Breast-feeding mothers who are well-paid professionals face minor inconveniences. But for lower-income mothers who work in restaurants, factories, call centers and the military, pumping at work is close to impossible.

A British study shows women would earn less than men for the next 150 years if discriminatory and ineffective government policies continue.

Crisis-pregnancy centers aren't the only faith-based establishments that claim to be health care centers.

The director of the new teen thriller The Quiet is a self-identified feminist.

Caryl Rivers and Rosalind Barnett dismantle the Forbes article on "career girls." And check out this annotated version of the Forbes article that points out the flawed and misleading research cited.

Marriage isn’t under attack by gay activists — hell, they’re its biggest fans these days.

Many women fear that their financial security could disappear in a heartbeat. (This is news?) This article condescendingly calls it "bag-lady syndrome."

Police officers in Philadelphia (and elsewhere around the country) have been extorting sex. Most police departments do little to identify the offenders, and even less to stop them.

Conservative columnist Fred Barnes argues that "personal experience has motivated the views of noted pro-lifers." The punchline? All of the pro-lifers with "personal experience" that Barnes references are dudes.

Apparently it takes more than the HPV vaccine to avoid cervical cancer.

WNBA coaches are predominantly male.

Condoleezza Rice is no longer considered the most powerful woman in the world.

At Emma Goldman clinic (one of the last feminist women's health clinics left in the country) in Iowa City, Iowa, a "pro-lifer" grabbed a female employee by her neck outside the clinic, pushed her against a vehicle... then smashed a second-floor window to get inside." A judge just sentenced him to probation.

There's an Indian version of HollabackNYC! Check it out.

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September 4, 2006 9:59 PM

[0+]  Carlie said:

Finally had time to check out all the links. Now I'm depressed.

And the Fred Barnes article? Un-be-lievable.

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September 8, 2006 2:41 PM

[0+]  Kaethe said:

Wow. That Fred Barnes article is amazing.

I don't know that I've ever read anything so pointless and ill-reasoned and just wrong.

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