My address is like my shoes. It travels with me. I abide where there is a fight against wrong." —Mother Jones
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There’s no lack of news this week in the continuing world-wide War on Women. Many thanks to Besame, elenacarlena, Tara the Antisocial Social Worker, ramara, mettlefatigue, and nomandates for all the sites and help with the diary.
Women’s Reproductive Health
There was considerable news in this category this week, as the Republicans continued their press to reduce women’s options for reproductive health, from abortion to requirements to burying fetuses. Here’s a list of articles:
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us-mg6.mail.yahoo.com/… Ultra Violet letter regarding threat to jail St. Louis head of Planned Parenthood for not revealing names of MO women who have had abortions.
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feministing.com/… Feministing article by Maya Dusenbery on increase of violence against abortion providers. Sobering.
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thinkprogress.org/… Think Progress article by Alex Zielinkski on new Ohio law on burying fetuses; more woman shaming.
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Think Progress article on Catholic hospital guidelines-no abortion even in fallopian tube pregnancy
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rewire.news/… Rewire story on IL lawsuit-waste disposal co by forced birth organization, trying to force disconnect with abortion clinic and waste disposal company.
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theslot.jezebel.com/… jezebel on new MS restriction on 2nd trimester abortion.
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www.reuters.com/… article on clinic closings at same time as young docs need training for abortion; Jillian Mincer; docs with training unevenly distributed; UW does training but it doesn’t provide docs for south and Midwest; two groups names providing training
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www.nhlbi.nih.gov/… NIH brochure on many studies on hormone use and disadvantages and possible advantages of hormone use; the most advantageous appears to be associated with bone loss; almost all others produce statistical disadvantages.
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www.drmichaelgoodman.com/… medical article in J of Women’s Health about comparison of estrogen treatments
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www.washingtonpost.com/… Wheelock College sociology prof Gail Dines on porn as public health crisis; numerous documented bad effects—age as early as 11, sexual harassment, rape, no rape intervention, women demeaned
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rewire.news/… Rewire commentary on the need for self care in women activists of color; finds historical letters affirming the need and the practice; by Charmaine Lang
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www.cdc.gov/… CDC news release on Zika virus causing birth defects
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feministing.com/… Femisnisting article by Reinn Gattuso about Pakistani public art display on reducing shame over periods. Already protests in India.
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theinfluence.org/… Martha Rosenbeg; The Influence; Ads Big Pharma Used on Women; ads from JAMA thru 80s; women without ovaries are so over as the docs used to say.
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www.yahoo.com/… Sometimes they pay: AP report on ND having to pay abortion clinic for damages
Violence at Abortion Clinics and Elsewhere
Three articles reported on increased violence at abortion clinics. Another article reported on the possible relation between breastfeeding mothers and domestic violence. Also Kobe Bryant, “disappearing” Native American women, and “The Rape Exception”:
Arts, Film, Books
In these articles, we see evalutions of art, film and books by gender. Although some of the auteurs, photographers and authors are undoubtedly LBGT, the results are not broken out for these categories.
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www.attn.com/… A series of photographs on women being touched, showing how males handle women.
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allairebartel.com More on photographer Allaire Bartel, featured above.
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www.flickfilosopher.com/… MaryAnn Johnson’s ranking on her blog of women in movies in 2015.
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polygraph.cool/… Polygraph article by Hannah Anderson and Matt Daniels on m/f dialogue (and age) in contemporary films; 60-75% male speaking. Sigh.
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www.dailykos.com/… mettlefatigue’s comment including list of “roles” for women in film that are also demeaning
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feministing.com/… On Feministing, Maya Dusenbery extends the discussion on the Polygraph study
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nicolagriffith.com/… Novelist Nicola Griffith (author of Hild) examines prize-winning books gender ratio.
Sexual Harassment
This category contains a range of articles, from Tennessee’s imitation of North Carolina’s HB-2 to serious problems of harassment in the academic sciences.
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thinkprogress.org/… ThinkProgress article by Zack Ford on ironies associated with co-sponsor Jeremy Durham’s part in Tennessee’s version of NC HB-2’s no transgender people in bathrooms and sexual harassment.
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www.salon.com/… Salon article reviews made-for-tv movie on Anita Hill testimony in Clarence Thomas hearing for Supreme Court; concludes we still aren’t able to handle sexual harassment’ by Sonia Saraiya.
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viralwomen.com/… Women’s Rights News, short story on woman in feminist t-shirt receiving threats, possible abuse after photo published on ex-pats’ site.
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www.salon.com/… Salon article by Rachel Kramer Bussel on male expectations for sex on first dates and twitter battles that follow.
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www.theguardian.com/… Guardian article by Joanna Walters about “friend” who broadcasted on Periscope a friend’s rape.
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broadly.vice.com/… Article in Broadly on extensive sexual harassment in the academic field of astronomy. Also include STEM sciences. Writer Olivia Gordon.
A bit of humor
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Samantha Bee on Full Frontal on diapers for poor; not included in food stamps.
Odds and Ends
Many academic journals offer their “best” articles for free online reading. Each time I am on the diary roster, I’ll try to include one that carries new feminist research. This diary’s journal is Social Policy, an Oxford University Press publications. Here’s the URL: www.oxfordjournals.org/…
Another report from academic research: apparently, more women in England are keeping their birth names than in the United States. The URL is as follows: discoursesofmarriage.blogspot.co.uk
Sorry this is so clunky. I will learn DK5 eventually. And I’ll leave you with this:
“Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.” – Maya Angelou
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