November 2013 – Page 2

Selfless Signal-Boosting Wednesday

Recommend someone else’s writings/events!

Pushing Back on Big Food

The FDA’s proposed ban on trans fats is great news. But it doesn’t go far enough:

Sex + Cookies 2.0 | Episode #4: “Boyfriend Pays for Pill?”

In a possible dystopian future where Obamacare’s birth control mandate is struck down and American women stripped of their right to contraception minus co-pay discrimination, there may come a time when a woman and her sperm-producing partner may need to discuss cost-sharing over birth control. Because despite Republican beliefs about how women should be charged more for healthcare because they have vaginas, it’s our sincere hope as few girls as possible wind up with boyfriends like this…

Shameless Self-Promotion Sunday

Promote yourself.

N.B. remember your netiquette.

Weekly Open Thread with Black Dog

A request was made for a music focussed thread, so our Open thread hosts this week are rock legends Heart covering an iconic song by rock legends Led Zeppelin. Please natter/chatter/vent/rant on anything* you like over this weekend and throughout the week, but do feel especially encouraged to discuss your favourite music.

I take back every negative thing I have ever said about beauty pageants.

Ladies! Go on and do your thing. Also, sorry, but USA WE’RE #!.

Today in bad advice

This week in Slate’s Dear Prudence: A woman who works full-time while her husband does not, yet is still charged with doing half of the domestic work:

Really Good Things

What’s with this week already? There are a bunch of really excellent pieces already, which you must read. In no particular order:

Even if it’s part of your personal story, medically inaccurate crap is still crap

And while you are welcome to believe whatever you want and do whatever you want within the bounds of the law, large popular platforms have an obligation to not spread dangerous misinformation. Like xojane:

Shameless Self-Promotion Sunday

Promote yourself.

N.B. remember your netiquette.