on tuesday night, i was dancing in the street with the rest of park slope.  it's an incredible feeling -- to see people who are legitimately and overwhelmingly emotionally affected by an election.  to see my generation, frequently accused of apathy, celebrating the election of a politician who made us care again.

on wednesday morning, the reality ( Read more... )

if it happens, if they do manage to discuss foreign policy at all, then let's hope they address some of the concerns we outline in our public letter to the next president on rhrealitycheck:

Dear U.S. Presidential Candidates,

Women have taken center stage in this year's race for the next President of the United States. We're not just talking about ( Read more... )

"fungible molecules my black ass."

yes.  just, yes.

pictures and a top ten from carla's wedding will have to wait til after alexia finishes the lsat and has time to load them, but suffice to say it was AWESOME.

love!

check it out, kids, i'm on rhrealitycheck!   

I know, I know.  It has been covered to death.  But I was reading some of the endless news stories that cross my desk every day, and getting increasingly frustrated at the whole idea behind this.  For those of you who are out of the loop, here’s the background.  A couple weeks ago some draft regulations, ostensibly written to clarify the “right to ( Read more... )

i'm currently working on a couple of longer blog posts, that i hope will be up soon, but just a quick bit of news -- the APA published a study on August 13th that determined that "the best scientific evidence published indicates that among adult women who have an unplanned pregnancy, the relative risk of mental health problems is no greater if they ( Read more... )

tell the Secretary of Health and Human Services that you do not think birth control is abortion: http://www.hillpac.com/action/hhspetition/

or, you know, send him a personal email and tell him he's a moron.  six of one...

I’m worried.  It’s a rising level of worry, not quite adding to my personal stress level (which is currently entirely preoccupied with moving to a new apartment), but it’s getting there.  I’m worried because the bush administration is looking to get a last few jabs in before being booted out of the white house.  And while I’d been worried earlier ( Read more... )

in case any random new yorkers happen by my site today, please please please take 10 seconds of your day and call the governor's office.  they're conducting a poll on the recent decision to recognize same-sex marriages from other states.  here's the text from the email i got about it:

This takes no more than 15 seconds.

Governor Patterson has said ( Read more... )

hi! i have a job. i sort of have my dream job. it's kind of awesome.  i'm the new program assistant for africa for the international women's health coalition.  which means, in the short version, that i spend my days trying to improve sexual and reproductive health and rights in africa.  in the long version, i spend a lot of time reading grant ( Read more... )