Tag Archives: womens news

Woman Fired For Getting Pregnant Out Of Wedlock, While Baby Daddy Offered Job At Same Place

Jessica WakemanMarch 4, 2013 //
Kicking Out Pregnant Girls
Louisiana school says they'll stop kicking out pregnant girls. Read More »
Knocked Up
... during Hurricane Sandy? You're not alone. Read More »
Gun At Pregnant Smoker
pregnant smoker photo
A man pointed a gun at a pregnant woman because she was smoking. Read More »
pregnancy discrimination
  • A 29-year-old woman is suing the Christian college in San Diego, California, which fired her for getting pregnant out of wedlock. The woman had signed a “covenant” agreeing to “moral behavior,” including no premarital sex, but the agreement did not stipulate she would be fired. The school seemed to have no problem with her now-husband’s sex out of wedlock, though, because even after they had fired her, they offered him a job. [Feministing]
  • VIDA Women in Literary Arts’ annual byline count of men vs. women is depressing as usual.  [Poynter]
  • On how working mothers are seen as less competent and more irrational than other women. [The Atlantic]
  • Mortgage lenders are also in trubs for disqualifying pregnant women and women on maternity leave from receiving mortgages, which runs afoul of the Fair Housing Act. [MSN]
  • A survey about rape/nonconsensual penetration from five years ago has been leaked to the school newspaper, The Daily Princetonian. [Jezebel] Keep reading »

Indiana Advances Bill Requiring 2 Transvaginal Ultrasounds Before & After Abortion, Then Changes It

Jessica WakemanFebruary 25, 2013 //
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  • Indiana’s state Senate advanced a bill requiring a woman to get two transvaginal ultrasounds before taking the RU-486 abortion pill, one before and one afterwards. Fortunately, today they dropped that language, saying doctors should perform “appropriate testing” on women two weeks after the abortion pill is taken. Which could mean urine testing … or a transvaginal ultrasound. [Slate, San Francisco Gate]
  • Oh, look, a college that was atrocious to a rape survivor on its campus! We’ve never heard that before. [Jezebel]
  • Republicans are going after Planned Parenthood again. Sigh. [Think Progress]
  • Houston, Texas, is taking initiatives to eliminate its rape kit backlog. [Click2Houston] Keep reading »

5 Things You Should Know About Malala Yousafzai, The 14-Year-Old Girl Shot By The Taliban

Julie GersteinOctober 10, 2012 //
Hill On Women's Rights
Hillary Clinton is all about empowering women and children. Read More »
Women Disappear In Juarez
Women continue to disappear in Juarez, Mexico. Read More »
Frisky Feminism!
Everything The Frisky has ever written about feminism! Read More »

Remember that time we went to war in Afghanistan in order to root out the militant Islamic fundamentalist group the Taliban? Wonder of wonders, that didn’t work so well, because it seems the Taliban is alive and well (though in a somewhat diminished capacity), and particularly prevalent in the Swat Valley region of Pakistan. That’s where, earlier this week, 14-year-old Malala Yousafzai — a prominent and outspoken activist on behalf of girls’ education — was attacked by Taliban forces, shot twice, and left to die. Keep reading »

KitchenAid’s Tacky Tweet About Obama’s Grandma & Women’s Issues Go Undiscussed At First Presidential Debate

Amelia McDonell-ParryOctober 4, 2012 //
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Jess is out sick today, so I’ve collected links for Today’s Lady News. I’ve used a quote from each piece as a brief summary (rather than interpreting myself) and you can click further to read more if it interests you. We’ll be back to your regularly scheduled Lady News tomorrow!

  • “[During the debates] KitchenAid took to its official Twitter page to try and make light of the President mentioning his grandma, Madelyn Lee Payne Dunham, and tweeted the following: “Obamas gma even knew it was going 2 b bad! ‘She died 3 days b4 he became president’.” [Madame Noire]
  • “Women could decide the outcome of the 2012 General Election. You know it, I know it, and odds are the candidates know it too. But last night, two candidates and one sorta-moderator managed to talk for 90 minutes straight in a domestic policy debate without discussing women’s reproductive rights.” [Feministing] Keep reading »

Lady-Blurring Glasses Are Like Beer Goggles For Orthodox Jews

Lilit MarcusAugust 7, 2012 //
Jewish Matchmaking
WTF comments from an Orthodox Jewish matchmaker. Read More »
Not Jewish Enough?
Ami ditched a dude who thought she wasn't religious enough. Read More »
Dating Ex-Orthodox
orthodox jewish man photo
What happens when ex-Orthodox Jews need to learn how to date? Read More »

Let’s say you’re having a problem. Say you’re a dude, and your vision is just too good. It’s so good that you can see attractive women, and those women turn you on. How will you solve your problem? Learn not to stare at people? Teach yourself that women’s bodies are not pieces of meat? Naaaah. Just buy a pair of blurry glasses!

