Category Archives: Body/Health Shenanigans

Our bodies, ourselves, and other stuff.

My President is a feminist II – President Obama addresses Planned Parenthood supporters.

Posted on March 29, 2012 by | 1 Comment

“Let’s be clear here: Women are not an interest group…. They’re half of this country.”

“If you truly values families, you shouldn’t play politics with a woman’s health.”

Word.

(Do you think the President saw my tweet?)

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One More Win in the Fight Against the War on Women™, in Arizona

Posted on March 28, 2012 by | 11 Comments

UPDATE:  BREAKING NEWS!!

Via @LbrlOkie77 on Twitter, an Oklahoma county judge struck down as unconstitutional the Oklahoma State-Sanctioned Rape aka Transvaginal Probe Law. It had been blocked temporarily, and now it’s permanently gone. Another win for #TeamUterati!

END OF UPDATE

We’re winning the fight against the War on Women™

Remember when I wrote about the two small victories in the fight against the War on Women™, one of them concerning the Right to Shame Employees as Sluts and Refuse to Pay for Their Contraception Bill in Arizona?  I said that even though Arizona Rep. Debbie Lesko’s (R-Traitortoallwomenville) new version of the bill was still invasive and odious, the fact that she was rewriting it at all because of the national outcry over it was a small win for us.

I wrote that post assuming that the bill would pass, because, you know, it’s Arizona where it seemed as if no law is too punishing of women, LGBTQ, and undocumented workers.  This bill should have sailed right through the legislature, only to be signed into law by Governor Jan Brewer (R-Crazybittertown).

It didn’t.

Let me say that again.  The slut-shaming, protect-our-religious-freedoms, give-all-the-power-to-the-employers bill didn’t pass in Arizona.
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A Sliver of Good News on the War on Women™ Front: Komen Foundation in Array; AZ Anti-Choice Bill Reworked

Posted on March 20, 2012 by | 4 Comments

Today has been a shitty day on the War on Women™ front, as detailed by ABL and Emily.  What with Tennessee deciding to up the intimidation of doctors who perform abortions and the women seeking abortions themselves; a Dick in Alaska suggesting that a pregnant woman seeking abortion should need the permission of the baby’s daddy in order to receive one to relieve his mind; a Proud idiot in Arizona saying that a pregnant woman seeking an abortion should have to view an abortion before having said abortion, and; anti-choice terrorists firebombing the office of Pro-Planned Parenthood Texas Senator Wendy Davis, it has been a shitty day to be the owner of a vagina.

But, it’s not all doom and gloom, Angry Black Readers.  I have two small pieces of good news in the War on Women™.  First, some news on our old nemesis, Komen for the Cure.   Remember when we banded together and caused such an outcry, Karen Handel, VP of Propagating Bullshit resigned so she could nail herself to cross?  Well, the latest news on the Komen Foundation is that two top execs have resigned and that the Foundation is in disarray.  They aren’t sure  how much they’ll be able to fundraise since their image took such a hit with the pulling funding from Planned Parenthood fiasco, and a number of local Komen affiliates have reported that they haven’t been able to reach their goals, either.  For example, Jamie Leopold, the executive director of Komen South Arizona reported that its race only raised $200,000 of the $700,000 goal.  We did this, Angry Black Readers, by uniting and raising a loud roar over the initial debacle.
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Mississippi Can’t Pass the Anti-Abortion Laws Fast Enough: Two More Bills that have Passed the House

Posted on March 16, 2012 by | 11 Comments

Fuck.  This anti-woman bullshit never ends.  The bills are coming so fast at us, it’s hard to keep up.  Today, I give to you two bills from Mississippi, one designated to make it harder for a woman to take the RU-486 pill, and the other strives to countermand Roe v. Wade without directly repealing it.

