Oh, this? Just some teenage girls from Africa who invented a urine-powered generator.

See also this article about it.

So, I no longer recall the set-up for this dream, but the gist of it is that I was one of a number of women hanging out at a major intersection of streets. We were all feeling very angry and upset by the bad behavior of men, but we were also feeling unable to do much about it ( Read more... )

What I just left on the Facebook wall of Rep. Alan Dick of Alaska, who believes that women should have to ask men's permission in order to obtain abortions: Hi, Rep. Dick! I had a baby 8 months ago and haven't resumed menstruation yet, but I thought I'd be proactive and get your blessing to do so. After all, those precious eggs will be wasted by ( Read more... )

This is something that more people should read: Overplanned Parenthood, a description of what reproductive policy was like under the despotic regime of Nicolae Ceauşescu. Hint: It's more than a bit reminiscent of what the GOP has lately been attempting to enact on a state and federal level.

It's been obvious for the last three decades that today's Republican Party isn't actually conservative anymore, as we used to understand the concept. It likes to preach about smaller government and spending less, when the evidence clearly shows that they practice the opposite at every opportunity. Just now it occurred to me that, ironically, it's ( Read more... )

I've been trying to put a name to something I've been noticing in the very blatant expansion of the Republican religious right's war on women in the last week or two, and I think I've finally got it ( Read more... )

It's against my moral beliefs for Mitch McConnell and Darrell Issa and pretty much all Republicans in Congress to receive monetary compensation and health insurance using my tax dollars. I guess that means I can stop paying taxes now. Cool!

taura_g, trowa_barton, and I are in agreement that the recent stupidity perpetrated by the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation has left us unable to continue participating in the 3-Day Walk. At this point I'm not sure what would have to happen in order for us to reconsider, but it would have to involve a pretty major shakeup of leadership at the very least. Either ( Read more... )

Susan G. Komen Apologizes for Cutting off Planned Parenthood Funding: The Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation apologized for cutting off funding from Planned Parenthood and vowed to revise its policy that led to that decision amid intense backlash against the nation’s largest breast cancer organization. "We want to apologize to the American ( Read more... )

Top Susan G. Komen Official Resigned Over Planned Parenthood Cave-In: "Sources with direct knowledge of the Komen decision-making process said recent policies were adopted specifically to cut funding to Planned Parenthood."

[That official, by the way, was Mollie Williams, the top public health official at SGK.]"[A] source directly involved with ( Read more... )