to be back.
Why Anti-Choice is Pro-Genocide, and Uncomfortable Things about Birth Control
Incorporated into the recent war on women is the acknowledgement that women of color, expressly black women, have been sterilized against their will and made to struggle for their reproductive right to produce a family. There have also been—and are—imperialistic efforts to constrain and control the populations of developing countries through untested and dangerous drugs. …
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Malala Yousafzai
I'm not back yet. I just want to say that I half-heartedly intended to write some sort of post and I never did. Because I have just become angrier and angrier. And quite frankly, I don't want to write a post about Malala. I don't want to write about a 14-year-old girl shot by the …
Jewish Feminists, some background information?
I'm writing a piece on sexuality in Islam that encompasses historical "unlawful consummation" of love (or lust or what-have-you). The Qur'an does not command stoning for adultery (but 100 lashes to the fornicator or adulterer); however, there are circulated hadith that the Prophet Muhammad commanded a stoning of an adulterous man, which is often cited …
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Elections November 2012
I'm not quite back yet, but I felt like recording (and subsequently sharing) my position on the California propositions. I love confidentiality, but when it comes to what I think is right, I'm a firm believer in owning it. You read my writing all the time. And considering I write about moral and often political …
Loving v. Virginia
This is 1967. In November 2008, bigotry was back on the ballot. We do not vote on rights. Support love. Invalidate Proposition H8.
A Temporary Farewell
I don’t know how long I will be gone—it can be anytime between two weeks to two months. Considering I keep doing this lately, I’m going to estimate the latter and just accept that I need to take that time. --During which, the site will remain public for your perusal. I received a few very …
the fatal feminist 