Nevada Women’s Lobby’s Grassroots Lobby Days is coming up, March 14-16! During GLD there are a host of great workshops to better understand how bills become law and how to lobby your representatives. Another great part of GLD is the great speakers lined up! One of those speakers is acclaimed, feminist, prochoice, activist Shelby Knox!…
The Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth has sent out a call for an immediate need for gift cards (Target, Kmart, etc) and prepaid calling cards. The gift cards are used by the youth to purchase clothing, food and other necessities while the calling cards are used so that clients can keep in touch with potential…
We had a really kick-ass time at Rally for Choice Las Vegas today! (Part of the national Walk for Choice grassroots movement.) Thank you so much to all the fantastic and enthusiastic people who came out, despite the cold, windy, rainy weather. (I know all the East Coasters and Alaskans are making fun of our…
TO VIEW THE LIVE-STEAM VIDEO OF THE RALLY CLICK HERE! (THANK YOU PROGRESSNOW NEVADA FOR TAPING AND STEAMING!) A prochoice rally for Planned Parenthood is scheduled at noon on Feb. 26, in response to a GOP-led vote barring the organization from using federal Title X family planning funding. Currently, Walk for Choice 2011 rallies are…
Fair and Feminist is hosting an “I STAND WITH PLANNED PARENTHOOD” blog carnival today, on the eve of Walk for Choice events in more than 50 cities around the country. As regular readers know, I have been organizing the Rally for Choice Las Vegas event tomorrow (noon @ Planned Parenthood on West Charleston). So, it’s…
Even as one of the biggest Uterus Politics battles over women’s reproductive freedom plays out in the House, I am moved by California’s Rep. Jackie Speier. During debate over an amendment to defund Planned Parenthood (a vote is scheduled Friday) — by barring the agency from receiving federal Title X funds which are designated for…
If you haven’t already, please take the time to call your representative to lobby to save Planned Parenthood from proposed Title X cuts! Even though Title X funds already cannot be used for abortions, conservatives are aiming to end all services provided by Planned Parenthood. Only 3% of Planned Parenthood’s services are for abortions, according…
If you haven’t been reading my other blog, The Tired Feminist, you might have missed the 6-part Exploring Feminist Motherhood series. Trust me, it has a lot less to do with Diaper Genies and a lot more to do with feminist discussions that came up during The Sin City Siren Book Club, where we discussed…
For the third and final chapter of the Family Practice series (Part 1, Part 2) I want to talk about the long view on contraception and family planning. How does parenthood (or the desire to never have kids) change our goals regarding contraception? And what about that ubiquitous question: When are you having another baby?…
Picture a 16-year-old girl, huddled amongst strangers at a bus stop. The snow is stacked so high behind the bus bench, it creates a small wall against the biting winter wind. The sun is waning and she is worried about taking the city bus back home in the dark. She could have cut class to…
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