I agree with Pan. I like the video's message, and I like that they're trying to dispel the "person who has an abortion = murderer" myth, and the false dichotomy between mothers and women who have abortions. However, I think (posted to Fighting back against anti-choice language)
I am happy for this woman and her lovely birth experience, and it's cool to hear from someone whose experience differed so much from what the media portrays/ what we generally hear about. However, this piece is written in the (posted to Quick Hit: Calm Birth)
Lubna Hussein continues to be such a badass! I love her, she is one of my new heroes. (posted to What We Missed)
Here is an article from RH Reality Check, written by Feministing's own Miriam, about why low-income women are not commonly able to give birth outside of hospitals. http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2009/03/19/the-cost-being-born-at-home Here is a list of different evening primrose oil prices on Amazon. (posted to Quick Hit: Calm Birth)
At your school? Or at the schools under discussion? The Clintons were theorized to have killed any number of associates, Hillary was a lesbian, Bill shouldn't have gotten to make State of the Union addresses, Waco and Ruby Ridge were (posted to What We Missed)
Public education is socialist. (posted to What We Missed)
I admit I'm guilty of using the 'men like women with curves' line because that's what I've seen in my personal experience, just as you've seen it another way and have never had problems getting dates/boyfriends. Your experience is different (posted to What We Missed)
I don't think weight correlates to beauty in male eyes nearly as much as it does for women. Some curvy women are beautiful, some slender women are beautiful, the prettiest girl I know's weight fluctuated (as did mine) when we (posted to What We Missed)
