much lessened,...

NEWS: Rethinking Adoption: Birth Mothers are People, Too

Seriously, check out the book: there's a full chapter on precisely how that idea--that...

NEWS: Rethinking Adoption: Birth Mothers are People, Too

(image) I've just finished reading a book called The Girls Who Went Away, which...

NEWS: You\'ve Come a Long Way, Baby. Or Not.

Here's the thing: what's between our ears has quite a bit to do with what's between...

NEWS: Birth Control News

(image) Three stories about what's going on in the world of SCIENCE!11!! 1.

NEWS: Phyllis Schlafly Was Right!!!

Practice! Seriously, practice in the shower, it takes a while (after all, some adult...

NEWS: Phyllis Schlafly Was Right!!!

The article is about the former, not the latter.

NEWS: Phyllis Schlafly Was Right!!!

(image) Remember the old story about Phyllis Schlafly opposing the Equal Rights...