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Several brands of birth control pills are being recalled because they, uh, don’t work right. The brands included are: Cyclafem 7/7/7 Basically, they’re labelled wrong, so you can still get pregnant even if you are taking them correctly. Jesus. The UN declared September 8 International Literacy Day back in ’96 in order to celebrate the achievements of activists and new readers across the world. Because literacy is a broad concept mostly centered around critical thinking, literacy is positively linked to community health, maternal health, and family health. It’s also difficult to teach in an [...] My Osama bin Laden-free life appears no different than before. Except today I was a little more worried about coming into work. I live in NYC, my office is two blocks below Times Square, and I have to take the subway. The only bright side is that the city is on high alert today for [...] I don’t feel like putting on my diplomatic hat for this one. Unfiltered language ahoy. So apparently this month is LGBT Pride Month. I therefore snagged this from ontd political which gives the info that it was first put together by students of Earlham College and then link-enhanced by the current poster. Do I need to mention the part where ‘phobic assholes of any kind will be summarily deleted [...] (And feminist, and anti-classist, and pro-GLBTQI, and anti-ablist, and so on. It’s a human right.) Before we head on the the subject of Trans women athletes, lets go back for an update on Caster Semanya. Personal disclosure: this guy is my first cousin. Which in no way invalidates what I’m saying below. I haven’t said anything about the situation in Iran, mostly because I don’t feel qualified to speak about it. I’m watching it, though, following the Twitter feeds obsessively and learning as much as I can about Iran’s history. I’ve been finding fellow blogger Richard Jeffrey Newman’s posts over at Alas especially illuminating about [...] Saw this article today, about an “emergency” rape law passed in Italy: |
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