Check out this headine: “N.Y. Catholics: Dems Trying to Bankrupt Church.” Sounds pretty bad, right? I mean, I’m not a huge fan of some of the Church hierarchy’s decisions, but I have no hate for the Church itself or the people who benefit from its services or the people who f...

Slave2TehTink is normally found making posts with no redeeming social value whatsoever[1] in her LiveJournal, or posting pictures of her small menagerie on her flickr. Offline she lurks on the Civil War battlefields of northern Virginia with her fawn Doberman Tink, and knits. “JURORS BALK AT S...

In Brazil, there is a horrific story of a 9-year-old girl who was raped and impregnated (h/t Falloch’s comment).  It’s believed that the rape was committed by her step-father.  The girl was not only pregnant at that young age, but also pregnant with twins.  And so, as makes perfect se...

Following in the wake of the beating of a 15-year-old girl by county cops in Washington state, and adding to the growing mountain of police brutality against women I am even more disheartened to hear about another set of accusations of police violence. This time, two male cops escorted a drunk woman...

  We don't specifically set out to attack the Catholic Church, Catholicism itself, or any specific religion or practice. But when we see hypocrisy or any other repulsive public behavior, we'll call it like we see it... A nun in India, like the ones pictured above, is speaking out about ...

Moderated by Rachel, this livechat will feature Cara Kulwicki, Toni Amato, Hanne Blank, Heather Corrina, and Kate Harding. Read along below, and remember to tune back in for the second livechat at 6pm EST! Yes Means Yes LiveChat (3-4)...

Just a reminder, everyone, that we’ll be hosting the finale of the Yes Means Yes blog tour this afternoon in two separate livechats. At 3PM EST, Rachel will moderate a livechat featuring Cara Kulwicki, Toni Amato, Hanne Blank, Heather Corrina, and Kate Harding. At 6PM EST, Jack will moderate a...

Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and A World Without Rape , an anthology featuring contributions by Feministe bloggers Cara and Jill, is currently on tour. The grand finale will be held here on February 20th. We’ll be doing a live Q&A with several contributors, including Cara...

We all know that abstinence-only ed teaches kids some pretty horrific stuff (you can get AIDS from tears, sexually active women are like chewed-up peppermint patties, etc etc), but this just might take it to a new level. The Ohio program is Abstinence ‘Till Marriage, which started receiving annual...

Is the news worth this? If so, what value news? I read today on Café Blogas that MTV News has started a new ad campaign featuring popstars getting, for lack of a better word, tortured by faceless individuals. During the torture, a microphone looms, in order to record whatever comes from the person&...