AND NOW WE KNOW: Aunt B reveals a little more in the category of anti-abortion politicians for whom, if you have an abortion and it kills you, that’s a knowable and acceptable outcome to him and the people that vote for him.
POLICIES FAIL: A young woman reports her rape to the university health clinic, doing “everything she was supposed to do,” but finds out that she can’t prosecute her rapist because the health clinic didn’t do a rape kit. Because they didn’t think she was raped.
BAND OF SISTERS AND BROTHERS?: President Obama declared April Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and the U.S. Army unveiled a new sexual assault prevention and response program. (Which had an hour segment on NPR that I can’t find now — does someone have a link?)
O, MY: A surprisingly progressive Oprah agrees with sex expert Dr. Laura Berman, that when talking with your teen daughters about sex and sexual relationships, vibrators should be part of the discussion. Click through for the clip.
LESS SEXIST OR MORE AGEIST: If PETA’s had a change of heart about their marketing, it might be because Cloris Leachman is too old to be part of the sex class.
SHE MUST KEEP MAKING THESE RHETORICAL MISTAKES ON ACCIDENT, or GOD DAMN, LINDA HIRSHMAN, WTF?: Linda Hirshman, who makes me shudder, writes an essay asserting that we should blame women for their abusive relationships and eating disorders to respect their agency. Hilzoy and Dana McCourt set her straight.
And check out the first Asian Women Carnival — there is a lot of excellent writing there too!