Let’s tackle the RU-486 pill bill first since it’s marginally less-loathsome than the other bill.  In Mississippi, a woman can take the RU-486 as telemedicine while a doctor monitors her remotely.  For example, a woman in the country may not have a pharmacy and a clinic that are near each other, so she can’t visit both in one day.  Obviously, it helps if she can take the meds while receiving instructions by phone or the internet.  Well, the Mississippi House just passed a bill that would require a doctor to be in the same room as the woman when she ingests the pill, and the bill is on its way to the Senate.  Really.  I wish I were making this up, but I’m not.  One Democrat was quoted as saying he was damn sick and tired of all these motherfucking anti-abortion bills being considered in this House!  Ok, I’m paraphrasing slightly, but it’s basically what he said*.
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Melissa Harris-Perry has Margaret Cho on Her Show, and a Strange Thing Happens

Posted on March 12, 2012 by | 6 Comments

Longtime Angry Black Readers know I am fond of Alan Rickman*.  What you may or may not also know is that Margaret Cho is one of my role models – I want to be her if and when I grow up.   When Zandar (@ZandarVTS on the Twitter Machine) tweeted to me that she had been on the Melissa Harris-Perry show…this morning?  Yesterday morning?  I don’t know.  I run on asiangrrlMN time.  OK, fine.  Sunday morning for those of you not running on asiangrrlMN time.

Anyway, when Zandar tweeted me saying I would be sad I missed it, I immediately scrambled to MSNBC and found the clip.  It started with Melissa, who, in and of herself is pretty damn amazing, talking about a YouTube thing of kids (I’m assuming mostly girls) posting vids asking if they are pretty or not.  Margaret responded as to why this is not a good idea and how women are still being judged on looks alone.  In a bit, Melissa brought on Jennifer Pozner, the founder of Women in Media and News.  The three women started talking about, yes, women in media, news, and how women are constricted in general, whittled away into nothing, while men are allowed to expand.

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Happy International Women’s Day, Lay-dees! The GOP War on Women Continues

Posted on March 8, 2012 by | 7 Comments

I am this close to setting errrything on fire

It’s International Women’s Day, and I am fucking pissed.  I’m looking at you, Arizona, and you, Georgia, and you, the House of Representatives.  I am sure there are more reasons for me to be pissed, but these are the three I am aware of right now.  I will get to the reasons for my fury in a minute, but you know what else I am?

I’m tired, Angry Black Readers.  I’m tired of getting up every morning afternoon and reading what fresh hell the GOP has served up that day in the War on Women. I’m tired of reading how women are sluts and prostitutes for wanting affordable healthcare*, that we are too stupid to know what’s happening when we get pregnant, and that we should have to pay for the consequences of all our wanton, illicit, sybaritic sex.

7 of the last 10 posts I’ve written have been about women’s issues.  Every damn time I write one, I think, “I can’t do this again.”  I get so pissed off and infuriated by the bullshit**, I want to stab everyone I see with my rusty pitchfork™.  I’m tired of reading posts like this one by my esteemed colleague, Emily, on how many abortion laws the GOP have passed/want to pass/will pass.  Remember way back when the 2010 silly season was happening?  What did the GOP run on?  Jobs.  What did they do the minute they got into office?  They started sticking their hands up women’s uteri – and there is no sign they are backing down.

Backing down?  Fuck no.  They are ramping up the craziness in a desperate attempt to stave off their inevitable defeat.  Despite my pessimistic outlook overall, I do believe that we who believe in a women’s right to decide matters relating to her own health are on the right side of history.  However, we are at a crossroads, and if we don’t kick out all these assholes in the next election, we’re going to see many more ugly abortion bills/laws such as the three I’m about to highlight.
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I knew him.

Posted on March 7, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Powerful, honest rape awareness video from RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) – anything I say (other than to hat-tip my good internet buddy sara_l_r, on whose blog I first saw it) will only detract and distract.

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Advertisers Pulling Out of Limbaugh

Posted on March 2, 2012 by | 10 Comments

FLUKEGATE!!1

Think Progress seems to be Fluke Central, so you should check there to keep apprised of all the goings-on in A-Fluke-alypse Now:

Rush Limbaugh’s latest misogynistic tirade against Georgetown University Law Student Sandra Fluke may be the last straw for many of the shock jock’s corporate sponsors. Thousands of angry customers have been inundating dozens of Limbaugh’s corporate sponsors, demanding that they cut ties with the program.

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Georgetown Law Student Sandra Fluke Responds to Oink Limbaugh

Posted on March 1, 2012 by | 8 Comments

In response to Limbaugh’s stupidity this week, Fluke had this to say:

“I thank the thousands of women and men, including members of Congress, Georgetown University students and faculty, and total strangers of all political stripes across the country who have offered kind words and support following recent egregious personal attacks. Continue reading →

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