College Feminisms
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US cuts off Unesco funding after Palestinian vote
On Monday, the US halted funding for UNESCO after the body voted to grant full membership to the Palestinians. While symbolic, the move clearly angered...
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Court asked to block new Arizona abortion law
By Catherine Morrisey-Ribeiro The Arizona Coalition Against Domestic Violence and ACLU of Arizona are asking the federal court to prevent a new state abortion law from...
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No, You Aren’t Amber Cole’s Father
If you follow events on the intertubes, you may have heard of the sad case of Amber Cole, a 14-year-old girl who was videotaped...
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Study Links New Birth Control Pills, Blood Clots
By Catherine Morrisey-Ribeiro A recent study conducted by the FDA of 880,000 women found that women taking the Yaz birth control pill are 75% more likely...
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Judge approves historic settlement for black farmers
Remember Shirley Sherrod, former Georgia State Director of Rural Development for the United States Department of Agriculture? Back in July 2010 Sherrod was wrongfully fired by...
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Update: Scott Olsen has reportedly regained consciousness
News sources are reporting that Iraq veteran, Scott Olsen, injured in an Oakland police raid earlier this week, has regained consciousness in recovering from a...
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Scott Olsen injuries prompt review as Occupy Oakland protests continue
The Occupy Oakland movement took a turn toward violence the past Tuesday night, when members of the Oakland Police Department conducted a predawn raid of...
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Obama Still Has the Black Vote
By Nicole A. Spigner New York Time’s Helen Cooper reported today that black voters largely remain firmly in support of Barak Obama’s re-election—all of this...
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Turkey Earthquake: Death toll passes 430
The past Sunday, an earthquake of a 7.2 magnitude hit the Turkish city of Van, located in the southeast region of the country. News sources...
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Beyond Wall Street–Occupying Patriarchy…
To Occupy Patriarchy is to draw attention to “the far deeper and greater problem of patriarchy which depends in large measure on the exploitation, disempowerment, and subjugation...
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My Female Colleagues Told Me Not To Talk About The Abuse. I Did It Anyway
To tell or not to tell? That is the question that many domestic abuse survivors face daily. Michele Weldon, assistant professor of journalism at Northwestern University,...
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IS RICK PERRY EMBRACING THE BIRTHER MOVEMENT?
The “birther” canard, which has plagued this White House since President Obama took office, simply doesn’t go away, despite the fact that an authenticated copy...
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Herman Cain's use of racial language is rhetoric we must refuse
Black people have been the victims of stereotyping for the vast majority of our nation’s history. Some of the most insidious prejudices are related to...
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Occupy Gender!
Just as most Occupy Wall St protesters do NOT want to eradicate capitalism, most feminists/gender justice advocates do not want to get rid of gender.~Sally...
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Libyan Women and the Revolution
Some distributed media to raise awareness of Gaddafi’s atrocities and underminine the loyalty of his troops in Tripoli. Some smuggled weapons, cared for and fed...