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Equal Pay Day: Or Why I’d Like My $11,000 Back.

Posted on April 9, 2013 by

This post is part of the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) Equal Pay Day blog carnival. There will also be a tweetchat today from 1-2pm EDT. Follow along at #TalkPay, #equalpayday and with @nwlc This year women will be denied … Continue reading →

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Pro-choice, Pro-woman.

Posted on January 22, 2013 by

I was raised to be anti-choice, or as I called it at the time, pro-life. While we weren’t terribly observant, we were Catholic, and that surely fueled at least part of that identity. We never talked about it though. I … Continue reading →

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Happy 40th Title IX!

Posted on June 20, 2012 by

No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance.  — 20 U.s.C. … Continue reading →

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The Affordable Care Act: Look Who’s Two!

Posted on March 20, 2012 by

This blog is part of the HERVotes blog carnival Happy Birthday ACA! You’ve made it another year, ushered in more reforms, and gave more people access to health care. Pretty good for such a youngster. Among the highlights: No more pre-existing conditions … Continue reading →

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Happy Women’s History Month!

Posted on March 5, 2012 by

Happy Women’s History Month! If you’ve been watching the news, you know that there has been a wave of not-so-friendly-to-women-sentiment (to put it nicely). Just this year, we have had a popular radio show host call a woman a slut, … Continue reading →

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Birth Control: It’s What Women Want

Posted on February 11, 2012 by

I read an article in the New York Times this week about the kerfuffle that has been ignited, albeit somewhat belatedly, about the Obama administration decision to require all providers of health care coverage to offer contraception free of charge, … Continue reading →

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Roe v. Wade – What It Means is Everything

Posted on January 26, 2012 by

It’s Trust Women Week, and I decided to participate by entering this piece in a blog contest sponsored by the National Council of Jewish Women. While I didn’t win, they will be featuring a portion of my blog in their … Continue reading →

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Make 2012 the Year of the Pro-Choice Voter

Posted on January 22, 2012 by

This is part of the NARAL “Blog for Choice” day.  The best thing pro-choicers can do this year to honor the anniversary of Roe v. Wade is to vote pro-choice. Don’t like the fact that 92 anti-choice provisions were enacted … Continue reading →

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Why Women Need to Vote for Obama

Posted on December 31, 2011 by

I recently read an article titled, “Why Democratic Pro-Choice Women shouldn’t vote for Obama in 2012.” While the article makes some good points about electing more pro-choice members of Congress, and especially pro-choice women, I cannot disagree more with Jodi … Continue reading →

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Love Your Body Day: Gym Class

Posted on October 19, 2011 by

This post is part of the 2011 Love Your Body Day Blog Carnival. Follow along on Twitter at #lybd. As an overweight nerd, or as my mother like to say, “husky,” gym class was never my favorite. It was the … Continue reading →

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