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How I was accidentally a privileged jerk today

So I’m at the SisterSong Let’s Talk About Sex conference and it’s amazing. I have learned so much, met so many incredible people, and absolutely loved soaking up the energy of all these incredible...

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Notes from the SisterSong Conference, Part One: Why the Tea Party Wants to...

I was fortunate to attend SisterSong‘s amazing Let’s Talk About Sex conference last weekend, and I learned so much! I’ll be sharing some of my notes over the next few days. Here are my notes from a...

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NY Times Must Read

When States Abuse Women By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF Published: March 3, 2012 HERE’S what a woman in Texas now faces if she seeks an abortion Nicholas D. Kristof On the Ground Under a new law that took...

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How to send food to the #FeministArmy today

Hey, Internet, feed us, please! Here’s what we need: pizza, sandwiches, and drinks. Cookies are nice, too! All of these things are easy to pass out to people in line to get into the gallery. Here are...

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Some reasons #JusticeForTrayvon is a feminist issue

Because our Black sisters tell us it is. Because this is a reproductive justice issue. How? Because our Black sisters tell us that they fear for their children. Because, as I’ve seen over and over on...

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Link roundup: reading recs for white feminists this week

Fellow white feminists – our Black sisters are asking where we are this week. To be sure, some of us have spoken up about the injustice of the verdict in the Trayvon Martin case. For example, NOW...

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Recommended reading for 50th anniversary of March on Washington

50 years ago today, thousands of people made history as they filled the national Mall for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The date was chosen because it marked the anniversary of the...

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10 things I’ve learned on my journey as an anti-racist ally

Monday there was a really great panel here in Austin about the impacts of HB2. Along with the folks usually represented at such events – Planned Parenthood, NARAL Pro-Choice Texas, and Lilith Fund – I...

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