February 2012
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Anonymous asked: is there a list serve at uva that i can join to get more information?
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Virginia Ultrasound Bill: Republican Lawmaker... →
Democrats have criticized Gilbert’s floor statement, and Englin said that the statement is in line with previous Republican comments on the issue. He noted he had a conversation with one GOP lawmaker regarding his amendment where the lawmaker had told him that women had already made the decision to be “vaginally penetrated when they got pregnant.”
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Campus Dating Violence Fact Sheet →
Relevant.
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Stand Strong in Support of New No-Cost Birth... →
It’s up to pro-choice Americans to speak up for birth-control coverage. Sign your name to let the administration know that you are with them 100 percent.
SIGN IT, PEOPLE.
January 2012
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October 2011
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rizzylamey asked: Hello, my name is Lizzy Ramey and I am a second year student at the University of Virginia and I am an intern for the Virginia Coalition to Protect Women's Health. I am working with these organizations in order to seek those who are willing to help stop the war on women's right to choose in Virginia. Recently, the Senate passed emergency regulations that would be harmful to...
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House Passes ‘Let Women Die’ Bill After Extremely... →
As predicted, the US House of Representatives has passed HR 358, otherwise known as the “Protect Life Act,” otherwise known as the bill that would allow hospitals to let women to die rather than perform a life-saving abortion. Every single Republican in the House supported the measure, and 11 Democrats crossed the aisle to join their life-protecting brethren. USA! USA! USA!
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got five minutes? fill out our 'zine survey! →
September 2011
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“You don’t owe prettiness to anyone. Not to your boyfriend/spouse/partner, not to...”
– Erin McKean, A Dress A Day
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“As long as the label ‘dyke’ can be used to frighten a woman into a...”
– Radicalesbians
something to think about next time you or someone you know is hesitates to claim the label of “feminist” because of what others might think of them.
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The Socio-Cultural Context of Rape: A... →
Peggy Reeves Sanday examined the incidence, meaning, and function of rape in a cross-cultural sample of 156 tribal societies from the assumption that human sexual behavior, although based in a biological need, is an expression of cultural forces.
Two general hypotheses guided the research:
The incidence of rape varies cross-culturally
A high incidence of rape is embedded in a distinguishably...
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Virginia Board Of Health Passes Strictest Abortion... →
Huffington Post:
The Virginia Board of Health passed the most severe abortion clinic regulations in the nation on Thursday, which health advocates say could effectively close down all 22 abortion providers in the state.
The regulations, commissioned by the state legislature and written by the Virginia Department of Health, are largely unrelated to patient health and safety. They would treat...
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Anonymous asked: Consider changing your poster/graphic on the female orgasm to be more inclusive; the one you posted is incredibly heteronormative, suggesting that all women's partners are men and so they need to "step it up", etc.
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who has
theme ideas for this semester’s FIFE ‘Zine?
August 2011
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Just in case you weren't able to jot down those...
www.smittenkittenonline.com
www.adamevetoys.com
www.edenfantasys.com
www.clitical.com
www.libida.com
www.babeland.com
www.early2bed.com
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STOP FAKING IT.
for FIFE’s first meeting of the fall semester, we’ll be doing a little Feminist Sex 101 with help from our friends at VOX.
Tuesday, August 30th @ 7:30pm in Newcomb 389
we can’t wait to see all of our veteran FIFErs and some new faces, too!
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81% of women who did not consider themselves to be...
“I’m not a feminist, but…”
In a study executed by Miriam Liss, Christy O’Connor, Elena Morosky, and Mary Crawford of the University of Connecticut, 233 college women were asked if they considered themselves to be feminists. In addition, they were given the Feminist Perspective Scale as well as the Feminist Identity Scale containing items used to measure their...
July 2011
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June 2011
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How to Talk to Little Girls →
Teaching girls that their appearance is the first thing you notice tells them that looks are more important than anything. It sets them up for dieting at age 5 and foundation at age 11 and boob jobs at 17 and Botox at 23. As our cultural imperative for girls to be hot 24/7 has become the new normal, American women have become increasingly unhappy. What’s missing? A life of meaning, a...
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May 2011
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WatchColbert vs. Steinem.
“My guest tonight is best known for being a Playboy Bunny who popularized aviator glasses.”
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IMPORTANT:
It is now officially acceptable to use the word “grrl” in a game of Scrabble.
(although the correct term is technically “grrrl”)
Some definitions of Riot Grrrl from UrbanDictionary:
1. Riot Grrrl
A grassroots third wave feminist movement deeply connected to the punk rock scene in the early and mid 1990’s. Mostly youth oriented, riot grrrl was neither an...
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Psychology Today: Why Feminism Is the Anti-Viagra →
Here’s a nice refreshing article from Psychology Today explaining the objective fact that “gender equality inhibits arousal.”
“Though a woman’s preference for physical sexual submission appears to be controlled by the unconscious, inaccessible subcortical part of her brain, this unconscious physical preference is complemented by an...
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University of Virginia’s proposed rules aimed at... →
Alleged rape victims at the University of Virginia would no longer be required to present “clear and convincing” evidence to prevail in the school’s judicial system under rules proposed this week, one of the first products of a federal campaign to empower victims of sexual misconduct on campus.
winning.
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