Stores in Mea Sharim, an ultra-Orthodox Jewish neighborhood in Jerusalem, are carrying special blurred glasses designed to help men avoid looking at women. These special glasses blur out anything that is more than ten feet away, which means that men can do things like cross the street safely, read the newspaper, and stare lasciviously at women who have the misfortune of only being nine and a half feet away. Keep reading »

Today’s Lady News: Another “16 & Pregnant” Teen Chooses Abortion

Jessica WakemanApril 4, 2012 //
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  • Last night’s episode of “16 & Pregnant” featured 17-year-old teen mom Briana and her older sister Brittany, who decided to have an abortion.  This isn’t the first time MTV has handled an abortion amongst their cast of pregnant teens: in 2010, it aired a one-hour special called “No Easy Decision”, in which young mother Markai Durham had an abortion. [The Stir]
  • Augusta National still refuses to admit female members and the chairman refuses to budge. [Washington Post]
  • Huffington Post has pledged to donate $5,000 to Girls, Inc. for every positive comment written on the Styleist blog post at the link before April 10th. Go ahead, say something nice! [Styleist]
  • The fianceé of Sean Bell, another unarmed young black man who was shot by police, has penned a letter to Trayvon Martin’s parents. [Essence] Keep reading »

Today’s Lady News: Wisconsin Planned Parenthood Clinic Bombing Suspect Arrested

Jessica WakemanApril 3, 2012 //
  • Wisconsin police have arrested a suspect in Sunday night’s bombing of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Grand Chute. The man’s identity and charges against him are as-of-yet unclear. A handmade explosive device was placed on a windowsill at the clinic and caused a small fire. The Grand Chute clinic closed on Monday but reopened today. Don’t you just love it when people show how “pro-life” they are by resorting to violence? [Post Crescent]
  • An 80-year-old woman with no flying experience landed a Cessna airplane by herself after her 81-year-old husband became unconscious midflight. You go, granny! [Reuters]
  • The National Magazine Awards nominated zero — yes, that’s zero — women for awards in Reporting, Features, Profiles, Columns or Essays. Are you kidding me, people?! [Think Progress] Keep reading »

Today’s Lady News: Reader Submission Edition!

Amelia McDonell-ParryMarch 26, 2012 //
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Hi there! Jessica is out sick today — feel better, Jess! — so Today’s Lady News will be a reader submission edition! Submit your own links to news articles and blog posts about women, girls, trans-identified people, gender roles, feminism or sexism in the comments. Just write a sentence or two summary explaining what the link is about and give everyone a heads up if it has language or imagery that’s NSFW. Jessica should hopefully be back tomorrow! 

Hero Of The Week: Oklahoma Senator Judy Eason McIntyre And Her Rad Sign

Amelia McDonell-ParryMarch 1, 2012 //
Janet Howell Rocks
VA senator attaches rectal exam amendment to abortion bill. Read More »
Meet Constance Johnson
State Sen. Constance Johnson photo
The OK senator says "every sperm is sacred!" Read More »
Rep. Yasmin Neal Rules
The Georgia rep wants to ban vasectomies. Why? Find out! Read More »

On Tuesday, nearly 1000 people gathered in Oklahoma City to protest the state’s fetal personhood amendment, which seeks to legally declare that life begins at conception and would thus render abortion illegal. Among the protestors was this awesome lady, Senator Judy Eason McIntyre, whose [UPDATE] who borrowed this bawdy sign from a fellow protestor. It basically sums up my feelings on the anti-choice/anti-women legislation currently being debated around the country. [Tulsa World]

This Is The Sausagefest Currently Testifying About Women’s Access To Affordable Birth Control

Winona Dimeo-EdigerFebruary 16, 2012 //
BC For Everybody
Health insurers are required to offer birth control without co-pays. Read More »
Birth Control Idiocy
Rick Santorum birth control
Birth control "just costs a few dollars," says expert Rick Santorum. Read More »
Birth Control Lies
Rick Santorum says it "is not something you need insurance for." Read More »

Here’s a picture of the witness table at the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, which is discussing access to contraception and comprehensive healthcare. Let’s play a quick game of “Count the uteruses,” shall we? Oh, right, there are none. At least there’s a second panel coming up, which will include … wait for it … four more men. Said Rep. Carolyn Maloney before walking out of the hearing in protest: “I look at this panel, and I don’t see one single individual representing the tens of millions of women across the country who want and need insurance coverage for basic preventative health care services, including family planning. Where are the women?”

That’s a really excellent question. [Think Progress; Huffington Post; Maddow Blog]

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