I agree with Brianna G. that you have to be flexible about it. I used to do the shower but developed a shoulder problem that made it impossible for me to reach and scrub like I needed to, so we (posted to Equality in housework, how does that work?)
I read somewhere about a feminist in the '60s or '70s who figured out a way for women to give themselves abortions at home that supposedly involved some (sterile) flexible tubing and a (sterile) sealed jar that could create light (posted to Study: Stupak will end abortion coverage "for all women")
High five! It's not about skinny girls vs. fat girls - we all have to tell each other that we're beautiful no matter what size we are and stop caring about how much we eat. (posted to Barbie, eat a sandwich)
Juhu Thukral, Director of Law and Advocacy at The Opportunity Agenda, wrote a great piece today for RaceWire.org (a blog on race and politics, published by the Applied Research Center) that does two things: (a) Unpacks the impact of Stupak-Pitts (posted to From Hyde to Stupak, over 30 years of limiting access to abortion)
I find this hard to believe. Doing a simple cost/benefit analysis, from a business perspective, the government would have to force insurance companies thousands of dollars through a rider to make it unprofitable for them. I'm not sure that the (posted to Study: Stupak will end abortion coverage "for all women")
There is no such thing as "fat privilege". It is impossible that thinness invites as much scorn and hatred as fatness in women. Policing women's bodies is always a bad thing, but everyone who thinks that it happens equally on (posted to Barbie, eat a sandwich)
Yeah, I was thinking that, too. I haven't read the entire study (I'm at work), but from skimming it seems the argument is that if the regulated market is a large enough portion of their overall business, companies start to (posted to Study: Stupak will end abortion coverage "for all women")
