today is the 35th anniversary of the roe v. wade decision that legalized the practice of abortion, allowing women further access to and control over their reproductive health ( Read more... )

from shakespeare's sister:
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from chris hedges, writer of the recently released book American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America"My ethics professor at Harvard Divinity School, Dr. James Luther Adams, told us to watch closely what the Christian right did to homosexuals. He had seen the same tactic in Nazi Germany, where he spent 1935 and 1936 working with the ( Read more... )

today is international women's day and blog against sexism. i'm getting this in just under the deadline, but i feel like this issue (the "women" issue, or if you want to be more specific, the HUMAN issue) is paramount.

think about this: violence against women is the most common but least punished crime in the world. (statement taken from the ( Read more... )